
I’m not sure about him, but Islam has been shown to be a forceful religion. The crusades started because Islamists were invading Europe. Which they pillaged, raped and enslaved Europeans. Now to present day where women have zero rights, gay people get executed, can’t leave the religion without punishment, and kills anyone who doesn’t join their religion.
The country in the world with the most Christians (the US) has a homicide rate over ten times that of the country with the most Muslims (Indonesia.) Indonesia also has voting rights for women and ranks positively in the Gender Inequality Index. That’s not a good narrative for you, which is why you cherrypick small war-torn dictatorships instead.