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will remind you that there are passages in the Old Testament of the Christian bible that are violent too,” Adeogo said. “When Barack Obama was president, he spoke candidly about Christians slaughtering Muslims during the Crusades.”
    â€œDo you reject the Prophet Muhammad’s calls for violence against non-Muslims?”
    â€œThere are 1.57 billion Muslims in the world and only a few radicals endorse what is essentially a seventh-century interpretation of the Quran.”
    â€œWestern intelligence services claim radicals make up fifteen to twenty-five percent of all Muslims. Using your own figures, that’s 180 million to 300 million radical jihadists who want to murder nonbelievers.”
    â€œI’m not here to debate exaggerated statistics. I’m here to talk about a thirty-percent unemployment rate among young Somali Americans in my community and those young persons’ feelings of being disenfranchised.”
    â€œRepresentative Adeogo, the two Somali Americans who attacked the president yesterday were both employed,” the reporter replied, undeterred. “More than two thousand men from Saudi Arabia have joined ISIS and they were from wealthy families in a Muslim society. I wouldn’t call them disenfranchised, would you? Giving Muslim youths jobs isn’t going to stop terrorism. Are you a religious liberal?”
    For a moment, Adeogo considered simply ignoring his inquisitor. But none of the others in the room shouted out any questions.
    â€œThere is no Arabic word for liberal,” Adeogo replied, “but if you are asking me if I am an Islamic liberal when it comes to accepting other people’s religion then yes, I am. I am not an Islamic supremacist who believes that Islam is supreme over all peoples. I accept the legitimacy of other religions, as I believe most Muslims do. Despite your accusations about Islam, our faith is a religion of peace, beauty, and tolerance. Six days after the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush acknowledged that ‘Islam is peace.’”
    â€œIf Islam is peace, why did two of your fellow Muslims try to murder the president yesterday?” the reporter said, interrupting him.
    â€œI can only assume this misguided couple was radicalized by a false teacher. And that is another part of the problem that we are facing, especially those of us who are Muslims. We’ve allowed our faith to be hijacked by self-appointed guardians of religion who spout intolerance in mosques and through social media. These are Islamic supremacists. They vilify anyone who doesn’t adhere to an austere interpretation of Islam. This is why American Muslims must speak out against this extremism, especially when radical interpretations of Islam are being taught in our mosques. We should not only be condemning radicalization, but Muslims worldwide should be leading the military fight to destroy ISIS.”
    â€œWould you today, at this news conference, demand that Saudi Arabia and other Arab states join you in condemning all Muslims who participate in a religious jihad against the United States and Israel?”
    â€œI believe Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have already declared war against ISIS and extremists, but if you are asking me if they should be doing more, the answer is yes. The Arab world should be leading the campaign to eliminate ISIS.”
    â€œI’m not just talking about ISIS. I’m asking you if the Arab world, especially Saudi Arabia, should join the U.S. and its ally—Israel—in fighting other radical terrorists such as Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood.”
    â€œWho are you?” Adeogo asked.
    â€œI’m the Washington correspondent for a new Jewish newswire service.”
    Before Adeogo could react, the reporter added, “You acknowledged during your campaign that Israel was a legitimate nation, something Somalia and many Arab nations refuse to do. How are these refusals consistent