Well said.
We get this same kind of talk from the jihadists that are bigshots for CAIR.
The Great Bernard Lewis, who is widely considered to be the foremost authority on Islam in the West (he is still alive at 101) discusses this in his books (which are not apologia for Islam...simply very factual)
While he acknowledges that non-violent ‘struggle’ is one of the possible uses, he does make the point on more than one occasion that it is far overshadowed by the use in a violent sense, including in the Islamic world.
His works are excellent reads.