Ah, but you are missing my points of reply. It is not just about "freedom of religion"; it is also about the quotes you provided to lostwanderingsoul, that there are "no compulsion", according to the Qur'an.
My points also provided examples in which Muhammad himself contradict to the verses of "no compulsion".
(A) That he only spared Jews (Banu Qurayza) who not only surrendered after a siege, but converted to Islam, is a sign of compulsion or coercion.
(B) That (i) when Mecca surrendered to him after he marched into the town with a large army...compulsion.... (ii) and then began systematically destroying idols of other religion...more compulsion.
(C) But the destruction of idols didn't stop at Mecca. That Muhammad had his army campaigning into eastern Arabia, visiting town after town, destroying more idols, in places that never took side against him, is another sign of compulsion.
His action went against the verses that stated "no compulsion". When his own actions contradict the verses, then the Qur'an is not law, but merely a guideline in which he can ignore at his whim.
And that's not only contradictions.
Muhammad's campaign into eastern and northern Arabia (630 - 632) is directly contradicting the verse 2:190, which is
By marching to towns that were never involved in the war between Muslims and Meccans, then Muhammad and his army were the aggressors.
When he fled to Medina, his followers were smaller in numbers, and he began raiding and looting merchant caravans:
(A) That's an act of banditry or piracy - armed robbery. When do merchant caravans equal to an army?
It doesn't. It was robbery.
What does the Qur'an really say about stealing?
The only way you can do what Muhammad and his merry band of bandits did, in 623 - 624, would be view them as soldiers instead of merchants, therefore justifying the caravan raids as act of war. Muhammad's action that contradict verse 2:190 can also apply here.
Raiding caravans for loots and slave trade are not an act of self defence.
(B) The verse 8:41, in which Muslims should only take one-fifth spoil didn't apply here, with these raids.
Muhammad also contradict the 8:41, when he ordered the banishment of Banu Qaynupa from Medina in 624, taking all their properties, ignoring the one-fifth rule. Muhammad's original idea was executing them, not expelling them; he was persuaded against mass executions by the Khazraj chieftain.
All these acts are that of aggressors. There is nothing defensive about the raids or the expulsion of the Qaynupa.