The vast majority of muslims are normal, decent people. Like Germans in 1933 or Russians in 1950.
But like Germans in 1933 or Russians in 1950, the vast majority of people who live in countries where being muslim is a de facto duty live under the jackboot of their literalist clerics who have no incentive to reform the doctrine towards kumbaya religion, like Christanity was FORCED to do.

Those literalists, fundamentalists want to enforce a worldwide ban on mockery of their religion. From there on, the questions are relatively simple: First, do people in democracies give in to these violent demands? Second, and more important, should we stop publishing mockeries of Islam? As stated in the OP, I think the vast, decent majority NEEDS us to post this satire. Because when it becomes evident the fundamentalist dogma that blasphemy is physically punishable, the silent muslim majority will have a stepping stone to tell the fundamentalists to stop waging violence over their radicall reading of the 'sacred' texts.

On your side note, the following sentence was meant to be insulting

I think I respect muslims as human beings more than you do.
And I will concede I have the utmost contempt for the doctrine of Islam. But I know it fairly well.
I have reason to believe you do not.