21 Christians beheaded ISIL justification, page-43

I'm no apologist for Islam. It has become a despotic religion. But!

This story is a Hadith, a hearsay story. Somebody's retelling of a story they may have travelled through several ears and out several mouths before it was written down.

If somebody had killed 100 people, would it not be best to tell them that his repentance might be accepted to save the life of the 101st person. I thing it's a story about wisdom, not repentance.

It is also a story steeped in a brutal, ignoble culture and is therefore tailor made form a specific understanding.

The reason you struggle to understand Islam is because it was never Anglicised to the extent of Christianity. It's still a raw, Middle Eastern cultured religion. It was exactly the right religion for a despotic people.

What we see today is the effect of the religion almost gone and all the vile, animalistic nature returning and using the dead body of Islam as an excuse for all manner of atrocities.