I didn't say just Catholicism I said Christianity. I would love to see where Islam encourages violence as a core belief and if anything you say is taken from the Quaran then I will just bring the bible in to this which is just the same.
The difference is that Christians don't take the Bible literally. They had a reformation to basically stop using the Old Testament as law and instead focus on the New Testament which is based on Jesus.
Catholics/Christians don't kill gays or atheists. They may not agree with them but they don't kill them like Muslims.
Islam is based on the Quran and there has been no reformation so people still take it pretty seriously, especially clerics. I don't see Catholic Priests calling for us to cast down our enemies while on the flipside, radical Muslim clerics exist all over the place and are some of the most antisemetic and homophobic people on the planet.
Jesus, a chill guy who saved people and showed people a new way of life where you respect your neighbor.
Mohammad, a warlord with tons of wives, including children, who brutally murdered opposition and spread his faith through the sword and not by simple word of mouth and preaching.
Do you understand why people are naturally resistant to Islam? Quit being such an apologist and just accept that Islam is the worst religion to exist on this planet in its current state with the current amount of followers. Christianity allows for you to even have free speech. Why don't you bow towards Mecca because I'm sure the Christian Franks were Islamophobic for beating the Moors and saving Christendom.