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To: skinowski who wrote (90221)	4/5/2003 12:08:54 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

He uses Jihad in a somewhat different sense than Islamic Jihad. The issues of fundamentalism versus globalization are not unrelated. I am going to try to find a translation of Weststruckness and if not, I'll see if I can translate it myself. From that platform he wrote many articles in support of an Islamic movement way way before such movements made news. These movements have many voices within them. Just as most people who vote for GOP do not believe in everything GOP or even their congressman says or does. They simply think he comes closest to getting them what they want. The same thing goes for other political movements. There are many factors and "wants" that propel the fundamentalist movements of which the Islamic Jihad is a subset of. The most powerful of these are the need for self governance and the need for distinct identity. Religion is simply the easiest way to crystallize these needs as well as a widely understood (and manipulated) platform. To be sure there are those who are in it for "the glory of God". But they make about the same percentage as the far religious right in the US. It just happens that they can shout loudest within the radical movements. I have a lot of Arab friends. It is interesting that when listening to their general public, most seem unable or unwilling to distinguish between religion and nationality. As a result often times they formulate national concerns in terms of religious ideology. Calling a dog's tail "foot" does not give the dog 5 feet anymore than such formulations of national and identity needs makes them religious. If you can bare with it, the article is worth reading. It looks at the issues from a broader sense than the war in Iraq or the Palestinian issues. ST