Nor can anyone who isn't a Muslim, including Muslim women (whose slightest transgressions get them stoned or beheaded) and politicians (of any persuasion) who believe that prostituting themselves and their cities, counties, states and countries to Islam's demands will earn them Islamic respect.
I do believe completely the one thing Muslims can and do respect are when we fight them...when we appease or dance in circles it emboldens them greatly. Thus we see the Islamic push on full march today.
At the heart of Islam is not a God...rather the clerics, imans, and political leaders bent on keeping the people in submission...and control of. Anyone who believes that these wars and squirmishes world wide in the ME are to gain freedom has their head in the sands. The leadership of iran and syria are in full push mode....to esrablish ISlamic leadership throughout the ME...and make no mistake..we will see a merge of Sunni and Shia when push comes to shove.