I think you have to be careful when attributing violent action to a religion.  Religions are often used to provide a sheen of respectability to otherwise disreputable organizations, such as the KKK.<p>How to know if a religion is the source of an action or not?  One way is to look at the founder of the religion.  Would the founder perform the action?  Did the founder use violence and coercion to achieve goals? Did the founder encourage their followers to do such things?  If not, then it is likely that the claim is not valid.<p>If we look at the founder of Christianity, there is no advocacy of using violence to achieve ends.  So, the claim of that KKK and other violent groups are Christian doesn&#x27;t hold much water.  This is not to say that an individual who espouses a certain belief will not be violent, just that the religion is not the source of it.<p>If we look at the founder of Islam, we see something else.  We see violence and coercion used and advocated by the founder.