@ the OP: Islam isn't a religion of peace? Maybe that's true. The thing to realize is that NO religion is a so-called "religion of peace". In ALL modern monotheistic religions, the
overwhelming majority of believers are peaceful, everyday, "normal" humans with morals and a conscience. However, also in ALL modern monotheistic religions, there are extremists and war-mongers that use their "faith" (and more specifically, the differences between groups that self-identify using their "faiths") as a galvanizing tool to channel their anger and placate their need for violence. Any rant against a specific religious group's irrational crimes against humanity (in this case, Islam) that doesn't include an analysis (or at least an overview) of all other religious groups' similarly irrational crimes against humanity is inherently flawed and mostly invalid. I am not defending Islam. I believe Islam is a stupid religion. It's nothing personal against the Quran, Mohamed, or Arabs. I believe all religions are stupid. Religions rob people of free will and rational thought. Religions grant unnecessary power to governments that already have too much power. Religions preach peace and harmony, and yet openly condone violence and intolerance. Fortunately, I live in a country where the worst thing that can happen to me for saying all this is that I get rated-down by some low-IQ people in a video game forum. I would be an imbecile to walk into a group of Pakistani people in Pakistan and start trash-talking Islam. Does the woman in this news story deserve to die for what she said? Absolutely not. No rational person would ever say "yes" to that question. The problem here is that "believers" aren't generally rational people, especially in third-world war-torn countries. Before anyone spouts off about how Christianity is so great and so different from the "evils" of Islam, wake up and smell the coffee ... Christianity isn't special, it isn't unique, it isn't evolved, and it isn't sheik.
The Spanish Inquisition The Holocaust The Ku Klux Klan If you really want to honor your humanity, and your fellow humans, abandon any and all monotheistic religions, and realize that your true value as a living creature lies in your responsibility to other living creatures, and not to a fairy tale from an ancient book, written in an unenlightened age.