The problem with people like “trey” and Noah Feldman (Armstrong and Esposito too)is that they’ve never read pretty much the entire corpus of Islamic writings: their scriptures (the Qur’an), their traditions (ahadith), and the example of the Prophet (the Sira). All of these coalesce into a body of law called Sharia. If they bothered to rise up out of their sloth or their perfidy and read these things they would indeed find the religious basis for the jihad and Sharia.
The “extremists” ARE the good Muslims who are faithful to Muhammad and his sock puppet deity “Allah.” “Bad” Muslims are actually our potential friends, because they don’t practice all or even most of what Muhammad taught and modeled.
I’ve read a number of articles and books written by the above apologists for Islam. These people are frauds, with respect to any substantial and informed views of Islam. I would love to see former Muslims like Ali Sina, Ibn Warraq, Walid Shoebat, and Ali Hirsi debate them. It would be no contest. Knockout in the second round.
I expect good Muslims to engage in taqiyya – to try to fool us and dupe us. They are allowed and encouraged to do that. What angers me most is when Western apologists, for either reasons of money or Leftist ideology, function as dhimmi whores for these 7th century savages.
And the Grey Lady is a Queen Dhimmi Whore.
