When I said "As with all religions, thankfully the majority of the followers cherry pick" I was referring to Muslims. Islam falls under "all religions." Muslims cherry pick just like everyone else, that's why only approx. 25% hold beliefs that we in the West generally consider problematic. e.g. Death for apostasy, homosexuality, adultery. Amputation for theft. All non-Muslims must either convert, submit as dhimmis and pay jizya, or die. Muhammad was the perfect example of a man and he is to be emulated as much as possible. That doesn't sound so bad, until you read the Sira and find out what Muhammad actually did, according to the book.
33% of Christians in the United States believe in the absolute literal interpretation of the Bible too, do they really? Or are they always asked loaded questions that lack nuance?
That's the issue with arguing with someone that has never been to Muslim majority countries. It produces overly simplistic views like yours. Islamophobes grant every single religion nuance, except for one. I'll try to provide nuance below.
I have to laugh at "adultery" in your post though, do you actually believe people don't have pre-marital sex or cheat on their spouses in Muslim countries? Because that is a completely delusional statement, the vast majority of people do have sexual relationships aka. adultery, and that's not exclusive to young progressive people either. You would know that if you visited a Muslim country and interacted with local people instead of getting your news from Fox news.
Muslims in Muslim countries tend to be less religious than they are in Western countries actually, in Western countries they face rampant xenophobia, so they tend to turn to religion more when compared to people in Muslim countries, that usually want to escape that "mode".
Every Muslim country is different, the people in every country are different, there are 1.6 billion people spread around 100+ countries, and even if we only talk about the 22 Arab countries, Saudi Muslims are completely different when compared to Muslims in Kuwait or Bahrain. Just like Christians in Germany aren't like Christians in India for example.
Only 3 to 4 countries impose Hijab on women, the rest do not, about 50% of women wear Hijab and 50% don't, the percentage changes based on the country, Burqa isn't really a huge thing in most countries, it's a Sunni Muslim thing, and only an extreme minority concentrated in Saudi and Qatar wear it, with a few of them sprinkles throughout.
The vast majority of "Honor Killings" aren't done by Muslims, Honor killings aren't actually a thing in most countries, you're more likely to die from coffee than an "Honor Killing", but you wouldn't know that by watching TV.
People like you assign the most extreme version, Saudi Arabia's version, which is called "Wahhabism", to every single Muslim, when only 0.5% of Muslims practice that version, almost all of them live in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, And ISIS.
I hope the above information is enough nuance for you to consider, but I doubt it.
