Stahl: I have been involved with an online Muslim-Christian dialogue forum. I originally approached that dialogue forum with an open mind. Unfortunately, I fail to see any significant difference between a "moderate" Muslim and a "fundamentalist" Muslim when it comes to the Koran, Hadith and Islamic tradition. I find the attitudes of the Muslims in this forum quite disturbing.

Editor: Dear Stahl, You got it right. Muslims in reality are just Muslims. There is no such thing as moderate Muslim, because there isn't a moderate Koran, moderate Allah or moderate Muhammad. Hence, anyone with reasonable belief in Islam will react in the same intolerant, abusive and violent way when someone would strike the real core of Islam (Koran, Muhammad & Allah) despite howsoever logical and valid the point may be.

In reality, moderate Muslims, who form the great majority of the Muslim populace, constitute the most dangerous force for the future of our world. They are the deceptive ones, who will never stand up to the overt fanatics, other than some lip-service of demonizing them in the media calling them un-Islamic. They will never resist them, identify them and report them to the law agency. But through some media statements they will only create sympathy for the so-called Muslims and create cover for the fanatics. The net result most people get is that since majority of the so-called moderate Muslims do not engage in acts of violence, Islam is good and peaceful and should not be questioned. If not for the deceptive majority moderate Muslims, these fanatics would have been defeated long ago, neither could they perpetrate the daily acts of horrendous violence. Moderate Muslims are the greatest danger our future.

Stahl: One of the issues that keeps coming up there is that Islam is the "fastest-growing" religion in the world. I get the sense that this is largely hype. The idea of this being the case is very disturbing indeed, especially when I keep hearing Muslim clerics openly stating that their goal is to make Islam the dominant religion and the Koran the highest authority in the land (America, Europe). The recent cartoon controversy only heightens my anxiety about this possibility.

So, has anybody tried to address this issue of the "fasting-growing" religion? Is it hype?  Is it Islamist propaganda? If it is, what is the statistical evidence? If someone hasn't already done so, I guess what I would like to see is someone look at the commonly used statistics for this claim and address the factual reality of it.

Editor: Yes, those clerics and mullah's are probably correct about Islam going to dominate the world. The core aim of the Islam is to dominate the world, until no other religious or non-religious ideology if left on earth or are subdued to a humiliating status. For that, they are ordered in the Koran to wage incessant Jihad militarily:

Q 9.29: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

The fastest-growing religion claim is most likely correct. This is because of the alarmingly and irresponsibly high rate of breeding amongst the Muslims. So, there is no pride in being the fastest growing religion. Whilst non-Muslim infidels are more concerned about creating citizens who can contribute positively to the world and enjoy quality life, Muslim breed like dogs to produce as many children as possible to numerically dominate the world. This results in condemning their children to poverty, illiteracy and criminal activities etc. The overwhelmingly high rate of unemployment and crimes amongst Muslim communities anywhere in the West clearly proves this point true. For Muslims, quality of living or contribution to the society matters little than becoming the largest faith ASAP which is going to bring definite doom to the future of our world. So, while debating the Muslims, the fastest-growing religion should be applied to your advantage, not to Muslims'.