Saying that you will not condone an action is the mildest of denouncements, in effect you are saying that you will not overlook it, but the reality is that you will take no action, you will only disapprove, remember the incident and not forgive, but essentially overlook it because it is a mild transgression. One does not say that they do not condone murder and expect to be taken seriously.

Only one of your links goes to a situation where a father murdered his daughter over a marriage he did not agree with, and this, surprise surprise, took place in a Muslim nation. All you could come up with is one story, while the incidents of Muslim fathers having their daughters killed are numerous, and the threat to kill is well known, and clearly discussed in the article that I provided.

In spite of the overwhelming evidence of Muslim honor killings, you refuse to admit that this is a practice among Muslims. You claim others are doing the same thing, as if this is an excuse, but provide only a single incident of a father murdering his daughter over her choice in marriage and this is of questionable origin, compared to the large amount of evidence showing that many Muslims have acted on the honor killing threat.

Admit it, it is taboo for you to criticize Islam. You refuse to admit to what is well recorded.

The responses seem to continue to get off topic....Ashley is asking if there is some conspiracy or taboo associated with openly criticizing Islam.

I don't think there is a conspiracy involved. No taboo either. What we have is simply a lack of spine by the world to tell radical islamists that they are not the only religion of importance in the world. They openly consider christians and jews as animals to be slaughtered. They have no consideration for the innocent who get in their way in the process of committing murder [aka martyring themselves].

They can show total disrespect for any religion in the world at any time, but even suggest that Islam has its issues and its holy war...infidels must die.

I am tired of it. Respect all religions or respect none.

This round of discussion has not strayed off target. I post an article talking about what is the most serious problem with the Muslim community in Europe, honor killings, engage in a conversation with someone who admits that they are Muslim, and they can not give an honest criticism of the Muslim practice of honor killings as described in this article, which can be easy researched on the internet. All I get are continuous denials that this thing occurs frequently in the Muslim community, and the information discussed in the article is ignored.

Muslims will not discuss critical problems with Islam, and any attempt by an outsider is viewed as bias and attacked.

Iran condemns the movie Fitna, and calls it horrible and blasphemous.

When Muslims start talking about honor killings and the caning of rape victims with the same language, except stronger, then maybe someone will take them seriously.

European politicians disgust me with the way they refuse to recognize the truth about Islam, and don't have the sack to openly criticize Islamic actions when this issue needs to be dragged out into the open.