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To: greenspirit who wrote (256315)	5/17/2002 4:29:49 PM
From: Scumbria	Respond to of 769667

Mr Rushdie said many Muslims were beginning to question this version of Islam after 11 September and whether the Islamic world, not America and the West, is largely responsible for its own problems. But he said the movement was half-hearted and needed the active encouragement of West. Another Islam "I'm reminded of the way non-communist socialists used to distance themselves from the tyrannical socialism of the Soviets; nevertheless, the first stirrings of this counter-project are of great significance," he said. "If Islam is to be reconciled with modernity, these voices must be encouraged until they swell into a roar. "Many of them speak of another Islam, their personal, private faith. "If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream." Writing in the New York Times, Mr Rushdie said western leaders were guilty of repeating a "mantra" that "this war isn't about Islam". "The trouble with this necessary disclaimer is that it isn't true," he wrote. "If this isn't about Islam why the worldwide Muslim demonstrations in support of Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda?" news.bbc.co.uk