This is the bitter fruit of idiot Bush's stupid declaration that "Islam is a religion of peace." That pissed me off then, and continues to infuriate me now. Some say they learned all they need to know about Islam on 9/11, but I had already known that since 1979, when Iran collapsed (no thanks to Jimmy Carter).
They were extremist then, as now, the only difference being the number of adherents to the evil cause..