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He wrote his book "What's So Great About America" by deliberately choosing to view the USA through the eyes of one type of "foreigner" (an immigrant teenager from India) to help us see America through the eyes of another type of foreigner.

It's worth noting that the land of D'Souza's birth, India, is also regarded with contempt and hatred by Islamists, despite the fact that it does not, for the most part, share in the Western "hedonism" that concerns D'Souza - kissing on the lips is still a very big deal in Indian movies.

The reason for this? The idolatry practiced by Hindus and Buddhists in India. More generally, they hate and attack India because India is not Muslim. That's why the Islamists hate and attack Bali. That's why they attack the Phillipines. That's why they attack Thailand. And that's why they hate and attack the US as well.

The reason for this? The idolatry practiced by Hindus and Buddhists in India. More generally, they hate and attack India because India is not Muslim. That's why the Islamists hate and attack Bali. That's why they attack the Phillipines. That's why they attack Thailand. And that's why they hate and attack the US as well.

In terms of Muslim populations by country, Indonesia is the largest and India is the second largest. Approximately 13% of India is Muslim, which equates to about 140 million Muslims.

I guess the thing to keep in mind is...the viewpoint that Dinesh D'Souza is trying to convey is through the eyes of radical muslims, and those that sympathize with radical muslims, even if they are not radicalized themselves.

Good gosh, the radical Islamists regard everyone with contempt and hatred...no surprise there.

I am currently listening to a book called "Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America" by a former Lebanese national named Brigitte Gabriel. It is a gripping and frightening portrayal of Islam. In the book she describes her native country, and how it was once a majority Christian country before the demographics changed due to a massive influx over open borders of poor, radicalized muslims with a much higher birthrate. They had lived for years in relative peace with their muslim neighbors until the early to mid-seventies, when the demographics took a swing and the radical muslims began taking over the country, driving out Christians everywhere they went. I am only a chapter or two into it, and she is making the parallel with what will happen in Europe and the USA if left unchecked. I highly recommend the book, as disturbing as it is.