In fact, let me demonstrate some free speech right now.

I detest militant Islam. I detest it for the same sorts of reasons I detest Fundie Christians and certain types you find in Mea Sharim.

While I am a man of deep and sincere faith, I try very hard to never let my faith destroy my reason and I certainly never condone cruelty to others as a result of my faith. I never try to force my faith on others. I would never attack or harm someone merely because they saw G-d differently than I do.

However those types would.

Faith is a matter of conscience. It is a personal thing and another person’s conscience has the same rights as mine. We are all trying our best to muddle through.

People who do not get that cross the all so important line of no longer respecting others at all - but of course they push it further and violently denigrate others.

NO sane or rational person can possibly condone the excesses of the brutal theocratic mind that confuses sadism with sanctity.

Real definitions still apply. A terrorist is a terrorist whether or not he kills for his vision of a racially pure America, like McVeigh, or his vision of boinking virgins in heaven, like the Shahid. Both of those sorts are evil. Both of those sorts would do you and me harm if they could. While we may not like the fight on our hands, we have no choice but to engage in it, because they will bring it to us.

Now let me specifically point this at Islam.

You can not claim, and no one can claim that Islam, as it is practiced in the majority of Muslim states is anything other than brutal, barbarous and dehumanizing. There is no excuse for their abysmal treatment of women. Their is no excuse for brutal public executions for homosexuality, theological questioning, and witchcraft.

Whether or not pedophilia was acceptable in its time and culture, Muhammed in his 40’s married and had sex with a 9 year old. It is still pedophilia. Whether or not it was acceptable in its time or culture, Muhammed still massacered the Jews of Kahybar, brutally tortured and murdered a Jewish man for his gold and then raped his wife.
It is still aggravated murder, brigandage and rape.

When the various angry Muslim groups shout Kahybar! Kahybar, that is what they are referring to. This is not some unfortunate incident to them. This is something they are telling us they want to do again.

So yes, there is plenty to criticize.