[sageb1]

Bookmark for further contemplation, but at first glance, no, Islam is not in the DNA of the West. I cannot give credence to Muslims who say the things this one says, but will not convert or give up Islam.

[Nathan Zachary]

Islam is a scourge on the DNA of humanity.

If the west wants to survive, it has best inoculate itself against this scourge, otherwise it will be devoured just like the once Judo -Christian lands of the ME were devoured by the evil of Islam.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I haven't heard that he's converted to Christianity (or, for that matter, Judaism), but he is "secular," describes Israel as a "culture of life" and Islam as a "culture of death," and, BTW, opposes the building of any more mosques in Europe.

So, seriously, I don't think you can regard him as a sho-nuff Muslim. The Muslims sho' don't.

An interesting note: in his book Vincere la Paura [Victory over Fear], Allam reports his own experience as a journalist protected by armed escorts, a condition he has had to endure ever since the Islamic movement Hamas allegedly threatened him with death if he did not stop criticizing Palestinian suicide bombers.