Also remember that there are many levels of faith, as there are with all religions.
It depends on societal influences, personal influences, etc.
Islamic law may be followed to the letter in some Islamic governments, but not in others.
Some Muslims take a very literal interpretation of the religion, while others adapt to modern times. Some hold on to all aspects of the religion, while others only hold on to some.
It's the same as comparing a very devout Catholic to a "holidays only" churchgoer. One might integrate their entire life with the teachings of the church and bible while the other might believe in God, but go about their lives nonchalantly while visiting church a few times a year.
So while Sultan's post may speak for one group of Muslims, another group may practice their faith differently.
Faith is a subjective thing. Nobody here knows what exists beyond our life here on Earth. Spiritual bliss for different people comes in different forms, and I think it would be very narrow minded for anybody here to condemn an entire group of people on what you supposedly believe is their way of thinking.
You don't truly know a person until you talk to them.
So many people think its a war with Christians against Muslims, but the fact is that I'm sure millions of rural villagers in Afghanistan could care less about fighting a war with the US as much as they care about working, eating, and raising their families. Just because they believe in Allah and were born into a Islamic nation does not mean they were our born enemies.
For example, on the subject of honor killings, I remember once reading a post by Sultan supporting them in certain cases. Well I strongly disagree with him, as do my Muslim friends (and their families overseas). So if you don't support honor killings (and my guess is that most of you wouldn't), you can show your disapproval to Sultan (or any other person, government, etc. that supports them), but please don't blanket the entire Muslim population of the world with your damnation for supporting honor killings because many of them don't. Many of them don't support suicide bombings, many don't support beheadings, many don't support al-Qaeda.
Even if we exaggerated the numbers of the worldwide network of Muslim terrorists and their support groups, we would get a number in the high six to low seven figures. Those terrorists would represent a few tenths of a percent of the worldwide Muslim population, which as of 2003 represented almost 1.5 billion people (or almost a quarter of the world's total population).
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