Violet,
Please read the article and let us know if you find fault with what he says, rather than hurling empty insults such as "rabid" and "garbage". The article seems very reasonable to me. You dismiss the arguments solely because you are not a fan of the speaker, who BTW is extremely well credentialed.

Alex,
You may want to reconsider your promotion and implied endorsement of this book, or at least provide a link to the site I mentioned, or to http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/04/who_does_speak_for_islam/ which details why this book is "a confidence game or fraud".

This book has been totally debunked and discredited by acamedics.

The book is funded by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, and the 7% figure is a wild distortion.

See http://sandbox.blog-city.com/dr_esposito_and_the_seven_percent_solution.htm