Most of us know that not all Muslims are terrorists.

If you don't know it, you must live in a bubble somewhere.

For those of us who have Muslim neighbors, or who go to school (or work) with Muslim people, it's a non-issue.

They aren't all that different from the rest of us, except that their women wear head scarves. We know them. They work hard to support their families, just like the rest of us do.

Yet we have to admit that Dennis Miller makes a good point when he says that the so-called "moderate Muslims" frighten him more than the radicals. Why? Because at least you know where you stand with the radicals. They're in your face and they say they want to kill you. There's no ambiguity and no pretense.

But with the moderates, it's different. They are friendly and cordial enough; but at the same time, they're not standing up to the forces of extremism within their own faith-community. Where are the moderate Imams who denounce terrorism and who say that the perpetrators of 9/11 were criminals rather than heroes? Who is standing up and disavowing the notion that Islam must rule the world and subjugate the Christians and the Jews?

Those voices are few and far-between—probably because they know that they themselves could become the targets of Islamic "justice."

The Quran itself is inconsistent. The text was written over a long period of time—so the content depends on whether Mohammed was in a good mood or a bad mood during the period when he was writing. When things were going well, he tended to be more magnanimous and willing to tolerate Christian and Jewish people, whom he kindly dubbed "People of the Book." But when he was grouchy, it was more like, "Death to the infidels."

And clearly, in those less charitable times, the man practiced what he preached. Tens of thousands of non-Muslims were slaughtered in his crusades.

On a more light-hearted note, it's interesting that Islamic radicals have targeted various cartoonists and satirists for death because of their unflattering depictions of the Prophet Mohammed. I guess the message is, "If you insist on portraying us as blood-thirsty and intolerant, we will kill you."

So let's see. If you create a work of "art" depicting someone peeing on a crucifix, you get money from the National Endowment for the Arts. But if you cast the Islamic prophet in an unfavorable light, you die. Is that how it works?

The British have flirted with Islam since the early 1900s, when King George donated land for the construction of a large mosque in London. There are now over 1,500 mosques all over Britain and 10% of the population of London is Muslim. The Brits' experiment with Islam has yielded some interesting results: click here.

Is Islam a religion of peace? The best way to make that determination is to see how the majority of its followers live out its precepts.

The Lord Jesus said, "A tree is known by its fruit" (Matt. 12:33b).

I'll close with a question: does the silence of the "moderate" Muslim majority signify its tacit approval of the goals of radical Islam?

Let us know what you think!