re: #802 iossarian

No, I’m suggesting it’s a needlessly antagonistic phrase to use when “violent religious extremism” will do just as well.

The reason it’s antagonistic is because there is nothing about being a radical Muslim that necessarily entails being violent (even though, yes, there are probably* more violent radical Muslims than there are violent radical Christians).

*I say probably because I am in no way an expert in counting violent radical religious people.

Really… if that’s what the term imports, both by action and common usage… then radical Islam means a violent aspect of Islam.

Just because YOU want to give the term a whole new meaning doesn’t change diddly-squat… does it. Your inner peace is much too loud.