abc NEWS 20/20: Understanding Islam in USA

The USA, because of its uncompromising adherence to freedom of religion, is a fertile ground for the growth of Islam - it might be too fertile for all its differing branches to overgrow, especially the modern liberalized Muslims. Islam is not much different from Christianity when it comes to various branching of the faith, and like Christianity, there is likewise an interfaith rivalry among its adherents. The bloodletting between the Sunni and the Shiites is no different from the Catholic-Protestant divide that devastated the European continent in earlier times and led to Europe’s “Dark Ages.” That there are 2 million Muslims in the USA is a lie – regardless of how the USA’s major networks try to project itself as fair, their biases are always palpably evident. There are, at present, more than 6 million Muslims in the USA and counting – Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the USA and the world.