Face it.. not all cultures are equal. That's the pitfall of Western self-loathing cultural relativism. If you go and spend some time in Pakistan or Afghanistan or any Muslim country you'll see that their cultures are inferior. They're living in the dark ages because their barbaric religion still governs every facet of their lives. Western culture has plenty of problems but it's literally light years ahead of the Muslim world. We went through our enlightenment and unshackled ourselves from the manacles of religious fanaticism ( although the Republican party seems to have not got the memo ).
It's true that the average Muslim is probably not much different from the rest of us.. just wants to get on with their life etc. The problem is that they will tell us that but they seem to be unable to rein in their own extremists. And the fact is that all the brutality and stupidity being exhibited by the Islamists is in fact.. being perpetrated in full accordance with what's in the Koran. Blasphemy and apostasy are indeed punishable by death. Islam as written is not a religion of peace but one of subjugation, control and brutal repression. Christianity went through this phase too but the notion of benevolence worked its way through.
Western notions of pluralism, personal autonomy, free speech, political dissent, rational inquiry, open debate, empiricism, representative democracy and gender equality were all painful, hard-won battles and NONE of that is established in Muslim countries. If believing in those principles makes me a cultural chauvinistic imperialist... then I'm a cultural chauvinistic imperialist. Guilty as charged!