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To: hmaly who wrote (139203)	9/20/2001 3:17:47 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1580467

Hmaly, Islam is a religon that has different sects and factions. Even within these different sects (Sunni, Shia, and a few smaller sects or branches of Islam) there is no unified command structure... There is no Pope or college of cardinals, no Archbishop of Canterbury, no high priest or supreme leader. I Muslim cleric can call for jihad and another can argue for piece. With the Taliban there is one leader (the group of clerics that meets to discuss issues just rubber stamps his decisions), but Muslims in the US for the most part hardly feel that calls for jihad (or any other decision by the Taliban) is binding on them. I am not enough of an expert on Islam or the Koran to know if there is a formal process that is supposed to be required for a call to jihad but it seems to me that you get any old fool calling for one any time they are pissed off or they think it will be popular or serve to help out their position or interests. Tim