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I was puzzled by the tone of this; then I looked at the source.

Well, the author has met the President (then Gov.), I haven't. Of course I consider Hamas and Hizbollah terrorist groups, not freedom fighters.

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Islam is a religion that by its very tenets and history is completely incompatible with any system of government other than an Islamic-dominated one.

Hence,in my opinion, anyone who takes their Islam seriously, even if living peacefully on the surface, is a potential fifth-columnist.

Is that so difficult to see? In the 1990s a Serb author published a book with a provocative title which, if you think about, is true and has always been true.

It was called "Wherever there is a Mosque there is gunfire".

Go get a clue.

The Arab American News is unlike any other newspaper.

Obviously so. Have we finally discovered the legendary 'moderate' Muslims?

One of the things that is often unremarked is that Arabs who become American citizens are remarkably well-integrated into the society, something no other country can claim. Normally, Muslim integration means they have conquered another nation and everyone converts or is dhimmi. Certainly, Europe has shovelled theirs into slums and has no solutions to the festering problem.

So I liked this article. It showed a difference of opinion from most media. But it is not anti-American per se. There were a few lines that some people might question about Jews but it didn't seem to cross the line. To me, it seemed pretty carefully worded, saying no more or less than they intended. Something about it made me think a lawyer helped them write it.

Anyway, an interesting read from a source I hadn't known previously. Maybe we'll finally have some Arab reporting from an independent American viewpoint.

Good find.