It is unfortunate that this kind of anti-muslim propaganda gets spread around and published to help feed the growing "us and them" mentality. It is also sad that after all these centuries of social and cultural development there are still so many educated and otherwise rational adults who are so quick to fight about what is the 'correct' way of talking to their invisible friend.
Poverty and deprivation along with poor education are the breeding grounds of superstition and religion. This is the reason that religions (particularly christianity and islam) are growing so well in the Third world countries (and in First world countries with large gaps between rich and poor). Our only hope going forward is to do our best to reduce the poverty and improve the education standards. Perhaps then more people will stop relying on an invisible friend and start understanding and caring more about the world around them.
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