[Burdened White Man]

Islam today bears almost no resemblance to the Islam of yesterday

Although I totally disagree with the Billybudd's assertion that the current Jihad is not about ideology, his above statement is largely correct. Daniel Pipes in Militant Islam Comes To America takes great pains to show that modern Islamists are different and far more radical than Islam historically. For much of the middle ages Islam, Judaism, and Christianity coexisted in relative peace in the Arab world.

[Sparta]

I have no problem with Muslims per se, I just I have a problem with those who want to kill me because of my religion and those who deny religion is not a cause of the problem. If they are a religion of peace, they need to show examples of this and denounce the terrorists openly and honestly.

[MoGalahad]

Is Daniel Pipes an expert on World History? The statement that you agree with has significant subjectiveness in it. Beware of what you believe; ideas have power.