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If the followers of Islam were all as you describe, we wouldn't stand a chance. There would be blood in the streets of America every single day.
As for a period in history where there wasn't violence associated w/ it...can you name me a period of time where there wasn't violence associated w/ Christianity?
This is why bigots should simply be shot. To proclaim a religion of about a BILLION people to be one of violence is unbelievably retarded. Is there a radical extreme? Absolutely. Just as there are radical Jews, radical Christians and pretty much radicals in every group/religion/movement. The radicals do get a disproportionate amount of attention due to their extreme behavior (see Al Gore), but it doesn't mean they are the rule rather than the exception.