Another example: He says that Islam is diverse with no distinct leader or hierarchy and that this is why no Muslim groups condemned 9-11. But Christianity and Judaism also lack distinct leaders and leadership hierarchies. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of independent sects in those religions. However, when a Christian or a Jew commits an act that is antithetical to those religions, there is no end of spokesmen for these many groups who are willing to condemn the crimes of the "deviants". There was no such response from the equally diverse Islamic world post 9-11.
This author is making excuses for Islamic violence; no less than those he claims need to formulate a response to the West's charges that Islam is inherently violent.
Another example: He says that Islam is diverse with no distinct leader or hierarchy and that this is why no Muslim groups condemned 9-11.Many did. CAIR condemned it the day it happened. The imam of the biggest mosque in Cleveland was participating in memorials with Bishop Pilla and others almost immediately.
If you choose to believe they were insincere, that's your opinion. I consider it unsubstantiated. That's mine.
But it's incorrect to say the condemnations weren't made at all.
-Eric