1.  a) Approximately how many Muslims live in the U.S.?
b) How many Muslims living in the U.S. were interviewed for the Pew Research Center poll this year? (Click here for the Pew Poll. [NOTE: In PDF format.])

2.  a) What encouraging news was revealed in the results of the poll? 
b) What was troubling about the results?

3.  a) Define apostasy and apostate. 
b) What is happening to Muslims who speak out against radical Islam?

4.  a) As a member of one of Egypt's main terrorist groups, al-Gamaat al-Islamiya (GI), what was Tawfik Hamid taught?
b) Why did Mr. Hamid eventually reject radical Islam?
c) What has been the result of this decision?

5.  a) What shocked Pakistani born Ibn Warraq about Pakistani pilots he met while working for a travel agency?
b) Why didn't Mr. Warraq tell the friendly Pakistani pilots he met that he was an apostate?
c) For what reason does Mr. Warraq use an alias?
d) Why is it difficult to reform radical Islam, according to Mr. Warraq?

6.  a) What made Egyptian Muslim Nonie Darwash first question her religion?
b) What repelled her when she began attending a mosque when she moved to the U.S.?
c) How did Ms. Darwash's personal experience contrast with what she was taught as a Muslim?
d) What finally caused Ms. Darwash to speak out against radical Islam?

7.  Why do you think that there are only a handful of truly "moderate" Muslims who speak publicly against Islam?

8.  What do you think was the editor's intention for publishing this article?