[tonyz]

Lighthouse - FWIW just some observations below on the topic at hand.

A very aggressive, powerful, minority can be much stronger than a generally silent and passive majority.

It appears easier to incite and nurture a sense of persecution among the disaffected than to actually produce, lead and maintain something worthwhile.

It appears easier to characterize unbelievers as enemies than to build a functioning, productive civilization.

Sharia is fundamentally incompatible with our Constitution and should never be permitted to take root in America.