THE DIATRIBALIST SPEAKS

 Another Muslim atrocity in the United States, the latest one occurring at a gay nightclub in Orlando, should serve as yet one more wake-up call that political correctness is hazardous for the health and well-being of the United States and its citizens. Americans may disagree on many things, but there are very few of us who would take the lives of individuals whose lifestyles are not in agreement with our  own.  Not so with Islam, a political movement masquerading as a religion which, through Koranic law, treats homosexuality as a capital offense. Once again, we will be regaled by politically correct apologists, who will remind us that Islam is a "religion of peace."  However, nothing could be more incorrect and further from the truth. As I learned more and more Arabic during my six years of residence in Saudi Arabia, I gradually began to understand the incendiary words spewing forth from loudspeakers attached to local mosques. Repeatedly, there were exhortations to vi