I think the point is that like all religions, Islam contains in its holy books rationale and justification for many barbaric acts that most Muslims (such as yourself) don&#x27;t follow.<p>There is nothing special about Islam in this regard; however, in the modern world Islam happens to be &#x27;It&#x27; right now in that it has a large armed and motivated radicalized branch of followers.<p>This doesn&#x27;t indict all Muslims in their crime, nor does it indict Islam any more than in indicts any other religion, for better or for worse. All it means is understanding that we&#x27;re fighting a religious enemy bent on religiously motivated ends.<p>In fact, fighting this enemy requires the vocal support of peaceful Muslims whose countries are being taken over by these theocrats, those whose livelihoods in Beirut and Baghdad and Karachi and Jakarta are much more at threat than livelihoods in Paris and Madrid and New York City.<p>That said, I don&#x27;t have a solution; I don&#x27;t think anyone does. You can&#x27;t fight a religion, only people, and you can&#x27;t blame all followers of a religion for the actions of a subset of that religion (or, as some would have you believe, a non-subset of that religion). All you can do is name your enemy, and when they declare war on you (which they have--they&#x27;ve declared war on civilization, modernity, Muslims and non-Muslims alike), declare war back.