Only non-Muslims have used words such as savage, mass-murder, barbarians and uncivilized. I guess the general view of the so-called moderate Muslim is that the terrorists "just got a little carried away!" in their faith.
How can we ask a Saudi Arabian government to denounce the savagery of the WTC attack when they cut off the hands of thieves?
We have to face the brutal truth. Islam teaches that only Muslims are on Allah's side. Anyone not a Muslim is not just morally inferior but the ENEMY OF GOD. God, in their view has no problem with his faithful, the Muslims, slaying the unfaithful (everyone else). From their perspective, killing a Muslim is wrong. Killing Jews and Christians, by contrast, is simply ridding the world of the unfaithful.
Well, it's arguable that that is the law of their land (Wahhabi (extremist) Islam) so how they treat convicted thieves is their business. Don't like it? Don't go there. But their beliefs belong within THEIR borders. When they infringe upon the rights of those in other countries, they're destined for a slapdown.
You know and I know that the vast majority of people in Muslim states would ultimately be better off as citizens of a democratic state with elected officials, but that's unlikely.
Regarding punishment for crime, again, I don't think Canada should be able to decide that since the death penalty in the US is "extreme" that we shouldn't be allowed to employ it.