While efforts are needed to communicate for the good of all, attempting to define a faith without real understanding of its context will always be futile. This path has been followed before now by people who wallow in arrogant ignorance. The author's view, though veiled in a cloak of knowledge, to me are not accurate. His views don't hold water. The basis of his arguments have been disproved many times and an attempt to justify the violence perpetrated by a few as commandments from the Quran is baseless. I find his attribution of the rapid spread of islam to violence and war only betrays the shallowness of the author's knowledge and his intent on sowing seeds of propaganda,disaffection and mischief. While the freedom of scholarly pursuit and discourse are fundamental for development of human societies, derisive comments loaded with half truths and supposition should not be promoted. They only help to perpetuate ignorance and promote fear. The Islam i know is a way of life that preaches peace, tolerance and importantly,the brotherhood of all of mankind and the oness of GOD, the creator of all things.