what do you guys think about muslims?

I have mixed feelings. I personally have a lot of Muslim friends (dating back to when I was in college) and coworkers, and I have no problem with them. I'm quite fond of them actually, and they get along with everyone w/o incident: atheists (like me), Christians, Jews, and others.

On the other hand I'm not thrilled with some of the aspects of the religion I see played out in the media. I realize that's not all Muslims, but extremist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram turn my stomach. Also the idea of killing people over cartoons or what they've said or written is terrible. Also the idea of killing apostates is repugnant. Now I know that these are not characteristics of all Muslims. In fact one Muslim family I know here in my city had a member of their family convert to Christianity, and they did not stop inviting him to dinner (let alone disown him or kill him for apostasy). My Muslim college roommate married a Jewish woman, and are raising their daughter as a Jew. Again, not what we typically see in the media. So I have a hard time squaring what I see in the media w/ my friends here in the US.

Islam is coming ever closer to being unacceptable in any decent country. Whilst Muslims in Western countries claim they are peaceful it is American and British fighters that are doing the beheading and being suicide bombers showing that the violence is intrinsic to Western Islam as well! The reality now is that Muslims are at risk of attack by Muslims in every single country in the world!

The slaughter in Paris included the deliberate assassination of a Muslim police officer and again the assassins came from amongst the French Muslim community!!

So if Muslims want to save Islam as a religion of peace and be able to live in peace and safety they have got to act now! Some UK imams have issued a fatwa against those joining the violence! Around the world there were mass demonstrations against the French atrocity!

If Muslims want to save their religion they have to act against those from within it! Radicalisation is carried out by Imams in mosques and many are openly doing it so if Muslims want to say terrorism is not to do with Islam then when will they deal with these people and remove them from their midst?!

Which muslims? There are over a billion, I don't know every single one.

Just like everyone else, they think, breath, crap, pee, and will take an occasional shower when they stink. Then on top of all that, they want to think the are correct.

They follow Islam to varying degrees.

i don't really have a strong opinion. i feel like i do that awkward thing where i overcompensate for people being prejudiced by being extra nice, it probably weirds them out.