Tell that to women who have to live under Islamic law.
Not all, just those who've been beaten, castrated, raped or victims of "honor killings".
I suspect they'll have a different view of your "religion of love, peace, mercy and respect for human life."
Dear Christian, Islam is not the scary religion you have been taught to believe it is.
Islam is a religion of love, peace, mercy and respect for human life. But somewhere along the line, some people decided to judge 2 billion Muslims by the actions of the worst among us.
If you really want to know Islam, judge it by what it teaches, not by every Muslim who commits a crime in its name.