[American in Israel]

Here is the rub: It is 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).

Ok, if I take that at face value, how are you going to explain the other 1300 years of terrorism and murder? Non-Militant Islam? How about we just make it simple. 1400 years of consistent action IS Islam.

[dennisw]

Ok, if I take that at face value, how are you going to explain the other 1300 years of terrorism and murder? Non-Militant Islam? How about we just make it simple. 1400 years of consistent action IS Islam.

Islam has been Jihading right from the beginning. Islam expanded rapidly in the 200 years after Mohammed. Conquered what we we know as the Arab world. Was all done by bloody Jihad, not by voluntary conversions.