Gimme that old-time religion

An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage girl to execution for killing a would-be rapist. Volokh Conspiracy has the story, and several of the comments are worthwhile.

There is a comment in passing about the right of dhimmi (non-Muslims) to defend themselves against attacks by Muslims. I have read similar statements before but I'm not sure about their accuracy. If they are, then no wonder so many Muslims are mad at us: we are offending Allah simply by defending ourselves against attack. Pretty insensitive of us.