It is incredible how you guys turn this around. It is generally accepted that "the prophet" ordered the killing of Asma Bint Marwan specifically for what she said (or sang, I guess). He also had muslims execute prisoners for minor offences by letting them starve in the desert or having horses slowly trample their faces while being run over them again and again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asma_bint_Marwan

Ayatollah Khomeini SPECIFICALLY pointed this action out when ordering Salman Rushdie killed, so there is even a direct connection. And while you might not respect Khomeini ... I'm willing to bet a lot he knows more about islam than your whole family put together, and he's certainly not trying to please "the west".

"The prophet" was also a warlord that conquered territory.

I think everybody with any ounce of respect for the truth can agree: this was not, in any way, shape or form, a peaceful man. Insofar as that is criticism of Islam that is valid criticism.

But very few religions were peaceful at the time of their founding. Hinduism started with "a great war". Buddhism started with a war. Christianity started with a war, it was just a war against Christians, and eventually Christians took the offensive like good religious zealots keep doing. Judaism, seems to have started with a war. I'm sure the same is at least mostly true even for forgotten religions.