Another good and fair question. As @Scaff said, this is pretty much the norm. Now what I will say is that there are various schools of thought in Islam. But all of those schools of thought follow an identical baseline, with the exact same base rules. When people go around twisting those base rules, then that is not following Islam at all, and this is the problem. Let us take ISIS for example right now, as everybody is pretty familiar with them. Now, according to them, everybody is not with them is against them and their enemy. The establishment of a worldwide 'khalifate' is their primary goal, and to force a faith and way of life upon everybody is their MO. This in itself is completely against any teaching of Islam. Faith has no compulsion. Killing is clearly shown to be the exception, not the norm. Intolerance is against Islam itself. Killing because somebody disagrees with you? How will anybody learn? What of womens rights? I hear ISIS rape them and use them? And forget the idea of terrorism. The Islamic definition, that is in Shariah, of terrorism is not just bombing and killing senselessly, but even comitting highway robbery is terrorism. There is no justification for terrorism, not even in the case of a legitimate war.
I have said this before and I shall say it again, ISIS are the total opposite of Islam. I have no idea how they can claim to represent a religion when everything they do is in stark contrast, by ANY interpretation.
I enjoy reading your answers as it does help me learn about Islam.
But I'd have to say I disagree here. The thing is while I don't lump in the majority of muslims with ISIS saying it's not Islam in my ears sounds as unbelievable as when ISIS says you're not a real muslim. It's the no true scotsman fallacy if I'm correct.
You don't have the power to declare what is or isn't true islam.
Apart from that what is your opinion on artists in egypt beeing jailed for wearing clothes that aren't 'modest enough.
As I'm willing to agree the majority of muslims in the west follow a moderate version it's laws like these that makes secular people believe there is an issue within islam.