The Israelis Are Very Smart About Politics

You Can't Just Read The Koran To Understand Muslim Life. You Have To Look At History, At Personalities, At Economics, And So On.

Again And Again, When Westerners Are Perceived As Denigrating Muhammad, The Koran, Or Islam, Islamists Demonstrate, Riot Or Kill.

Anti-islamist Muslims - Who Wish To Live Modern Lives, Unencumbered By Burqas, Fatwas And Violent Visions Of Jihad - Are On The Defensive And Atomized. However Eloquent, Their Individual Voices Cannot Compete With The Roar Of Militant Islam's Determination, Money (much Of It From Overseas) And Violence. As A Result, Militant Islam, With Its West-phobia And Goal Of World Hegemony, Dominates Islam In The West And Appears To Many To Be The Only Kind Of Islam.

My Career Divides In Two: Before And After 9/11. In The First Part I Was Trying To Show That Islam Is Relevant To Political Concerns. If You Want To Understand Muslims, I Argued, You Need To Understand The Role Of Islam In Their Lives. Now That Seems Obvious.

Ultimately, There Is No Compromise. Westerners Will Either Retain Their Civilization, Including The Right To Insult And Blaspheme, Or Not.