Said pretty much everything I wanted to except...

Quote Originally Posted by TomOfSweden View Post

It was also forbidden for Christian and Jews to convert to Islam because Muslims should regard them as followers of the exact same faith and equals.
It's not forbidden for them to convert, it's encouraged. However in the Quran, Islam recognizes the two religions. Regarding Islams views towards other faiths, there is only one line in the entire text that says anything about it which is that there should be no compulsion of religion, meaning anyone can decide their own faith and not have to justify it in the face of any other human.