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In The 20th Century, The Muslim World Created A Vision Of Religious Nationalism. Turkey, For Example, Had To Be Ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, Other Minorities Didn't Have A Place In Such A Vision Of A Nation-state.

When I Arrived In America, I Experienced Serious Culture Shock. For Someone With A Religious Upbringing, The 1960s Were An Extremely Difficult Time. Even Though Religion Was A Big Part Of The Civil Rights And Peace Movements, In My College Religion Was Treated As Irrelevant, Hopelessly Stodgy, And Behind The Times.

What's Right With America And What's Right With Islam Have A Lot In Common. At Their Highest Levels, Both Worldviews Reflect An Enlightened Recognition That All Of Humankind Shares A Common Creator - That We Are, Indeed, Brothers And Sisters.

We Are Not Going To Toy With Our Religion Or Any Other. Nor Are We Going To Barter. We Are Here To Extend Our Hands To Build Peace And Harmony.

The Truth Is That Killing Innocent People Is Always Wrong - And No Argument Or Excuse, No Matter How Deeply Believed, Can Ever Make It Right. No Religion On Earth Condones The Killing Of Innocent People; No Faith Tradition Tolerates The Random Killing Of Our Brothers And Sisters On This Earth.