Smearing an entire religion with the sins of a small minority is not telling the truth.
It's not a religion, Bill. Nor is it a race, nor any of the other things that we like to pride ourselves on thinking that we have gotten past being bigoted about.
Islam is a theocratic political ideology. It dictates even the tiniest aspects of life such as diet, how to wash, how to relate to others, the form of government, etc. It discourages even a tiniest bit of independent thought or social progress. It is antithetical to a republican form of government, indeed any form of government other than sharia. It is an ideology that dictates that the follower, in order to be a true muslim, must participate in the subjugation of anyone who is not an adult muslim male. It dicates that those who are not muslim are inferior to muslims. It encourages and even demands violence against innocents.
Now, does that mean we should act as they do and actively participate in genocide and subjugation? No. Of course not. Luckily our belief systems do not demand that of us.