Well, what can I say? The amount of studying, free thought I have put into this, I can’t even begin to mention. Alright, I’ll give you my reasoning.
Muhammad founded a religion, based on the concept that Judaism and Christianity roots had been corrupted from its roots, with the Christians being led astray, and with the Jews rejecting Muhammad, even though they know in their hearts that Muhammad is their Messiah. This is evidenced by the first two, and I’m throwing in the third for fun:
Allah did aforetime take a covenant from the Children of Israel…But because of their breach of their covenant, We cursed them, and made their hearts grow hard; they change the words from their (right) places and forget a good part of the message that was sent them…From those, too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a Covenant, but they forgot a good part of the message that was sent them: so we estrangled them, with enmity and hatred between the one and the other, to the day of judgement. (Qur’an 5:12:16) True enough, he asks for their forgiveness in the next passage. However, the next passage echoes the last one, only it doesn’t ask for forgiveness of them, and as it is a later revealed chapter, it takes precedence over the previous, as it is widely agreed upon with Islamic scholars.
The Jews call 'Uzayr a son
Of God, and the Christians
Call Christ the Son of God.
That is saying from their mouth;
(In this) they but imitate
What the Unbelievers of old
Used to say. Allah’s curse
Be on them: how they are deluded
Away from the Truth! (Qur’an 9:30)
“You brothers of monkeys, has God disgraced you and brought His vengeance upon you?” (Talking about Jews) In three places in the Qur’an, (2:62-65; 5:59-60; and 7:166) says that Allah transformed the Sabbath-breaking Jews into pigs and monkeys.
This is from Sunnah Muslim Book 019 , Number 4294:
It has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment he would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims who were with him. He would say: Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah… When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them.
Let me explain this, then. Before some places were taken over, they were offered to convert to Islam. If you converted, there was peace, and no fighting occured. If you accepted dhimmi status, a status reserved from Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, there was peace. However, from this status, you must pay a tax, and accept that you are inferior to Muslims. Then you could fight them, if you refuse the other two. This is still widely accepted within the interpretations of the Qur’an, the four major schools within the Sunni religion, accepts it. They concur with each other, saying that it is wrong to “go to war with someone whom you haven’t offered to convert.”
This belief of superiority throughout Islam is demonstrated on a continual basis by the fundamental within the religion. My point is that by ignoring these passages, we do not solve the problem. By ignoring a gaping hole in your head, it doesn’t heal. Likewise, moderate Muslims must admit that these passages exist, and subsequently denounce and distance themselves from them. That is called a reform, I believe. Something that Islam hasn’t ever really had, because the entirety of Qur’an is widely considered to be the exact word of Allah, which would be perfect, in essence. For progression, however, it must first be admitted that there is something wrong within Islam. People have tried in the past, however, they would usually be quieted with death threats. No, there needs to be a fairly large movement for this to work.