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These types of interviews are designed to illicit controversy - it wasn't an honest attempt at a meaningful dialogue.
I can absolutely guarantee you that if I started challenging the tenants of any major religion among groups of religious people, I would be met with hostility. This would be only compounded if people were aware that I was being antagonistic in my approach. Newsflash - religious people tend to be intolerant of others who do not share their views. If I go to the bible belt and start asking people for their views on abortion, you can bet I would be called a sinner, going straight to hell etc.
My grievance with Islam is that they spend too much time trying to convince the general public "We aren't the bad guys, it's a very small minority of extremists that are making it bad for everybody". While I actually agree that's probably the case, they don't do enough to condemn extremism and take a deep hard look about why these issues seem to specifically plague their communities.
In any event, judge individuals, and avoid blanket statements that somehow universally apply to all muslims/people.
Its actually not the case.
Muslims typically have some seriously fucked up values and beliefs.