Tom, you wrote, "That these episodes pale in comparison with routine violations of almost every standard of human rights and tolerance by its Arab neighbors is also undeniable by any reasonable person, and many of these abuses are occurring even as I type these words."

You mean like This?

This is horrible. They are killing their women for no good reasons. And get this, they kill their women for being raped.

The Muslim attitude (At least the old ways. More modern Muslims are not so harsh) is to blame women for their problems. You know the main reason Muslim women must cover up ? It’s so that mean will not be tempted. So instead of making the men control their sexual urges, they put the responsibility on the women.