Once again we see the problem. People here taking the most violet bloodthristy xenophobic verse from the Koran and placing them at the heart of Islam, as the most important thing in Islam. Saying the terrorists interpretation is the only one found in Islam. This is (too say the least) simplistic, counter productive, and just plain wrong. Thank goodness the leaders of our nation don't buy into it.
Which of the hundreds of violet, bloodthirsty, xenophobic verses were you referring to as "the worst"? The one that says to kill all the Jews? The one that says if you don't wage war upon non-Muslims you'll go to Hell? The one that prescribes beheadings? The law of retaliation that commands you to attack anyone you feel has slighted you in any way?
I've actually read the Koran. It's ALL bloodthirsty, savage, and sub-civilized.
It's the "violet" ones we need to watch. It may be some form of Avian Flu. Most of us only concentrate on the violent ones.
• Foreign states and movements have been financing the promotion of radical, political Islam, which we call Islamism, within America’s armed forces and prisons.
• That alien ideology, with heavy political overtones, preaches intolerance and hatred of American society, culture, government, and the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.
• Adherents to that ideology directly and indirectly spawn, train, finance, supply and mobilize terrorists who would destroy our system of government and our way of life.
• They have created civil support networks for terrorists at home and abroad, providing material assistance, fundraising operations, logistics, propaganda, legal assistance in the event of arrest or imprisonment, and bringing political pressure to bear on policymakers grappling with counterterrorism issues.
• The Islamists exploited the nation’s prison chaplancies and the created the Muslim chaplain cadre in the armed forces as one of several avenues of infiltration, recruitment, training and operation.
"Enemies of our free society are trying to exploit it for their own ends."