re: #810 Aceofwhat?

why not take their word for it? dude bombs an abortion clinic in the name of Christianity = violent Christian fanatic. dude bombs X in the name of Allah = violent radical Muslim.

no assumptions necessary. extremists are only too happy to shout their motivations from the rooftops…

Right. I would be happy with “violent Muslim fanatics”, or “violent Islamism”, or variants thereon. But “radical Islam” does not in itself imply violence. Words matter.