We had to explain to our 8 year old that people didn't know any better then. People didn't realize how dangerous smoking was to themselves and the people around them.
My hope is that someday (soon)the Muslim people will realize how dangerous their behavior is to themselves and to the rest of mankind.
We share in that hope, but I dare say that if they haven't figured it out in a millenium and a half, well, then I wouldn't wager the farm that it'll happen in the next half a millenium.
I believe that many muslims are apostate, just as many Catholics, Jews, et al. are also not particularly adherent to "their" religion. But while we call them, who are peaceful, the "radical" muslims, we miss that one altogether. They're the radical ones. The ones carrying out the commands of the Koran are the true muslims.
The problem is that the West simply refuses to read and believe what the Koran says. And we're not talking all 114 chapters. A quick peruse through the first 10 paint the picture quite clearly.