Thanks — we all learn from one and another. I guess my exp with the dangers of the moon cult lies in my business travel and assignments abroad. I’ve lived a few years in Bahrain, Oman, Belgium, England, India and Singapore and visited other parts of the M-E, Europe and South-East Asia. There is a real danger in the ideology of Isl — the problem is that we meet a few of the followers and yes, they are very nice (in fact, nearly all my experiences in the M-E were positive and they were friendly people), but the ideology is corrosive. Just like we rejected communism and naziism, we need to help others reject this other, older, toxic philosophy.
I agree with that. It’s really too bad too, but when the chips are down, who protests in the streets and who do they protest against? We have a festering disease in our midst. I don’t like saying it, but we are vulnerable. There is simply no need to bring people here from terrorist states, and yet we do it anyway. I like all people, but not to the point of surrendering my life or nation to them.