[allmendream]

On the basis that Pape has an agenda and is the only one who thinks Islamic terrorists are not really Islamic.

And now your statements seems to be retreating from your previous stance that the “vast majority” of terrorists are secular “Darwinists”. Now you admit that many are in fact Islamists. A small minority then? If the “vast majority” are secularists?

And If d’Escoto and Cardenal have not been excommunicated by the Catholic church then they are still Catholics.

[GodGunsGuts]

I'm not backing down from anything. There are no doubt radical, hate-filled individuals who are actually duped into thinking that suicide bombing and the deliberate killing of civilians is consonant with the teachings of traditional Islam, just like there are no doubt radical, hate-filled individuals who are duped into thinking that Liberation Theology is consonant with Christianity. In either case, they might think they are Christians or Muslems, but in reality they are nothing more than useful idiots.