Extreme America

Could Islamic Extremism be rising in the United States? In a London Arabic Daily, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, that younger generations of Muslims in the United States are becoming suspectible to Islamic extremism. Dr. Muhriz Al-Husseini points to normal developing teenagers undergoing the normal phase of rebellion as a "path" to extremism, a tool looked for by religious propagandists to plant a seed for extremism:

These agents] then pass them on to religious propagandists, who live in a number of American cities. The most important criteria for choosing these youths are their natural propensity for rebellion, their lack of fluency in Arabic... [and] their feelings of alienation and suffering due to their indeterminate identity - that is, [their] identity that is neither Eastern nor Western, but split...

The United States as a new hotbed for Islamic extremism? Pretty far-fetched, but probable according to current reports which include a University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill student running his car through the university, and Islamic youths rallying against the cartoon at Unversity of California, Irvine.

As odd as it may seem... could the United States secularity become its own worst enemy? I hope not...