Because it's not a small % of idiots.
Has anyone here truly read the Koran, because I don't have time to. The Islamists normally retort that we have violence in our scriptures as well, and we explain that the violence is not part of the underlying theme. Then they say the same and that Jihad takes on a number of meanings. Well, either violence and conversion is at the heart of the religion or it is not. Somebody must know the answer.
BTW, how can we as citizens prove to the oligarchs in office that Tancredo is a true representative that needs to be heard. Example: Goldwater was considered dangerous to the war in Vietnam, yet the alternative was over 50,000 dead Americans doing it Johnson's way. Now who's the extremist??
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Islam gives non-believers 3 choices:
1. Conversion to Islam
2. Paying annual tribute to remain a non-Muslim.
3. Death (preferably by beheading).
This has been practiced in Islamic nations for over 1,000 years.
Is Islam a Religion of Peace? The Two Faces of Islam
There are quite a few others on my America At War site under the "Truth About Islam" heading.