You're being intentionally obtuse. It doesn't matter if they are a minority in the community when there are 1 billion muslims. As the polls illustrate above, the general ideas of mainstream islam give these guys plenty of intellectual and ideological cover. Want some more? 64% of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support death penalty for leaving Islam (http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-exec/). And for all your bullshit about how great southeast asia islam is and how moderate it is- 96% believe womens role is to obey their husbands (http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-women-in-society/). 86% in southeast asia believe that sharia should be the law of the land, the goal of "fringe, extremists" seems to a super majority view. (http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-w...s-about-sharia/). Bare majorities in many countries support honor killings (http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-morality/)- itself an act of overt, mysgnostic terrorism.

Bad ideas are bad ideas. And they have consequences.

And again, you try moral equivalences. Somehow, I think what evangelical children do with their children is none of your fucking business. You can sit back and judge them- but they will not show up with a Ak-47 and kill your entire editorial staff for writing shit about them. They are a easy target for criticism. If the Westboro Baptist Church (which polled below 1% unlike say Osama Bin Laden in the islamic community) is the best, most violent, terrible extremism you can find, your point speaks for itself. Christianity, unlike Islam, is a much less violent religion in the 21st century.

You claim that four people don't represent islam. Let's go through this weeks news: 12 dead in Paris (Islam), 4 dead jews (Islam), 2000 dead mostly women and children (Boko Haram, Islam), fire bombing german papers that reprinted cartoons (Islam), unknown hundreds or thousands in Syria/Iraq (ISIS, Islam), Tripoli Cafe Bombing (Islam). These are just off the top of my head.

When there’s this many bad apples, there’s something wrong with the orchard.