We have a toxic ideology, hopefully very small, within Islam; certainly most people, most Muslims, don't agree with this violent, jihadist approach.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We've got jihadists. That doesn't mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism, but there is something going on here. We've got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition.
Many American Muslims are peaceful and define jihad primarily as an internal struggle to improve.
Islamist terrorism is a cancer on Islam, and Muslims themselves must fight it at our side.
To speak specifically of our problem with the Muslim world, we are meandering into a genuine clash of civilizations, and we're deluding ourselves with euphemisms. We're talking about Islam being a religion of peace that's been hijacked by extremists. If ever there were a religion that's not a religion of peace, it is Islam.
Put simply, we are still at war with radical Islamic groups and an ideological movement that can't be ignored nor wished away.
There is a group of individuals who are radical jihadists. We need to call them by name. They believe it is OK to kill people in the name of their religion. It is not all of Islam. It is not all Muslims. But there is a subgroup who believe it is OK. In fact, it is their plan and design to kill people.
There have been bombings by extremists. They are not representatives of Islam. They're not representative of the vast majority of people who love this country, but nonetheless, they exist.
Whatever the reason, American Muslims appear far less inclined to support the global jihad than their European counterparts.
Islam is a dangerous religion.
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.