The world does not have an Islam problem; the world has a dignity problem.
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People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an integral part of the Islamic tradition.
There is tension between the values of modern society and the principles of Islam.
It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.
Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals.
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.
Christianity and Judaism have gone through the laundromat of humanism and enlightenment, but that is not the case with Islam.
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.
I have a big problem with Islam.