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Islam matches the �Characteristics Associated with Cultic Groups� according to the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA).

Here are some of these characteristics, according to the ICSA:

The group displays excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to its leader and (whether he is alive or dead) regards his belief system, ideology, and practices as the Truth, as law.
Questioning, doubt, and dissent are discouraged or even punished.
Mind-altering practices (such as meditation, chanting, speaking in tongues, denunciation sessions, and debilitating work routines) are used in excess and serve to suppress doubts about the group and its leader(s).
The leadership dictates, sometimes in great detail, how members should think, act, and feel (for example, members must get permission to date, change jobs, marry � or leaders prescribe what types of clothes to wear, where to live, whether or not to have children, how to discipline children, and so forth).
The group is elitist, claiming a special, exalted status for itself, its leader(s) and members (for example, the leader is considered the Messiah, a special being, an avatar � or the group and/or the leader is on a special mission to save humanity).
The group has a polarized us-versus-them mentality, which may cause conflict with the wider society.
The leader is not accountable to any authorities.
The group teaches or implies that its supposedly exalted ends justify whatever means it deems necessary. This may result in members� participating in behaviors or activities they would have considered reprehensible or unethical before joining the group (for example, lying to family or friends, or collecting money for bogus charities).
The leadership induces feelings of shame and/or guilt in order to influence and/or control members. Often, this is done through peer pressure and subtle forms of persuasion.
Subservience to the leader or group requires members to cut ties with family and friends, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group.
The group is preoccupied with bringing in new members.
Members are expected to devote inordinate amounts of time to the group and group-related activities.
Members are encouraged or required to live and/or socialize only with other group members.
The most loyal members (the �true believers�) feel there can be no life outside the context of the group. They believe there is no other way to be, and often fear reprisals to themselves or others if they leave (or even consider leaving) the group.

I know it is hard to imagine � 20% of humanity is tied up in a deceptive murderous cult � but that�s exactly what the situation is. Islam is a contagious cult that incites its followers to commit violence. Either the non-Muslim world unites and deals with this intellectual Islamic scourge, or Islam will continue its expansion.

Craig, we have enough problems to deal with already without guessing at potential problems. In general, Muslims in this country have assimilated much better than they have in Europe....

....What I try to avoid doing is lumping all members of religions, ethnic groups etc together....

Everyone who believes in the writings in the Koran has the makings of an Islamic terrorist craigd. Look at some of these Koranic verses... you won't find this stuff in the Bible. This is what is preached in Mosques:

*Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them(2:191)

*Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood (9:123)

*When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them (9:5)

*Kill the Jews and the Christians if they do not convert to Islam or refuse to pay Jizya tax (9:29)

*Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable (3:85)

*The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them (9:30

*Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam (5:33)

*The infidels are unclean; do not let them into a mosque (9:28)

*Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies (22:19)

*Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them (47:4)

*The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them (8:65

*Muslims must not take the infidels as friends (3:28)

*Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur�an (8:12)

When the KKK says this kind of thing about blacks, we justifiably call them a hate group. But King and his little brother Larry defend the same rhetoric from Islam.