Similarities?

Islam has been a staple of the news cycle for quite a while now.
Whether it is the killings in Europe of the satire magazine editorial group, ISIS, or the general paranoia that Islam is "taking over". It has been a fear-fest and makes for a boon for all news outlets. But some of the loudest voices here in the US are conservatives, which I find a bit amusing. Let me explain.

Whether christians or muslims want to admit it, they do worship the same god. It is just a matter of semantics really. Both religions cite old testament prophets as being the ancestors of their religions, it is just who they see as being their own prophet being the main divergence. 

Conservatives are not given to seeing rights for women as being important or needed really. They view women's rights, particularly reproductive rights, as being too important to be left up to the individual woman. They claim some sort of biblical basis for this ideology. Yet the bible is very non specific on many issues, yet with so many words it is possible to shoe horn something to fit any shoe. Yet many conservatives remain quiet on this subject when their political or religious leaders make blatantly sexist or idiotic remarks regarding "the place" of women. 

Take this catholic bishop from Ireland, Kevin Doran. This is his opinion of what a woman who is raped should do if she becomes pregnant.

“Well, the child is still a human being”, he responded. “That’s the issue - you don't destroy a life in order to get back at the mother's rapist."

Todd Akins saying in the case of legitimate rape the woman's body will block pregnancy.

John Foster saying rape is not an excuse for abortion.

The list goes on, and on, and on ad-naeusum 
Yet it does not stop these conservatives from saying idiotic and blatantly erroneous statements. Why, because their followers believe what these people say. I have no idea. I have theories, but most involve a lack of independent or critical thinking capacity and/or a blind acceptance of biblical scripture. Both of which are a real problem in a modern society. 

But I find it interesting that conservatives view islam as being the new communism. Yet the similarities in the real world of ideology are very similar. Both down grade the importance or women, a hysterical distrust of homosexuals and a rabid distrust of those who do not share their views. Granted that last is a hinderance to them seeing eye to eye. 

Conservatives view god and country as being of utmost importance. And that may have been just fine in the 1940's or 50's, but the world is changing. It is not practical to have such a narrow world view anymore. Nationalism is becoming an anachronism. The world is truly becoming smaller, and like it or not every country does rely on many other countries to survive. And as far as religion, my views on that subject are no secret. Fundamentalism is a cancer on humanity. Be it islamic, christian or any other religion. It stifles thought processes, narrows views, discriminates against people and cultures and is just plain wrong.

So is there a true difference in how fundamentalist christians and islam behave? In a general view, not really. They advocate much the same bigotry, they share a narrow world view and force a fictional world view on others.