A MAJORITY of the American political and media elite appears enraptured with the notion of engagement and dialogue with Islamists. But rather than supporting moderate Muslims as they struggle with radical Islam, “engagement and dialogue” typically takes the form of fretting about the concerns of aggrieved Muslim activists.

A prime example came on Tuesday, June 26, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Smack in the middle of Washington, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs (CCGA) presented the views of a panel it had assembled on “Muslim Americans in the U.S. Foreign Policy Discourse.”