By Joseph Farah
It would have been impossible to imagine in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks that they would actually stir sympathy for Islam – even radical Islam.
Yet there is no question, eight years later, that is exactly what happened.
Though accurate statistics are elusive, Islam is growing in America – both through immigration and conversion.
Islam has more effective lobbying groups in America than ever before.
There are efforts to be more "inclusive" of Islam in government, schools, academia and business.
There is more "sensitivity" to Islam in entertainment.
And there is an almost suicidal eagerness to assume the best about Islam, its adherents and its intentions.
Try to imagine what might have happened if (and, admittedly, this is very difficult to imagine) a group of Orthodox Jews crashed two planes into the World Trade Center, another into the Pentagon and a fourth into a field in Pennsylvania, killing about 3,000 Americans. Read more ...
It would have been impossible to imagine in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks that they would actually stir sympathy for Islam – even radical Islam.
Yet there is no question, eight years later, that is exactly what happened.
Though accurate statistics are elusive, Islam is growing in America – both through immigration and conversion.
Islam has more effective lobbying groups in America than ever before.
There are efforts to be more "inclusive" of Islam in government, schools, academia and business.
There is more "sensitivity" to Islam in entertainment.
And there is an almost suicidal eagerness to assume the best about Islam, its adherents and its intentions.
Try to imagine what might have happened if (and, admittedly, this is very difficult to imagine) a group of Orthodox Jews crashed two planes into the World Trade Center, another into the Pentagon and a fourth into a field in Pennsylvania, killing about 3,000 Americans. Read more ...
Source: WND
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