"Esposito said these claims are not true, pointing out that most Euro-Christian nations began as something far from democratic.
Rather it is the presence of a culture of authoritarianism in most Middle Eastern Muslim countries that hinders regimes from becoming more democratic, he said."
But we evolved. They degenerated. If anything, Islam of the Middle Ages was far more tolerant than the fanatic Wahhabists. As far as being a minority - Wahhabists are the ONLY sect permitted in Saudia Arabia and they are FAR from tolerant and are responsible for spawning most of the Islamofascism in the world.
Finally, the "culture of authoritarianism comes directly from Islam.
What major belief system today calls for death for any convert to another religion, or for death for non-beleivers? What belief system divides the entire world into tow camps - one dominated by Islam where all non-Muslims are treated as second class citizens and brutally oppressed and the other camp as a battleground for conversion of peolpe aho are not Muslim?
My guess is the "reasonableness" of Muslims in America is directly realted to their small percentage of the population. As the Nigerians, Sudanese, Egyptians, and Ethiopians who are not Muslims, how "tolerant" Islam is.
Once they reach a critical mass, as in Paris, they explode.