I have made a search regarding the number of Muslims that may possibly take action against US. There are several citations claiming that one-fifth of the world's population of 6 billion plus, or approximately 1.2 billion human beings, are practicing the Muslim faith but no exact figures from any studies was found. Differentiating the enemy will be difficult, short-term or in the long run.

As the root reason for its existence continues today, and is the conversion of all others (not Muslim), theoretically all are potential threats, regardless of what appeals they present. It is clear that no digression from the tenants of the faith are tolerated; and, more significantly, no progressive arm is apparent or tolerated. The very argument that differentiates the terrorist cliques from the "true" Muslim is indistinguishable in my online reading. What follows is a brief summation:

Muhammad was born in 570AD or 571AD and died in 632AD at age 66 or 67. (The Muslim calendar is not the Gregorian and has only ten months). He was raised by relatives after the early loss of his parents. He was a successful trader and married well, allowing his study of fellow humankind to begin and develop. His message was one of revulsion in the moral and ethical situation around him. He challenged the status quo. Many of his contemporary followers were killed because of their espousal of his teachings. The entire Muslim history, from conception, is one of war; in ever-growing conquests for the conversion of infidels to Islam and repulsion of these conquests.

Election of the Khalifah (nee...Pope-like interpreter of the faith) is the primary differentiation between the two major sects of Shiites and Sunnites. There are many sects; each with Imams that dictate the law and its various interpretations. Similar to the variety of Protestant faiths in Christianity, each seems to have some autonomy. However, each also seems bound by traditions and law that formulate the many rules for individual conduct within the faith. This organizational structure is obscure and not mentioned in the many online sites visited.

In 1453AD, Ottomans conquered Constantinople and renamed it Istanbul. In 1922AD, the British defeated them. Jihad was ordained in 622AD, as was a treaty with the Jews, which are said to later have betrayed it. Muslims, it seems also, may hold a grudge. The Qur'an (Koran) use of "Jihad" is individual; the personal struggle to purify one's own nature, also used to describe an intellectual struggle with unbelievers, and is to indicate literal warfare. Since 1980, genocide against Muslims in Bosnia, Burma, Chechnya and Kashmir is claimed.

To Muslims, the name of Jesus Christ is The Prophet Isa. He is seen to have had miraculous powers but was NOT crucified. He was "taken up to Allah." But, "cruci- FICTION" is seen as "a playing card that causes the Christian missionary aggression and harassment enslaving the Muslim world."