This book does not aim to defend Islam or present an idealized portrait of “good Muslims.” Nor does it intend to deconstruct all of the fantastic and exaggerated conspiracy theories, alleging that Muslims are intrinsically violent because of their religion, and also inevitably hostile to the United States—a proposition that is sociologically inconceivable and unsupported by facts.

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