Just read this excellent summation of where many Americans stand after a 7 year assessment of Islam. Many of us have spent the 7 years since 9/11 trying to play catch-up on a religion we formerly knew very little about.
Check it out
Not pretty.
Makes me wonder two things:
1) How hard must it be to be Muslim in America in 2008? After 7 years of revelations of what the core tenets of Islam are (its remarkable lack of mercy and love as it describes the nature of God, and the fact that Mohammed led 60 military campaigns - 3 of them were defensive - as the founder of this "faith") - how hard it must be to practice this faith in a country that finds it repellent.
I really am fascinated by the human side of this. 2% of Americans are Muslim. How does that feel?

2) Why, given the smorgasbord of faith choices in America, would anyone CHOOSE to practice Islam? What is the appeal?
I honestly do not get it.

Will discuss this on the show tonight. And I plan to LISTEN a lot.