I too would be ticked off if so much mud was slung at me...so you don't have to apologize for anything ! Let alone so many times in one post for I have a very thick skin & I don't get offended that easily unless we're talking about Jinnah, Pakistan and Liverpool F.C
I lament the intellectual degradation in the Muslim world; if one would scrutinize Muslim History & more importantly Muslim Philosophical thought, I wonder whether our ancestors would be able to recognize us ? Just so you know, I went from Islam to Atheism in complete disgust at the lack of braincells that most Muslims have before being exposed to Philosophy (all shades of it) and realizing that Atheism has the same inconsistencies and contradictions that Theism has...though just in a different flavor. So now I maintain, what Socrates did : one thing I know that I know nothing !
Deno, I read about your parents passing away...I'm truly sorry to hear that ! May their hereafter be even better than their present !