You've gone out of the field of historical research and into Qur'anic exegesis. This is not my field of specialty nor interest, but in essence, you've started interpreting the Qur'an according to your own perception rather than basing it on previous exegesis provided by Muslim specialists on the subject.

What I find particularly problematic is that you're applying the same logic as radical Islamists by cherry-picking what verses support your particular interpretation of the religion rather than taking the entire Qur'an at face value. Of course there are Qur'anic verses that say horrible things about Jews and Christians, there's no denying that, suggesting that they play a large role in the day-to-day lives of Muslims is factually incorrect. The general Islamic explanation is that these verses refer to very specific historical moments and have little to no value in their lives today.

it leaves little room for interpretation.
There's an entire field within Islamic jurisprudence aimed at interpretation that we call Kalam.


What you're doing right now is telling Muslims how their religion should be interpreted, even if they themselves don't agree with it. Whenever it comes to Islam, the No True Scotsman fallacy is constantly applied. It's really unfair.

I wouldn't go as far as calling it "good relations", it was more like a prolonged ceasefire
Whatever. Call it whatever you want to, but historical investigations point out that politics between the Byzantines and Arab caliphates (particularly the Fatimids) was generally quite good.

All it takes is to pick up the Koran....
Up until 1962 the Roman Catholic Church held the point of view that every Jew in existence was personally responsible for the death of Jesus Christ. This was amended during the Second Vatican Council, but you can't possibly say that merely the fact that Islam was formed from an alien culture (which is really dependent on how you define it) immediately makes it hostile to say Jews and Christians, especially when Roman Catholic dogma contained serious anti-Jewish sentiments up until the 20th century.