Yeah, because if they understood Islam, they'd understand that the penalty is death for doing this.
But on the other hand, the penalty is also death for not doing it.
Decisions, decisions.
What I really like about Islam is it makes the decision tree really, really short, and completely reliable.
The only thing that allows Muslims to survive is that most of the world is too sane to take them seriously. The day the world really understands that Muslims mean exactly what they say, is the day that every Muslim on the face of the earth will be destroyed once and for all.
The pilot deserves a metal. If he/she felt imminent danger was possible then he is obligated to protect the passengers and crew. obama should learn from this pilot about protecting Americans and having a back bone.
If they were good people and understood their religion, they would turn away from it and return to the religion of their suppressed ancestors, Christianity or Judaism.