DIVIDED MUSLIM WORLD STANDS ALONE
by Mushahid Hussain, Asia Times Online
8:00 a.m. January 15, 2001 PDT
If the Muslim world now fears the military might of the United States and its allies, such as Russia, Israel and even India, it has largely itself to blame for this retreat.
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ISLAMABAD — The past year, highlighted by the war in Afghanistan, has made one fact of international politics evident—the emergence of religion as a principal factor shaping perceptions and influencing foreign policy.
Islam, and nations and peoples belonging to this faith, are increasingly perceived as part of a "problem" that theorists and ideologues in the West now say should be combated, contained or crushed with military might.
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