RE: the original thread thought, I would probably take a 95% ditto on it, no real issues considering what some of the alternatives are.
Re: Islam, I will defer to this authority
http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/ID.1498/article_detail.asp, who I believe sums it up pretty well, but my personal Cliff Note take is that denying the violent component of Islam, even relative to any other purportedly theological philosophy, is simply denial of reality, and that Detroit is the most violent city in America, and probably the most Muslim, is not just coincidence. The Old and New Testament do not advocate conversion at the point of a sword.
Re: I will take my brat with sauerkraut and hot mustard, and do at least once a month.