The Intolerance of Islam Revealed Again

The Danish government and the world is witness again to the intolerance that is inherent to the Islamic faith.
After publishing caricatures depicting the prophet Muhammed, the Danish government, and the EU in general, is facing a backlash from Muslim communities throughout the world, with violent protests at many sites.
Anyone could have predicted this. Muslims have no ability to accept satire, mockery, or other criticism of their faith and their prophet. Anyone remember Salman Rushdie or Theo Van Gogh? The later individual paid with his life for using film to bring to light the sexism and abuse of women that Islam fosters.
One might ask, why is Islam so intolerant to such critiques and insults?
The answer lies in the faith itself - reading the Koran, one can see just how intolerant and horrible this religion is. Also, given the Muslims view of the Koran as the inerrant word of Allah/God leaves no room for criticism of what is written in its pages.
Such reactions such as this, as well as from other faiths of the world, should be a wake up call to the violence that is generated by religion. To step towards peace, we must first embrace secularism, walking away from absolute falsehoods and towards reason.