"The compulsion to identify moderate Islam as opposed to radical Islam suggests that there is something immoderate about Islam itself. People on both sides of that issue are free to debate it, however, we can agree that for most people the imprecision in nomenclature is not a function of “Islamophobia.” Rather, it stems from the prominent and deadly role of radical Islam in contemporary international events. My personal values and experience with individual Muslims militate against that imprecision, however, the realities of twenty-first-century life set Islam off from other faiths. Those claims by apologists that “all religions have their radicals” seem strained at best. When was the last time “radical Hindus” flew an airplane into a heavily populated skyscraper or when “radical Christians” beheaded Muslim citizens captured in territory they control? Similarly, with rare exceptions, Muslim leaders, lay and cleric, have not unequivocally denounced Islamists until their personal interests were threatened. “Moderate Muslim nation (or country)” is a functional term given these realities; and we should not let ideological biases cloud that functionality."