[EBH]

"as they decide what to make of this large and growing minority in their midst, particularly the Islamists who aspire to colonize them."

This for me hits the nail on the head. Most immigrants coming to the West/US want to adopt american ways, not impose themselves on us. There are a few you could argue, but the vast majority want the ideals of what we have to offer. It is the Islamists who aspire to colonize us that I am wary of.

[rmlew]

This for me hits the nail on the head. Most immigrants coming to the West/US want to adopt american ways, not impose themselves on us. There are a few you could argue, but the vast majority want the ideals of what we have to offer. It is the Islamists who aspire to colonize us that I am wary of.
1. The Islamists operate most effectively among fellow Muslims. They use them as camoflage and to call any law enforcement/counter-terrorist measures anti-Muslim. Moreover Islamists rasie funds from and recruit fellow Muslims in America and western countries.

2. The problem is not limited to Islamists. The absolute increase in the number of Muslims has increased the Islamicization of America. 50 years ago, no one would have called America Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu, as President Bush has. Anyone saying that Muslims share teh same peaceful values as Christians and Jews would have been considered ignorant, not presidential.
Worse, Islam, not just Islamism, calls for the conquest of the world. The eschatological goal of every Muslim is universal Islam and rule of a Caliph. From the time of Mohammed in 622 CE, the primary methodology has been through conquest and assimilation. Conversions, missionary activity, emmigration, and trade are other tools.