Five questions non-Muslims would like answered

The title of this posting is the title of an editorial in the LA Times by Dennis Prager [h/t to BenS and JP]. Here are the questions. Please see the original for elucidation.

1. Why are you so quiet?
   Since the first Israelis were targeted for death by Muslim terrorists blowing themselves up in the name of your religion and Palestinian nationalism, I have been praying to see Muslim demonstrations against these atrocities. Last week's protests in Jordan against the bombings, while welcome, were a rarity. What I have seen more often is mainstream Muslim spokesmen implicitly defending this terror on the grounds that Israel occupies Palestinian lands. We see torture and murder in the name of Allah, but we see no anti-torture and anti-murder demonstrations in the name of Allah....
2. Why are none of the Palestinian terrorists Christian?
   If Israeli occupation is the reason for Muslim terror in Israel, why do no Christian Palestinians engage in terror? They are just as nationalistic and just as occupied as Muslim Palestinians. ...
3. Why is only one of the 47 Muslim-majority countries a free country?
   According to Freedom House, a Washington-based group that promotes democracy, of the world's 47 Muslim countries, only Mali is free. ...
4. Why are so many atrocities committed and threatened by Muslims in the name of Islam? ...
5. Why do countries governed by religious Muslims persecute other religions?
   No church or synagogue is allowed in Saudi Arabia. The Taliban destroyed some of the greatest sculptures of the ancient world because they were Buddhist. Sudan's Islamic regime has murdered great numbers of Christians. ...

Update: be sure to read the comments, which include a set of answers from an anonymous reader.