the prophet Muhammad has ordered the deaths of many people whom he believed were committing wrong doings. Not only that, but he also established laws; like lashings and amputations of limbs for reasons such as stealing and committing adultery. Thanks to these laws, Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia still implement these laws and use it to justify their actions. Muslim men were told to *lightly* hit their spouses if they were behaving inappropriately and weren't listening to them. Now in modern times, Muslim men use this as a justification to abuse their spouses and use it as means of control. You might say, this is wrong and these Muslim men clearly aren't following the Quran properly, but no, the prophet still promoted violence, no matter how minor, it is still violence. And its not like he clearly defined by metaphysical laws what 'light' hitting means. I really wouldn't speculate much as to why islamophobia still exists when such sharia laws are implemented and followed by Muslims in the world.