Self Defense

Submitted by Michael Jonak (United States), Sep 28, 2006 at 12:38

Islam aims a dart at the heart of the most basic of human instincts--the will to survive by self-defense. The propagandizing; the constant drum-roll of convert-or-die; the fear of offending the irrational; all saps at the will to survival; the greatest threat is the conversion of an instinct (survival) to a measured response (fear).

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".