[Madame Dufarge]

They are 'dhimmi,' a protected but politically immature minority."

Finally, an acknowledgement that it's more of a political system than a religion.

[swarthyguy]

Surprise. But those who choose not to believe that islam is primarily a totalitarian ideology insisting on a complete subservience of the individual to the tenets of islam are simply fooling themselves. Many islamic scholars assert with pride that islam is a way of life and an ideology for governance and politics.