[MadIvan]

It says the police estimate there are less than a hundred of these violent idiots. I dare say you've probably got something similar in Detroit - it's a problem we in the West have: we've allowed the intolerant a foothold because of our toleration.

Regards, Ivan

[Tuba Guy]

[blanknoone]

It actually says that one policeman estimates it as less than a hundred and other criminologists put it much higher. That plus the possibility of it spreading is dangerous.

You're right that undoubtably there are Muslim gangs in the US, but by and large they are terrorizing their own neighborhoods. I've never heard of any gang paying extortion money to a Muslim gang. That said, I could see the GD's (a very powerful US gang) ending up Muslim. They aren't...at least not yet...but they are developing a culture as much as commiting crime and they are heavily influenced by prison...where Islam is thriving as well.

An interesting parallel...there is, or at least should be, a struggle between the radicals and the so-called moderate Muslims, if they really exist. Freedom House just put out a study of the literature at major US mosques. It ain't moderate at all. Scary reading.