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From the New York Sun’s essay “A Tipping Point,” Jim Geraghty says:
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A Tipping Point
From the New York Sun’s essay “A Tipping Point,” Jim Geraghty says:
For much of the post-September 11 era, non-Muslim Americans tended to see Muslims as mostly good people, not terribly different from Christians, Jews, or other folk, whose faith had been hijacked and besmirched by extremists in their midst. … Since September 11, year by year, month by month, hard questions and harder answers have spread far beyond Islamic-skeptical scholars Daniel Pipes and Robert Spencer and radio talk show host Michael Graham, and the blogging gang at Little Green Footballs.
For the past weeks, Americans have been horrified by threatening protests and outright violence over the Danish cartoons in just about every corner of the Muslim world. … A large chunk of Americans just decided that they no longer have any faith in the good sense or non-hostile nature of the Muslim world. Many, many Americans flat-out no longer trust Muslims. …
In a radio interview, Michael Medved lamented that Islam "has really become for many, many Muslims, unfortunately, a death cult, not a religion of life... I think there is a huge percentage of the Muslim population, probably bigger than 50% that is susceptible to radicalization."
These words, and the similar ones spoken and written around the country in recent weeks, are not the reactions of bigots or haters. These are the reactions of men and women whose patience is exhausted. Perhaps the straw that broke the camel's back was an angry Muslim protester carrying a sign saying "Islam will dominate" at ground zero in Manhattan. As one blogger wrote, "Not there. Not ever." …
History will remember that after September 11, the overwhelming desire of many in America and elsewhere in the West was to punish al-Qaeda and the Taliban and help democracy, liberty, and governments free from religious extremism take root in Afghanistan. Up until Iraq, there was something of a consensus in America that democracy, human rights, religious tolerance, freedom of speech and freedom of the press and women's rights were worth promoting in the Muslim world; …
There will not be the same reaction after the next terrorist attack in the United States - and sad to say, sooner or later, there will be another attack. The aftermath of the next attack may well feature many Americans saying they're ready to write off the Muslim world as hopeless - not decent human beings worthy of liberation and liberty, but a bunch of inherently homicidal maniacs to be contained, defeated, or, worse, if need be, eliminated.
- American Converts To Islam
Planck's Constant sheds some light as to who converts to Islam here in the United States. Excerpt:According to a recent, albeit small, study of conversion to Islam in the United States, Islam is actually more attractive to those with less education....
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Anyone who has read me over the past two years know that I am a supporter of George Bush and the War on Terror. I am a supporter of our attempt to spread Democracy within the Middle East. I am a believer in the idea that the desire for freedom beats within...
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