Yeah, that’s all a dumb strawman. People point out the illiberalisms of Islam all the time. Sure, some people will call any critique of Islam racist, but that does not reinforce his victim complex about how it’s impossible to criticize Islam, just like some people being bigoted towards Muslims does not mean all criticism against them is wrong. The author is arguing against a strawman, because many people, actually, can recognize that a thing can be criticized and a target of hate without mutual exclusion.