America is a Christian country that has enough tolerance to allow its citizens to worship as they desire - within the background of a Christian culture.
Don't like it? You're free to move to a country more in line with your beliefs; you don't have the right to change ours.
The separation of Church and State does not mean no religion; it means the State will not dictate religion and the Church does not define political positions. All in all, the Ten Commandments are a fairly good set of rules independent of religious undertones.
However: You can not be Muslim and American; the fundamental beliefs contradict each other.
I'm a bit hard-core; I'd have no objection if Muslims in the US were deported to Muslim countries. We should not accept any refugees from Muslim countries; they are not able to follow the oath of citizenship (speaking somewhat tongue-in-cheek as Mrs DT comes from a Muslim country ... although she is not Muslim and is baptized Lutheran.)
But in fairness to the muzzies, I saw this meme and thought I'd check the Koran for "accuracy" - the version I read was an English translation which may be questionable in itself.
The same verses taken from the Koran:
2:191
Kill them wherever you come upon them and drive them out of the places from which they have driven you out. For persecution is far worse than killing. And do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque unless they attack you there. If they do so, then fight them—that is the reward of the disbelievers.
3:28
Believers should not take disbelievers as guardians instead of the believers—and whoever does so will have nothing to hope for from Allah—unless it is a precaution against their tyranny. And Allah warns you about Himself. And to Allah is the final return.
3:85
Whoever seeks a way other than Islam, it will never be accepted from them, and in the Hereafter they will be among the losers.
5:33
Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and spread mischief in the land is death, crucifixion, cutting off their hands and feet on opposite sides, or exile from the land. This ˹penalty˺ is a disgrace for them in this world, and they will suffer a tremendous punishment in the Hereafter.
8:12
˹Remember, O Prophet,˺ when your Lord revealed to the angels, “I am with you. So make the believers stand firm. I will cast horror into the hearts of the disbelievers. So strike their necks and strike their fingertips.”
8:60
Prepare against them what you ˹believers˺ can of ˹military˺ power and cavalry to deter Allah’s enemies and your enemies as well as other enemies unknown to you but known to Allah. Whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be paid to you in full and you will not be wronged.
8:65
O Prophet! Motivate the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast among you, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are one hundred of you, they will overcome one thousand of the disbelievers, for they are a people who do not comprehend.
9:5
But once the Sacred Months have passed, kill the polytheists ˹who violated their treaties˺ wherever you find them,1 capture them, besiege them, and lie in wait for them on every way. But if they repent, perform prayers, and pay alms-tax, then set them free. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
9:30
The Jews say, “Ezra is the son of Allah,” while the Christians say, “The Messiah is the son of Allah.” Such are their baseless assertions, only parroting the words of earlier disbelievers. May Allah condemn them! How can they be deluded ˹from the truth˺?
9:123
O believers! Fight the disbelievers around you and let them find firmness in you. And know that Allah is with those mindful ˹of Him˺.
22:19
These are two opposing groups that disagree about their Lord: as for the disbelievers, garments of Fire will be cut out for them and boiling water will be poured over their heads,
22:20
melting whatever is in their bellies, along with their skin.
47:4
So when you meet the disbelievers ˹in battle˺, strike ˹their˺ necks until you have thoroughly subdued them, then bind them firmly. Later ˹free them either as˺ an act of grace or by ransom until the war comes to an end. So will it be. Had Allah willed, He ˹Himself˺ could have inflicted punishment on them. But He does ˹this only to˺ test some of you by means of others. And those who are martyred in the cause of Allah, He will never render their deeds void.
For whatever it's worth ...
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