Unfortunately, if you're not muslim, you're not "innocent" - you're guilty of apostacy and the punishment is death.
It's that simple.
Except that's not how it works, and if it did work that way you'd have literally no non-Muslims in the many Muslim nations on earth. It's only apostasy if you leave Islam, not if you never were a member.
There's so much that contradicts this (frankly, chickenshit) view. The most obvious being- the main victims of Islamic terror globally are other Muslims.
The problem of radical Islam isn't just a "getting back at the US" problem- or there wouldn't be terror attacks all over Europe, in plenty of countries that supposedly the fanatics shouldn't have any beef with- according to a chickenshit, head in the sand world view that is.
I mean, what have beachgoers in France got to worry about? Or anyone in the Netherlands? Suicide bombers in Belgium? SAY IT ISN'T SO!
Another stupid thing- many of these attacks, applogists put words in the mouths of the attackers that the attackers themselves often don't cite. "Because xyz what the US did...!!" Ignoring the "Because xyz Allah this, infidels that, nutty relgious bullshit reason this other..."
Even if there was a legit reason to kill office workers in NYC for some bullshit in the middle east- it wasn't an asshole rich saudi prick like bin laden's task to avenge anything. Only someone suffering from extreme PC cowardice and an insane form of Stockholm symdrome grants assholes like that an excuse, so perhaps seek help for it.
I'm not saying that Muslims don't have an issue with religious violence, they do, and have had it for a millennium. Protestants and Catholics got stuff more or less hashed out after the 30 Years War, with increasingly minor skirmishes afterwards. They still need a proper Reformation event, and arguably they were once getting close to one, such as Iran spontaneously turning to democracy until Eisenhower and his CIA cronies decided that BP's oil interests were more important than a nation's sovereignty. The thing is that it's escalating even Muslim-on-Muslim relative to how it was just a century ago, and it's tied in with politics and money. If it was purely their religion then you should see a consistent pattern of wars in all Muslim countries, rather than just the ones where Western (and Soviet) influence was most strong. When Iran finances terrorist groups like Hezbollah, it's not because they're a hardcore theocracy and want a Muslim planet; relative to many Arab nations, they're actually somewhat moderate. They do it because that's how you conduct war today if you're not on top. America won't allow Muslim nations, beyond a few select favorites, build up substantial militaries and wage real wars.
Osama stated his reasons for 9/11 pretty plainly. It wasn't all about Allah and 72 virgins, he gave very specific examples of Western meddling in Middle Eastern politics. His lackeys that died, that's another matter, but there will always be useful idiots willing to die for a cause. He was a rich asshole, sure, but so are most of our leaders. Unfortunately, greed and hunger for power aren't things that make people say "You know, I've had my fill, I'm content to give it up and herd goats or drink wine for the rest of my life".