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Islam?s encounters with America

By Alliance Alert

Fouad Ajami writing in The Wall Street Journal: "The truth is that the trajectory of Islam in America (and Europe for that matter) is at variance with the play of things in Islam's main habitat. A survey by Elaph, the most respected electronic daily in the Arab world, gave a decided edge to those who objected to the building of this mosque?58% saw it as a project of folly . . . Islam in America is of recent vintage. This country can't be "Islamic." Its foundations are deep in the Puritan religious tradition. The waves of immigrants who came to these shores understood the need for discretion, and for patience."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on September 20, 2010 (boomark / email).