The author makes some wonderful points. Like, American Arabs are condemning the terrorist atrosities, but they should prove their position with actions, by helping to turn over the terrorists that are living in this country and in their communities.
Although the author's credentials are impressive, I'm not sure how much firsthand experience she's had with Islam and/or Muslims. For one thing, she didn't get the 5 pillars correct. One of them is to fast during the month of Rhamadan each year. Also, she thinks that Muslims can read the koran like some read the Bible, taking some passages as fact and others as nice stories, but not literally.
Muslims would NEVER do this. They are required by the koran to take it as literal. In fact, they only pray in Arabic (even Indonesian, American, European, etc. Muslims who don't even speak Arabic) because the words might get changed in translation if they pray in another language. Also, if they print a Koran in another language, it must be with the original Arabic next to it. They say they believe in Jesus and the Bible, but when inconsistencies are pointed out to them they say the translation of the Bible is wrong because the original translation has been lost. The Koran is correct, literal and untranslated, according to them. They consider it a miracle because Mohammed was illiterate and he brought a book to this world.