"I interviewed five Islamic scholars, at five American universities, recommended by a variety of sources as experts in the field. All of them said that Luttwak’s interpretation of Islamic law was wrong." But look at this: "Luttwak said the scholars with whom I spoke were guilty of “gross misrepresentation” of Islam, which he said they portrayed as “a tolerant religion of peace;” he called it “intolerant.”" So this right-wing ideologue who has never received any training in Middle Eastern or Islamic studies is a better expert simply because he is a...fanatic on the subject? (thanks Ashraf)