There are about 7 BILLION people in the World. Do you really think that ~60% of the World population is Muslim? Try 1.5 BILLION. And that's a SCARY Number.
That "tiny fraction" can translate into hundreds of thousands of screaming maniacs at the drop of an insult to Muhammud.
There is no religion, even close to the mindless extremism of Islam.
I have three half Iramian grand childern. They are perfectly normal Americans. The big difference is that they have never entered a mosque.