Well, yes and no. Time for another one of Cap'n's history lessons!!!Ok. Back in the day, Muhammad was a prominent businessman in the city of Mecca. However, like everyone else, he often sought refuge from the city and ventured into the mountains to relax. Muhammad was becoming more and more disillusioned with the greed of the local trading oligarchy who valued profits and status over caring for the impoverished and less fortunate.In around 610 AD, while in the mountains, Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel. Gabriel gave Muhammad something of an ultimatum... he must write the third and last "bible." God became tired of humanity because ...The people who inscribed the first Bible, the Jewish people, killed Gods son.The people who wrote the second Bible, the Catholics, went on to mainly worship the SON of God, not God himself. Thus, this was our last chance at bat, our third strike so to speak. Muhammad was to write the purest form of Gods word... told to him by God himself, thus implying that Islam is the real, true religion. [/end snorefest]Now only extremists believe that we all must submit to Islam or burn. In fact, the ruling Islamic empires in the late 600's- mid first century were very tolerant of their Catholic and Jewish brothers. Why? Because we all worship the same God (athiests bear with me). Moderate Muslim's accept our different (yet similar religions) as much as moderate Jews and Catholics accept theirs. Keep in mind there are Catholics who want nothing more than the Jews fried for killing Jesus (did somebody say "rapture"), and there are Jewish people who despise Catholicism. Also, extremists use religion as a mask. For every Qu'aranic verse that advocates violence, there are at least several that promote peace with all of mankind. Moderate Muslims DO have a duty to repel and humiliate extremists in their community by quoting the Qu'aran's verses of peace.