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We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.

If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.

We are in a global war with a radical and violent form of the Islamic religion, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to deny it.

We have a toxic ideology, hopefully very small, within Islam; certainly most people, most Muslims, don't agree with this violent, jihadist approach.

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world.

The goal of isolating extremists and making them unwelcome in Muslim communities has been abandoned.

The problem of Islam as a political force is an essential one for our time and for the years to come, and we cannot approach it with a modicum of intelligence if we start out from a position of hatred.

I know one thing: There are a billion Islamic people in the world today, and there will be about 2 billion by the time we're dead. They're not going to give up their religion.

Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away.