Not at all, Q. I have had many Muslim friends in my life. But that is not the point. I view Islam as a faith of misanthropic bent, inward-looking and truculent: purely from a pragmatic pov, that is; by their fruits ye shall know them, and I know of no others in the modern world whose adherents commit so many anti-humane acts on the explicit plea on their own part [like that murderer of Mr Rigby I ref'd above] that such procedures are enjoined on them by their faith in the teachings of their Prophet. That will not prevent many of its adherents being good and worthy people; mayors of communities, professors, whatever!: but I can't feel they have the best send-off for life in a broader community.

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