Again And Again, When Westerners Are Perceived

I Draw A Distinction Between Traditional Islam And Islamism. Islamism Emerged In Its Modern Form In The 1920s And Is Driven By A Belief That Muslims Can Be Strong And Rich Again If They Follow The Islamic Law Severely And In Its Entirety. This Is A Response To The Trauma Of Modern Islam.

Nothing In The Constitutions Of Western States Requires Them To Get Involved In Every Foreign Conflict.

Again And Again, When Westerners Are Perceived As Denigrating Muhammad, The Koran, Or Islam, Islamists Demonstrate, Riot Or Kill.

In The Long Term, The United States Could Greatly Benefit Islam By Uniquely Freeing The Religion From Government Constraints And Permitting It To Evolve In A Positive, Modern Direction. But That's The Long Term.

To Me, Every Fundamentalist Muslim, No Matter How Peaceable In His Own Behavior, Is Part Of A Murderous Movement And Is Thus, In Some Fashion, A Foot Soldier In The War That Bin Laden Has Launched Against Civilization.