Between these two problems, which is the greater? That Islam has a problem, or that in the Western World we are politically pressured to not talk about the fact that Islam has a problem?

@josie I see your liberal leftist side is all out tonight.~

It’s identifying and defining THE problem that matters. To my mind the great dilemma is about reconciling Islam with modernity. It was the great issue confronted by Ataturk with the establishment of modern Turkey. He recognized from the outset that there was no way forward in the modern world for a system wherein separation of church and state amounted to apostasy.

I hate to say it but I think certain members of the Islamic faith have a problem that is the greater. I really doubt that not talking can solve it.

Huh. I don’t feel politically pressured not to talk about anything. I pretty much talk about what I want to talk about. I do think that Islam has problems; as an atheist I think all religions have problems, and that we’d be better off without them. I think Islamicism is a much bigger problem than Islam.

Your question assumes that Islam has a problem. I would broaden (and narrow) that to religious fundamentalists that have beliefs that conflict with the modern world and values (like the separation of church and state) have a problem. This includes Christian groups that are trying to teach creationism, or crusade against homosexuality, and Zionists in Israel who bulldoze people’s homes and then cry victim when the Palestinians rise up against them. Radical islamists are dealing with the same fundamental issues that all of those groups are. It’s the same problem with different labels.