Islamist or the threat of Islam.

Submitted by DaveP (United Kingdom), Apr 29, 2008 at 18:49

If one considers the invasions and colonisations through history by Islamic armies, then of course you are right. Islamists are far more dangerous then the Nazis with their Panzer divisions.

However my response is to the specific threat as is now, and in particular, a response to Daniel Pipes. The Islamists do not have regular armies that are capable of inflicting defeat on all and sundry - far from it. The threat we face now is from the rapid growth of the Muslim population in Europe, and the West, and it is to this that we need to focus on, and which Dr Pipe's article is focused.

Islamists - in the sense defined as radical Islamic extremists, are not the main threat at present. Ofcourse, there is debate about who or what is an Islamist, radical extremist, or even a moderate Muslim. This debate has ensued in the West as we try to grapple with Islam along Western thought processes and mindsets, instead of seeing the problem as a whole.

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