First: thanks to the G&M for providing Sheema Khan's columns.  She offers a view into a community the rest of us talk a lot about, but really don't really know very well.  Are Khan's comments always aligned with the Muslim community?  Who knows, for sure?  The fact that she writes about it and gets what she writes published widely is pretty "radical" in itself, unfortunately. The Muslim community so seldom speaks to the rest of us.  

So it's fascinating to read that, radicalism is something "most Muslim institutions are afraid or unwilling to address."  No wonder Muslims haven't engaged the rest of us in meaningful dialogue--they have trouble engaging each other on a topic that destroys their own families and individuals.

And yet, we're told, "They [Muslims] have the energy, the passion and the will; what they lack, however, is a seat at the table with federal policy makers ..."  Ridiculous statement.  Energetic, passionate people would have ensured they had that seat long ago.