I Draw A Distinction Between Traditional Islam

The Jewish Connection To Jerusalem Is An Ancient And Powerful One. Judaism Made Jerusalem A Holy City Over Three Thousand Years Ago And Through All That Time Jews Remained Steadfast To It.

There Is No Problem With Islam Itself Or With The Muslims, But These Are Difficult Times, And The Difficulty Stems From Radical Islam.

My Career Divides In Two: Before And After 9/11. In The First Part I Was Trying To Show That Islam Is Relevant To Political Concerns. If You Want To Understand Muslims, I Argued, You Need To Understand The Role Of Islam In Their Lives. Now That Seems Obvious.

It’s A Mistake To Blame Islam, A Religion 14 Centuries Old, For The Evil That Should Be Ascribed To Militant Islam, A Totalitarian Ideology Less Than A Century Old. Militant Islam Is The Problem, But Moderate Islam Is The Solution.

Anti-islamist Muslims - Who Wish To Live Modern Lives, Unencumbered By Burqas, Fatwas And Violent Visions Of Jihad - Are On The Defensive And Atomized. However Eloquent, Their Individual Voices Cannot Compete With The Roar Of Militant Islam's Determination, Money (much Of It From Overseas) And Violence. As A Result, Militant Islam, With Its West-phobia And Goal Of World Hegemony, Dominates Islam In The West And Appears To Many To Be The Only Kind Of Islam.