Wow, another one of these religious arguments?
Well, being a Muslim, this is what I have to say:
I believe that news/media/etc. gives a bad impression of the religion to other people. You see how 15 people die in Iraq, you hear about how people are dying in Afghanistan, you heard about bombings and such and you take your opinion from there and think stuff. Islam is a religion of PEACE. There are bad people in every religion. Islam has its own. These terrorists are just a bunch of people that ruin Islam. Nowadays, people think of Islam, they think terrorism. Its not true. There are just some dumb idiots that believe killing is right. That doesnt go for all the other Muslims that want peace in the world. Now when you look at the media, that is all they show you, how a terrorsit blew himself up and killed 10 people and then people think that Muslims kill people and Islam is a bad religion.