Originally Posted by Lebell

jorgelito,

I agree that there is no formula for deciding who is a muslim extremist and who is not, nor would it be wise to focus all of our efforts on middle eastern muslim males, but again, looking at the extremes, it seems clear that there is a place in the middle and that a weighted approach as far as scrutiny would be appropriate.

The other general comment I would make is that unlike Christianity, Islam's Holy Book was written by one person, and as such is given extra weight as far as "truth" goes. Therefore it makes sense that entire nations are under "sharia" and Imams regularly preach the hatred that is contained.

This contrasts to Christianity where the differences in authorship and interpretation of the Bible have led (among other things) to radically different understandings and beliefs and that the most radical (i.e. the Fred Phelps crowd) are marginalized by the majority of society. Also, it is extremely rare that any "Christian" calls for the murder of another person and when it does happen (e.g. anti-abortionists calling for doctors to be killed), no nation-state or national leader supports them, but rather condemns them.

You cannot say this about Islam.