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154. As an ex-Christian, you are probably familiar with what Jesus said

about judgment and violence, and war, and rich people. So I will not waste pixels. But the Koran, like the Bible, is not always consistent in message.

The Prophet talked about equal respect for women, and tolerance, and peaceful solutions:

I wonder how many men and women nowadays can digest the idea of calling Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) a "feminist".

That is, a feminist in the sense of one who always stood for the rights of women. In fact, he was just that, though the term applied to the Prophet could sound a bit quaint or anachronistic.

In a cultural milieu where baby girls were buried alive and wives were treated no better than chattel, the Prophet courageously liberated them and raised their status to equal that of men.

Muslims see Muhammad as living up to his God-appointed mission as the final messenger of God, standing up like a titan towering above the barbaric influences of the time to become the spiritual leader of the whole Muslim nation in Arabia as well as everywhere else Islam reached.

"The most valuable thing in the world is a virtuous woman."

- Prophet Muhammad

http://www.usislam.org/IslamicYouth/Muhammad/prophet_and_women_in_islam.htm

Islam represented a massive change in thinking about women. That there are some Muslims who do not follow the words of the Prophet is not an indictment of the Prophet, but of his followers.

As to tolerance:

The dealings of the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, with other religions can best be described in the verse of the Quran:

“To you be your religion, to me be mine.”

The Arabian Peninsula during the time of the Prophet was a region in which various faiths were present. There were Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, polytheists, and others not affiliated with any religion. When one looks into the life of the Prophet, one may draw on many examples to portray the high level of tolerance shown to people of other faiths.

http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/207/viewall/tolerance-of-prophet-towards-other-religions/

I do not know if you are aware that the Koran, like the Bible, was passed down orally until it was later written. It was written over many years, and again like the Bible, there are other writings that must be read with it.