Yes, Conservatives, Islam Is a Religion

Recognizing Islam's Religious Nature: The Key to Understanding Jihad and the Cultural Struggle

In a futile effort to make headway in the cultural war against the evil known as Islam, some conservatives claim that Islam is not a religion.* This claim is dangerously false.

Of course, Islam is not a “religion of peace,” and everyone knows this, including those who claim otherwise. But the idea that Islam is not a religion at all is absurd.

Islam has a…