Apologetic Islam has no place in Islam, neither in previous times nor in today's era. Allah Most High has made guidance clear and plain. If somebody fails to understand it or is not willing to accept it, there is no compulsion upon him to accept the faith. But in no shape or form is there a need to distort the core teachings of Islam and aspects of the Sunna for the sake of appeasing people who cannot stomach the truth. Any such call is clearly against the spirit of Islam and stems from ignorance of the Sira, in particular the Makkan period of the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم life.