Islam is inherently political, Christianity isn't. In fact, Christians are to live peaceably within any culture they find themselves in. Christianity's statutes are only binding upon... Christians themselves. Islam inherently will seek to subjugate any culture or political system to it's demands and expectations. Islam also inherently desires to assert itself as a form of law over all, including unbelievers. For this reason, I believe we need to stop looking at Islam as though it is a "religion". Instead, we should see it as a religious "politic". Islamic communities should be viewed no differently than communist cells were viewed during the cold war or how fascist political groups were viewed during WWII.
Islam also advocates lying to one's enemies. Lying to do what? Advance Islam, it is part of Jihad.
Therefore, Islam is a political enemy. It isn't a religious enemy. Islam is a threat to the stability and social fabric of every nation it advances in. Even peaceful Muslims are advancing a faith that is inherently able to be radicalized. Therefore, peaceful Muslims and militant Muslims are the right and left hands of the same animal. Due do the political nature of Islam, it brings with it the inherent clash of civilizations. The radicalized groups within Islam pose the greatest danger to the world. Should they acquire nuclear weapons, they can set off a war that will blow the entire world back into the stone age.
Also, within the United States, Islam is the greatest threat to our liberties. Seeing that in order to defend our nation from home grown terrorist cells, the government is going to have to take measures that violate our ideas of liberty. A significant network of radical cells within our nation, conducting devastating and high profile attacks could lead to regional martial law. This is NO joke.
This threat is serious. Perhaps the most serious threat we've ever faced. Never before in human history could so few, privately pose a danger to the entire world. If someone cannot see this, they are blind to the facts and reality itself. How any liberty minded Westerner can continue to practice and believe in Islam is beyond me. In fact, I'm going to step forward and say that a liberty minded Westernized individual cannot be a Muslim. For to do so would mean to throw out the very notion of Sharia law, the foundation of Islam. Therefore, it might be safe to say that Islam is a threat to liberty, peace, and freedom of conscience.
We have to stop looking at it like a religion. It is a politic. It is a political enemy and must be dealt with as such.
"When there's this many bad apples, there's something wrong with the orchard." ~ Bill Maher