Expectations Should Not Always Be Taken As

A Lot Of People Tend To Think I'm A Dogmatic Ideologue, Which I'm Not.

I Think Fundamentalism Is This Radical Attitude Toward One's Own Identity And Civilization As Compared To Other People's Identities And Cultures.

If One Of The Drafters Of The Declaration Of Independence Came Back Today, He Would Not Be Surprised About What Americans Were Saying And Believing And Articulating In Their Public Statements. It Would All Sound Rather Familiar.

Obviously There Are Divisions Within The West And Divisions Within Islam - There Are Different Sects, Different Communities, Different Countries. So Neither One Is Homogenous At All. But They Do Have Things In Common.

Democracy Is Premised, In Some Measure, On Majority Rule, And Democracy Is Difficult In A Situation Of Concentrated Inequalities In Which A Large, Impoverished Majority Confronts A Small, Wealthy Oligarchy.