Correction to my mention of the Ft Hood massacre

In my previous blog, where I mentioned the Muslim who murdered 13 of our service men, I said this event had occurred at Ft Bliss. This was, of course, an error. It was Ft Hood in Texas.

Also, I said none of the people at this base had had previous tours in Iraq. That was also an error.

However, these errors, while needing correction, in no way diminish the main point; namely, that it is the confusion as to what Islam is and how to distinguish radical Salafist Islamic thinking from the kind of moderate, or reformed, thinking practiced by many Muslims in America that needs to be better understood. To do all things possible to protect Americans from the radicals is entirely appropriate and in no way infringes on America's protection of religious freedom. Indeed, for this endeavor, we badly need the help of Americans of the Muslim faith who realize that Islam as taught in Saudi Arabia, or by the Brotherhood in Egypt, has no place in our country.