, which deals with the threat of Arab-Islamic terror and dealing with it.I asked Dr. Widlanski about how to name the threat: do we call it Radical Islam, Islamism or something else--and what are prospects for Moderate Islam. Widlanski referred to Samuel Huntington about there being an Arab, Islamic component.
He said that in addition to the 5 pillars of Islam: Creed, Daily Prayers, Charity, Fasting on Ramadan and Pilgrimage to Mecca--there is an element in the Muslim world that sees Jihad as a sixth pillar, comparable to the idea of an 11th commandment, namely that there is a need to expand world of Islam for Islam, and he noted that a large number believe this literally.
