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Scratching head, scratching knee
Indeed. The Quran is essentially no different to any other religion in that respect.That is by no means limited to Islam. Christians can easily do this with the Bible. And when it comes to Talmud and Torah? Oh my.
The point is that (as with other religions and their scripture) some of the violent, intolerant, oppressive behaviour is sanctioned and justified by the Quran and sunnah. Islam is regarded as violent because it does contain violent concepts within the ideology. It's certainly not all about violence, but it is certainly there, so ignoring or denying it is pointless and even counter productive. The violence can only be eliminated if it is rejected on an fundamental level rather than rationalised or excused.