my stand on defending the religion comes from my basic belief that people ought to be left alone to answer to the  ALMIGHTY on their own behavior. if a MUSLIM wants to take the position that JESUS was not literally begotten and is not a literal son of GOD in any physical sense then he-she ought to be allowed his-her opinion. as long as a MUSLIM believes and confirms that he is sent from GOD and is the true messiah (and all MUSLIMS do this.) we should not molest them. this puts me in a dilemma because there are certain radical MUSLIMS who want all the ISLAMIC community to act the same way. we must reject this because taking the innocent along with the guilty is not the way of the prophet nor is it the way of GOD. the prophet says that if you capture an enemy that you are to shelter him feed him and treat him as royalty so that he may both hear and see for himself that GOD is with you. this is an act of charity. if he then wants to he may embrace your religion then you have gained a brother, because you have bestowed on him the love of GOD. and after he says no i wish to remain a CHRISTIAN or a JEW or any other religion, after the hostilities cease he is to be sent home to his people and required to pay the tax which exempts non-Muslims from the duty of military service. this is the true way. from GOD and taught by the prophet MUHAMMAD. those terrorists who display themselves as being guardian of ISLAM and ISLAMIC countries who veil their faces and carry out horrible crimes such as decapitating the person he has kneeling before him with a bag pulled over his face do not know the prophet NOR DO THEY KNOW GOD!!!! this is based on their narrow definition of a so called jihaad. well i say it is a cowards jihaad. this is not to say that all MUSLIMS are such ranting raving fanatics. most MUSLIMS are loving, accommodating, kind, pure hearted hospitable people on the earth. these are the ones i am sworn do defend. and it is for this reason i became a SIKH. i will get to this in the next post. keep this in mind that i will speak about GURU TEGH BAHADUR the 9th human SIKH GURU who gave his head on the block defending people of an other religion, a religion that neither he nor his community agreed with in theology as he and his community were strict monotheists while they were polytheists.