Dr. DiPuccio makes a carefully documented argument that increased Islamic populations are transforming Western countries in ways their citizens do not want.
Books about Islam are usually either hysterical polemics against it or "see no evil" apologetics for it. Instead, DiPuccio offers facts, facts, and more facts, all with footnotes to his sources of information. His main point is that many Islamic beliefs are incompatible with traditional Western values such as separation of church and state, freedom of speech, and the rule of law.
DiPuccio acknowledges two key arguments against his own thesis. First, many Muslims don't take Islam's extreme ideas seriously, any more than most of my fellow Jews think it's a sin to wear clothing made from two kinds of fabric (Leviticus 19:19). Second, Islam is not monolithic. In addition to its major division between Sunni and Shiite, Islam includes a range of viewpoints, some more liberal than others.
However, he argues, the problem comes from intransigent minorities within the Islamic community, such as the "30% of US Muslims [who] believe there is a natural conflict between the teachings of Islam and democracy," while 58 percent believe that criticism of Islam should be illegal in spite of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
Islamic or not, intransigent minorities can often impose their views on less-committed majorities. Nicholas Taleb makes the same observation in his book Skin in the Game (https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Game-Hidden-Asymmetries-Daily-ebook/dp/B075HYVP7C/).
Within the Islamic community, those intransigent minorities work to bring Western law and society into compliance with their own beliefs and agendas. Under our laws -- even if not under theirs -- they have that right. But does the non-Islamic majority want it?
If not, then it's essential to confront the facts. Dr. DiPuccio has done so.
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