To: Mani1 who wrote (9982 ) 12/16/2001 12:06:26 PM From: goldsnow Respond to of 23908 Jihad is one of the principals of Islam and is by no means what these murderers and terrorist make it out to be.>>>> Mani, again here is a problem that Secular World has with Islam....I do not pretend to speak for Secular World, still...If one reads Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, or Koran, the reader would no doubt come with a sense of goodness and greatness, and enthusiasm....and Peace, World Giant Peace....The only problem that for this to be achieved, everyone Must become Communist or Muslem, respectively...Islam is not just Religion, It is a movement, Political Doctrine, that does not allow any room for dissent...(It used to have tolerance, under Moors)....Zionism is also Political Movement but local...Islam's aim is to "convert" the World -Global reach, just like Communism-everyone must Convert for their own good...Thus battle of Civilizations, pinning Muslem World against The Rest...All talk about Koran, Jews, Christians, infidels has been redefined, reinterpreted....The Islamic Gvn's (not jst terrorists) get their "legitimacy" from Koran, just like USSR did from The Manifesto...(Koran-Mohammed, Communism-Lenin) The emergence of the radical form of Islam, with millions of followers has far greater Implications for War and Peace on this globe than what Mohammed really had in mind more than thousand years ago...We are facing possible War between India and Pakistan, and we are supposed to worry about what Koran said about Hindu, if any? You might disagree with some definitions, but probably would agree that no progress is possible under Totalitarian Regimes, Communist or Islamic...Christianity went through a similar stage in Dark Ages....