In 1899 Winston Churchill pointed out that a man infected with Mohammedanism is similar in his motivation and behavior to a dog infected with the rabies virus.
Islam is like a virus or parasitic worm. Like a virus it takes up long-term residence in its host and brings about the conditions for its spread, ie it converts the host to an active vector.
To establish itself in the minds of its hosts Islam uses the following mechanisms:
[1] Promises heaven for belief - like Christianity.
[2] Threatens eternal punishment in hell for disbelief - largely like Christianity.
[3] Boosts the believers’ egos by telling them they are superior to believers in false religions - somewhat like Christianity.
[4] Disables the faculties of disbelief (‘immune response’) by claiming that faith is superior to reason - largely like Christianity.
[5] Establishes itself as the One True Religion, by means of the Koran which contains a circular self-referential argument:
Islam is the one true religion. We know Islam is the one true religion because The Source of Universal Truth has approved Islam. We know The Source of Universal Truth has approved Islam, because Islam contains statements which say so. We know what Islam says is true because Islam is the one true religion.
Once it has parasitized the mind of its host, Islam propagates itself. This is unique to Islam. It therefore contains instructions for the following:
[6] Holy war (Jihad) - convert or kill all unbelievers. (Although at one time it was also a feature of Catholicism, this is now restricted to Islam).
[7] Intimidation and terrorism - Islam threatens and discriminates against unbelievers.
[8] Enforced social isolation or even death to apostates. (An apostate is a host which has cured itself of an infection. Apostasy within the community of believers is especially dangerous to the religion because it might encourage resistance in others).
[9] Fecundism - encourage true believers to breed faster than believers in false religions.
[10] Censorship - prevent rival religions from reaching potential hosts (a theological doctrine known as ‘Error has no Rights’).
[11] Disinformation - spread lies about rival religions. Islam demonises Christianity and Judaism - the bigger the lies the more likely they are to be believed. The disinformation in the Koran even includes instructions to lie about other religions.