Marginalizing the moderates and proving al Qaeda right

Submitted by David L (United States), Aug 16, 2010 at 13:23

Anyone who fears Islamofascism should greatly regret the backlash among Americans regarding this Islamic center. Discourse calling into question the legitimacy of the center accomplishes two huge negatives:

1) It serves to marginalize and alienate moderate American Muslims. They are the good guys--the ones who we want to embolden and empower all over the world. By lumping moderate American Muslims in with the extremist Saudi Muslims that committed the 9/11 atrocities, we demonstrate not only racism but our refusal to recognize our most effective allies.

2) It gives militant Islamic groups a very effective rallying cry. They can point to the American difficulty in stomaching an Islamic presence in a sensitive area as being proof that America really is at war with all Muslims and not just with violent extremists. And unfortunately they are very good at twisting this sort of thing into propaganda.

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