My point is that there will always be wingnuts who do reprehensible things in the name of religion.  That doesn't make the faith bad.  If you were to learn something about the basic tenets of the Muslim faith you would realize it doesn't differ much from Christianity.

But there will always be those who drape religion over atrocity in order to make it palatable to credulous followers.  The current trend is to use Islam, and it's effective, since there are many Muslim countries that have a right to be ticked off.

I have several Muslim friends at work.  They are even more shocked and saddened than me at Boko Haram and the rest.  They don't proselytize and their politics are moderate.  They represent the vast majority of Muslims.

And if you think no one does crazy things in the name of Christianity, think again.  David Koresh and Jim Jones are two  examples from modern history.

Islam isn't nasty.  Fundamentalists who use religion as an excuse for barbarism is.  No matter what faith.