I live in a city that has a large Muslim population, and some dense Muslim pockets.
You are right in general with this.
But that still does not detract from the fact that we have a Muslim terrorist problem, both domestic and abroad.
The radicals and terrorists are a small fraction, but they are still present. Assimilation seems to me to be the solution, as it always is. But assimilation comes with a cost. And what do we do when interpretation of the Koran conflicts with the Constitution? To be American demands an oath to uphold the Constitution. And I'm seeing instances where some practice of Islam here in the states seems to conflict. In womens' freedom, for instance.
Much of America is fearful, and I can't blame them. But unfortunately, freedom, liberty, and assimilation have their costs.
What really exasperates the situation though, is it's politicization. And Trump's doing his damn best to stoke those fears!
Egalitarianism is an American value, that Muslim men have to get used to. I really don't recommend American society for devout Muslims or.. devout Christians for that matter. Lives can be led in American society while keeping with a strict piety, but, devout Christians and Muslims alike, have to accept that in America we are a secular democracy, that prizes people's freedom not to worship a religion and therefore be unconstrained by the boundaries of sin. Christians and Muslims should be prepared to see some ****.. outside of the church and mosque. Like transgenderism, gay marriage, drinking, smoking, screwing, etc.
Anyway, I live in a city with a large Muslim population too. They migrated west from Dearborn, MI.. which is the Muslim capital of the United States. They are good people. Threads like these are hysterical in nature, and absent of real world experience. Is terrorism a problem? Yes. Has the right proposed any useful, workable solutions to terrorism, absolutely not. Did you know that the U.S. led coalition killed more civilians in March than ISIS? In my view, we need to pull out of the Middle East, avoid civilian casualties at all costs, and flood the Middle East with humanitarian aide. Especially in Yemen. Right now, we are arming SA, and allowing them to commit war crimes in Yemen. Without going down the road of the geopolitics of the Middle East, I'd like to suggest that in order to stop terrorism, first we need to address the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Give food and medicine to Yemen, not arm the ones bombing fishing villages with more bombs, and then turn around and tell the Middle East we are there to stop terrorism. From their point of view, America is the terrorist. And the humanitarian crisis in Yemen is worse than in Syria right now. But, no one talks about that.
Also, worth noting that there was a suicide bomb explosion in Kabul, that claimed the lives of over 150 mostly Afghani people, during the time of the London Bridge Attack. How many hashtags and messages of support or condemnation did we see related to the London Bridge Attack, that while still devastating in its own right, is of a smaller impact than the Kabul terror attack, which has been called the worst terror attack in 15 years. Americans can't pretend we give a **** about terrorism if we throw up hashtags for London while Kabul is getting blown to bits. Long story short, Islamic terrorism is a growing problem that America had no small hand in fomenting. And by all indications America has learned nothing from the last 16 years.