As we are reeling from the revelation of yet another attempted plot to assassinate Lars Vilks for his cartoon image of Mohammed as a dog, the media would have us believe that such “radical” and “extreme” violence is something new – something that has evolved in Islam over time. Conversely, according to IslamWatch, "Muhammad's life is a testament of ceaseless raids and plundering expeditions of highway caravans and waging wars against the infidel" in which "he himself had orchestrated more than one hundred raids, plundering expeditions and wars." In the days of Muhammed, groups of men required to meet...