That article deserves it’s own thread. You should post it if the site is OK with the powers that be.
The most truthful statement in the article is:
“The dialogue is not proceeding well because of the two-facedness of most Muslim interlocutors on the one hand and the gullibility of well-meaning Western idealists on the other,”
The dialogue is proceeding very well for the Muslims because of the West’s cowardice. The West knows very well that, should a country forbid the practice of Islam and expel all Muslims, there will be serious consequences for that country not realizing that there will be hell to pay at the end of the day, anyway.
I say, let hell start now so that the next generation can live in peace later. The West allowed a cancer in its midst and will not survive unless some very serious surgery and radiation is applied.
Forget about Bush and all the politicians who lecture us about Islam’s peaceful nature - Islam and the West will NEVER be able to coexist.
As I have said for so long, Islam is a political ideology cloaked in the robes of religion. But as time goes on, its real face will be clearly seen.