Nor is terrorism a new phenomenon; Mohammad himself practiced it (read the Koran). Muslims have been engaged in it for as long as there have been Muslims - the United States fought its first post-revolutionary war against the very same (War against the Barbary States, 1802).
That the most recent example you can find in another religion dates back two centuries should throw in stark relief the savagery and barbarity that is Islam. Islam remains savage and barbaric not because it is simply awaiting reform or maturity, but rather because it demands such behavior from its followers.
Don't fool yourself. Islam is not just another religion. It is a totalitarian creed little different from Nazism and Communism, and every bit the mortal threat to the free people of the world.
-Eric
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