QUÉ CURIOSO: en Francia, donde se hacen continuos esfuerzos por acomodar a los inmigrantes musulmanes con todo tipo de medidas, están viviendo desde hace muchos meses un estado que un sindicato de la policía francesa ya llama como de "intifada permanente". Mientras tanto, en Estados Unidos, un país presidido por un asesino genocida ocupador de países árabes que sólo persigue quedarse con el petróleo y aplastar a quienes los sionistas le ordenan, resulta que el Islam radical no cuaja:

The Islamist radicalism that inspired young Muslims to attack their own countries - in London, Madrid, and Bali - has not yielded similar incidents in the United States, at least so far.

"Home-grown" terror cells remain a concern of US law officers, who cite several disrupted plots since 9/11. But the suspects' unsophisticated planning and tiny numbers have led some security analysts to conclude that America, for all its imperfections, is not fertile ground for producing jihadist terrorists.

To understand why, experts point to people like Omar Jaber, an AmeriCorps volunteer; Tarek Radwan, a human rights advocate; and Hala Kotb, a consultant on Middle East affairs. They are the face of young Muslim-Americans today - educated, motivated, and integrated into society - and their voices help explain how the nation's history of inclusion has helped to defuse sparks of Islamist extremism.

"American society is more into the whole assimilation aspect of it," says New York-born Mr. Jaber. "In America, it's a lot easier to practice our religion without complications."

In a nation where mosques have sprung up alongside churches and synagogues, where Muslim women are free to wear the hijab (or not), and where education and job opportunities range from decent to good, the resentments that can breed extremism do not seem very evident in the Muslim community.

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