I am one who usually tries to defend a group because the actions of a few shouldn't cause a reactive negative response toward the whole group, but I also believe that religious institutions on the whole are as dangerous to society as governments who overstep their bounds and practice totalitarian and fascist principles. Even if a religion is, on its own, is neutral or even positive in its views of the world and humanity and is supposed to promote peace, tolerance, and love, by no means is that what they are used for. The new Pope is literally the only step in a positive direction I've seen any institutionalized religion take in I don't even know how long. Since their inception they have been a means of controlling the populace and taking their money without even needing fake rules to do it like governments do. If the fact of the matter is that Islam creates these kinds of attitudes in their followers, so long as it is the majority of them (which it arguably is), then it is a corrupt institution that is harming humanity on a whole--to include its own followers. Most religious institutions are the same way in this regard.

I have no problem with a personal relationship with God and wanting to have and share faith, but so many of the followers want to ram it down others' throats and believe that they are being told to do so and that it is righteous pretty much speaks for itself. God doesn't have to go, religion does.