There is no Muslim version of 'love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you' or 'if anyone strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also'.

Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend.

I have written on numerous occasions that there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to imagine that the vast majority of American Muslims are civic-minded patriots who accept wholeheartedly the parameters of American pluralism, this proposition has actually never been proven.

When one is under pressure, one may lie in order to protect the religion, this is taught in the Qur'an.

There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.

There is nothing in anything that I have ever written that could be reasonably construed as an incitement to violence against anyone.

There is no Muslim version of 'love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you' or 'if anyone strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also'.