[BobL]

I would also agree that the 10% doesn't apply in the United States today - but that doesn't mean it won't in 10 years.

That's exactly what happened in France. They had a peaceful Muslim society for decades, well integrated into French culture (for what it's worth - couldn't help that one). And now, the next generation, the children born in France, have pulled away and gone fundamental, big time - that's why they needed the head-scarf ban.

And that's what scares the daylights out me. I don't know of any other minority group that's done that. Certainly Mexicans haven't done that here.

[muawiyah]

Hey, the Moslems in France were NEVER assimilated. There was a period after the Algerian war where the French aggressively suppressed Moslems in Metropolitan France, but those days are gone and everybody has forgotten just exactly what it was about Islamofascism that distressed even the french.

[honest2God]

"That's exactly what happened in France. They had a peaceful Muslim society for decades, well integrated into French culture (for what it's worth - couldn't help that one). "

Haha, yeah, go figure.

"And now, the next generation, the children born in France, have pulled away and gone fundamental, big time - that's why they needed the head-scarf ban."

Yup, that's what worries me too. But IMO, curtailing civil liberities not only flies in the face of American values, but it may only serve as an excuse for increased fundamentalism. We must win hearts and minds to win this war!