Islam: Threat or Not?

Is Islam a threat to the West? Does Islam pose a threat to the Western Civilization? Is Islam a threat to the World? Representing the Muslim perspective was Dr. Daniel C. Peterson: Dr. Peterson is professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University and currently serves as editor-in-chief of BYU's Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. He is a member of the executive council of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University. He received a bachelor's degree in Greek and philosophy from BYU and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of California at Los Angeles. Representing the Conservative Christian side was Robert Spencer: Mr. Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch, a program of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and the author of eight books on Islam and jihad, including the New York Times bestsellers The Truth About Muhammad and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades). Spencer is a weekly columnist for Human Events and FrontPage Magazine, and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, United States Army Command and General Staff College, the FBI, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and the U.S. intelligence community. The Topic of Debate: Islam: Threat or Not? Dr. Daniel C. Peterson (www.meti.byu.edu) vs. Robert Spencer (www.Jihadwatch.org) (Las Vegas, USA 2008)