I really wish this discussion would get off the mark and approach the problem of Islamic anything in a Christian manner, instead of "there goes the neighborhood" syndrome.
I once worked with some Afghans that moved to my city. These refugees had come here to get away from the Taliban, but were left at the mercy of some muslim social workers who doled out federal money to them based on their political correctness. A Lebanese Christian wanted me to help me to get involved with this, which I did. His inner city Protestant church, which was very poor, also tried to help these folks, many of whom were more than willing to leave Islam after the experience of the Taliban, if they knew how. But we couldn't get Christians from the wealthier churches involved. I found that most Americans refused to have anything to do with these refugees. My Lebanese friend said that Americans are missing a big opportunity to minister to such people, who are reeling from the violence of Islam. He said that an added benefit for the refugees would have been to keep the local mosque from carrying out their intimidations, for if they perceive that these folks had American friends, then it would be harder for them to be seriously threatened by the mosque. Some of these refugees had converted to Christianity and were then immediately threatened with death fatwas. They had to leave town as a result.
One family I worked with is described here-- http://www.riverfronttimes.com/issues/2 ... ature.html
The head of this family suffered terribly from the Taliban, you can see, his wife's father and brothers were all killed by them. When he came here, my friend's inner city church tried (mostly unsuccessfully because of their poverty) to minster to them, but in the end the man had to give up his association with us and go back to the mosque, which sent two thugs to his house to threaten him. I saw the thugs myself, who were assassins from Pakistan paid by the mosque to hang around the neighborhood to intimidate the refugees--the most murderous, bestial-looking pair I've ever seen. The ministry to the muslim refugees largely collapsed because of our inability to help them greatly compounded by indifference by most Christians to foreigners in their midst. The mosque-mafia won again by default.
