If you haven't read the Qur'an, I highly recommend it. It gives an insight in to the faith that will contradict the cherry-picked sh!te you hear peddled in the media 
Yes, that's the annoying thing, that the radical Imams cherry pick the bits that suit their warped agenda to preach to the gullible.

That's very true that
One of my customers is an Iraqi who worked for the British forces in Basra during Dessert Storm as a interpreter.
Due of this, he was allowed to stay in the UK because himself and his family was under threat by pretty much everybody out there because he helped the allies.
I serviced his system last month and afterwards we set the world to rights as blokes do over a cuppa

I have never read the Koran personally but as he says, the book is about love, family, tolerance and respect for mankind.
I can honestly say that I have never met a more respectful, true to his belief's family man in my life.
I did ask him why we don't see more British Muslim's standing up and being counted against these scumbags but his imam discourages it for whatever reason apparently

Its a shame because I honestly believe that is what is needed.