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It has been my observation that, of the Muslims I've known in the USA, the UK, in Japan, and in Turkey, most want to just live quiet lives, run successful businesses, and take care of themselves and their families: good God fearing people who tend to hang out in libraries. Having said that, I see Islam itself as a political ideology masquerading as a religion, prone to being hijacked by power mad demagogues, and a threat to civilization. That means that, in relation to Islam, the rest of the civilized world has to look at Islamicist organizations with an extreme, alert suspicion, like the Turks do.

"It has been my observation that, of the Muslims I've known in the USA, the UK, in Japan, and in Turkey, most want to just live quiet lives, run successful businesses, and take care of themselves and their families: good God fearing people who tend to hang out in libraries."

Is there a possibility that the Muslims who live in the USA would like America to BECOME A MUSLIM COUNTRY?

It has been my observation that, of the Muslims I've known in the USA, the UK, in Japan, and in Turkey, most want to just live quiet lives, run successful businesses, and take care of themselves and their families: good God fearing people who tend to hang out in libraries.

I don't know about libraries, but thank you.

Having said that, I see Islam itself as a political ideology masquerading as a religion, prone to being hijacked by power mad demagogues, and a threat to civilization

Religions are routinely hijacked by power-mad demagogues. Indeed, the Christian experience has not been dissimilar, and episodes of frenzied bloodshed in the name of God-- while not recent, are both numerous and horrific. The role of good men is to remain eternally vigilant against such people. As far as Islam itself is concerned, I think the Wahabbi heresy (like the Kharijite heresy of 1400 years ago), is indeed-- as you so eloquently put it-- "a political ideology masquerading as religion".