The recent Saturday Night Live sketch poking fun at the media's handling of Barack Hussein Obama at debates ("Are you comfortable? Do you need another pillow?") while hammering Hillary Clinton with tough questions reminds me of how the media in general, as well as most liberal Americans, scrutinize the religions of Islam and Christianity. Christianity is repeatedly savaged as being cruel and tyrannical, in both its history and current incarnations, while Islam is generally given a pass and referred to as "a religion of peace."

There is no shortage of references in popular culture to the violence of the Crusades, for example, which are always referred to as Christians suddenly deciding to go on some rampaging torture spree for the cause of spreading their religious doctrine. Muslims are always depicted as the hapless victims of these rampages, neverminding the fact that there is much evidence that the Crusades were, in part, a response to the bloody encroachment of Islam into Christian lands. There is much evidence that Islam was, and still is, spread by the sword, but today we don't talk about that - we have revised this history to fit into the current depiction of Islam as a religion of peace. Yet, it is not uncommon these days, in any blue state, to hear how Christians are tyrants, fascists, or some similar insult with no further explanation.

Christianity is pilloried constantly in our culture, and liberals see no problem with this. On the other hand, if someone makes a disparaging comment about Muslims or Islam, they are viewed as "intolerant," or even worse, as "racists" (never mind the fact that Islam is not a "race"). I don't see a problem with scrutiny of the shameful areas of Christianity's history, but we need to treat Islam with equal scrutiny. That includes recognizing that even today, many Muslims are creating a bloody history of subjugation and torture.

Islam is on the move, and it is spreading by the sword. Of course you will hear apologists state that not all Muslims are fanatical or are terrorists, and that may be true. But it doesn't take all of them, it only takes some of them. Not all Germans were Nazis, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have recognized the advancing power of Germany in the late 1930s. We need to stop tip-toeing around Islam and start recognizing that some Muslims are a major threat to our way of life. Mohammed was a warrior, and he spread Islam with his sword. We need to stop asking if he is comfortable and start scrutinizing Islam in an unflinching and critical way.

For more information on Islam as it relates to terrorism, visit thereligionofpeace.com.