In his L.A. Times piece, Prager writes that the rioting in France by primarily Muslim youths, and the hotel bombings in Jordan, are the latest events to prompt sincere questions that law-abiding Muslims need to answer for Islam's sake, as well as for the sake of worried non-Muslims.

His piece addresses issue that are alluded to and contained within all of the above linked posts: issues such as how can non-Muslims learn to trust Muslims, how can a non-Muslim know which Muslims are Islamofascists or are sympathetic to militant Islam, why is it that Muslims are not willing to recognize apparent failings of Islam - when it appears (at least to non-Muslims) to be so clear, and where is the outcry from "moderate" Muslims, over the intolerance and violence against non-Muslims, on the part of Muslims the world over.

There are a billion Muslims in the world. How is it possible that essentially none have demonstrated against evils perpetrated by Muslims in the name of Islam? This is true even of the millions of Muslims living in free Western societies. What are non-Muslims of goodwill supposed to conclude?

(1) Why are you so quiet?
(2) Why are none of the Palestinian terrorists Christian?
(3) Why is only one of the 47 Muslim-majority countries a free country?
(4) Why are so many atrocities committed and threatened by Muslims in the name of Islam?
(5) Why do countries governed by religious Muslims persecute other religions?

After reading through all of the above links, you shouldn't have any problem understanding how they all fit like OJ's glove, and why Fitzgerald's five most dangerous words, not only exemplify the West's ostrich-like, and very dangerous - political correctness, but in the context of Pregar's piece in the LAT, should encourage all in the West, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, to recognize that collectively, we all indeed have a very serious problem on our hands, and like it or not, whether we want to face it or not, the problem is Islam.

Pregar's last sentence sums it up nicely. "Hundreds of millions of non-Muslims want honest answers to these questions, even if the only answer you offer is, "Yes, we have real problems in Islam." Such an acknowledgment is infinitely better -- for you and for the world -- than dismissing us as anti-Muslim.

The questions need answering, and the questions must also be "satisfactorily" addressed. With that, perhaps we can begin to take steps to put our world back together, and live in piece. As long as the threat exists from militant Islam, and Muslims are unwilling to address their own most basic problems involving the reform of Islam, there will never be peace in the world.