[VOA]

Remember that any place they have a mosque is, in their opinion, Muslim
territory and thus can be considered conquered territory,
even though there are (at that point) few or no Muslims in the area.

Back in the 1980s, a Muslim who was maybe the best thoraic surgeon
in Oklahoma City, led an effort to get a mosque built.

There was a concerted effort that stopped it, e.g., zoning, etc.

At that time I thought, "Man, how backwards we are in Oklahoma to
do that sort of thing to this good doctor and his co-congregant.".

The morning of 9-11-01, I realized what an ignorant fool I had been.
And everthing I've learned since has simply confirmed that I had
been an idiot.
When it came to trusting Islam.

[livius]

Probably, back in 1980, that doctor didn't really have anything evil in mind. When Muslims have no power, they simmer down and, from the point of view of their host country, are just another odd foreign group engaging in its odd customs.

However, once they feel they have power - in this case from petrodollars and modern, low-cost weapons - they become violent, vicious and aggressive, as we are seeing before our very eyes. Suddenly, they want to take over. And we are caught completely by surprise.