As blogger Scott Adams aptly put it, ask a devout Christian who he’d rather live next to–a bearded Muslim possibly plotting an attack or an atheist possibly skilled at setting up wireless networks–and the answer would be clear: The Christian will pick the atheist over the Muslim.
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John L. Esposito is a professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, where he also directs the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal center for Muslim-Christian understanding. He co-wrote the recent book, “Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think,” with Dalia Mogahed, executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies at Gallup.
