The best possible reaction to this would be for there to be a serious debate among Muslims and non-Muslims alike about the passages of the Qu'ran that encourage jihad, and then a concerted initiative to reform the religion and teach all Muslims NOT to act on these passages. Right?
So why do I get the feeling that all they're going to do is cry "racism"?
And for the record, here are just a few of the Qu'ranic passages I found that encourage jihad and need reform (the last one also promises a place in Paradise for those who die fighting in Allah's name):
Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors. And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have Turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith. (2:190-191)
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. (9:29)
Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme. (9:111)
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