Islam defies moderation
Reader comment on item: The Moderation of American Muslims

Submitted by Yuval Brandstetter MD (Israel), Apr 12, 2004 at 14:28

Dear Mr Pipes

I wholly agree with your suspicions regarding the "moderation" exhibited by mosque visitors. Islam by its very definitions is an imperialistic religion where conversion, forceful conversion of Dar-Al Harb into Dar-Al-Islam is the main Mitzva. Islam did not come into the USA to integrate. Islam came in to conquer. In recent memory islamists have always hailed the more extreme leaders, rather than the more moderate or pragmatic, and, at least in their books, with great success.

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