I am with you. I gladly share the supposed derogatory terms in this instance.
I'll keep repeating it- tho the Muslim defenders never speak to it- Why are Muslims the ONLY people we do not hold to the professed, well-established and very public tenets of their their 'religion'? We hold every other faith- and even cults- to their own doctrines and manifestos; but damned if some aren't bound and determined to divorce the Koran carrying Muslim from the Koran itself!!
If you have a problem with the Muslim faith, by all means bring them up. I'm personally not claiming that Free Republic should be a Muslim criticism free zone. But that's not the same thing as claiming that Muslims can't possibly be patriotic based on what the most extreme followers of that religion say, do, and claim their faith says.
We hold every other faith- and even cults- to their own doctrines and manifestos; but damned if some aren't bound and determined to divorce the Koran carrying Muslim from the Koran itself!!
Spend less time looking at the Koran and more time looking at the Muslim carrying it. That will tell you more about whether they are good or evil than the Koran will, just as carrying a Bible does not make someone honest, trustworthy, or good. I have plenty of problems with a variety of religions from a theological basis, some of them quite mainstream. But I'm ultimately concerned about whether they are good neighbors or not. That's not something one can reliably determine just by looking at their holy book or professed faith.