Do you consider Islam a legitimate religion?

Islam is a religious belief, just like Christianity and it needs to be treated with the same respect. Fanatics in Islam are not the true representatives of that religion, just as the fanatics in Christianity or any other religious belief. The Constitution is blind to race, religion, creed, religion and national origins. The Constitution promotes equality and fairness.

no. If you read their Holy book it is their way or die.

Ok, I am going to assume that you are serious although I really wished you weren't. I have yet to see any empirical data that says any religion is legit and you are asking me if Islam is legit? Since when did we arbitrarily begin questioning whether someone's religion is legitimate? In this country, you can start a new religion every week and if you are properly incorporated and have the correct tax status, nobody questions it. Your question is insulting and looks like a dog whistle for your own particular brand of xenophobia and racism. How do you like me now? Hooah?

Is related to Judaism and Christianity, and is the 3rd Abrahamic religion that believes in the god of Abraham.

Second, in the Treaty of Tripoli (signed by John Adams in 1796) it states that the USA is to make peace with Muslims nations per article 11:

"Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims]; and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

Sounds pretty legit to me. Now, just because groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS are making the religion look bad does not mean that the good followers from Indonesia or China are also bad people.

It's not a religion. It is a political system.

What studies did you find, because I doubt 1.8 billion people on this planet got it wrong. Islam is as legitimate as Christianity.

If you want a true answer on this, you need someone that has studied Islam to a graduate or doctorate level but does not follow the faith.

All religion is bogus...there is no god...

Agree loaded question. Religion is in the eye of the beholder. We tend to think of other religions as not needed or relevant in our personal lives. That said, it's our courts that frequently weigh in through adjudicating religious liberty questions. The one that come to mind was the Sikh high school kid who was banned from having the knife (kirpan) in school. I don't remember how that turned out but the legal rub points typically boil down to public safety or not trampling rights going the other way.

Insofar as the military is concerned, the "system" staffs chaplin denominations to religions that matter, i.e. there's a demographic need that should be formally met. I recall some instruction at the time that provided some accommodation to small ones like Bahia but no formal staffing. I think the likely current mix is Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist (copied from Wiki). I'll tell you when I first came in 3 of them weren't there.

My take is to respect others and respect they can have a different religion and hope for the same in return. Lord knows there's a big time shortage of respect and an epidemic of intolerance going around.

I think everyone should recognize it as a religion as much as many do not agree with it (and trust me...I do not like what I see about it either). But maybe the question should be: Are those radicals we know as Taliban, ISIS and other groups, truly Muslims?

I think we can all agree there are varying splinters of Christianity that most would see as wrong. I think history has taught us that there were periods of time when people were killed in the name of Jesus.

My bottom line is that Religion is a very dangerous thing. All it takes is one interpretation to clash with another to cause violence.