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"Yes. Why is it so difficult for so many around here to separate freaks from an entire religion? Perhaps you're also comfortable condemning an entire race or ethnicity because of the crimes of a relative few?"

The following isn't a dig or slam but a reasoned response in an effort to discuss your point:

The problem with separating these terrorists from the entire religion is that the terrorists are not doing something outside the religious boundaries. They are, in fact, more loyal to the dogma of Islam than 'moderates'. The tenants of Islam decree that infidels should be conquered and converted or made subservient. So, since this is one of the main themes of Islam you cannot separate those who actually practice it in full and those that have let it slide into moderate or secular practice.
Islam as a whole has been at war with the West since it began. It will continue to do so until it is broken as it has been in the past. The only thing to note is that while Christianity and other religions are not united, Islam is. Should they ever stop killing each other long enough to be united under one flag, they have the potential to snuff out the rest of civilization. This is their goal. The president of Iran thinks he is the one. Time will tell.
I say that it is imperative to understand Islam as a whole is the enemy of freedom unless all of Islam denounces the segments of its religion that requires it to convert and allows its own members to convert to other religions. When there are churches in Saudi Arabia then the threat of Islam has faded.
Ann Coulter had it right.

The only thing to note is that while Christianity and other religions are not united, Islam is.

Yeah, that whole Sunni-Shiite civil war in Iraq is just a hoax ginned up by the librul media to make Dubya look bad.

Sheesh.