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To: American Spirit who wrote (22797)	7/20/2003 10:45:12 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Many of them are also Jihad type fanatics. My dictionary defines fanatic as "excessively enthusiastic or devoted". Excessive compared to what? Voluntary religious martyrdom would be considered excessive in modern western countries. In the Middle East? Not only is there plenty of historical precedent, some would claim, it’s part of the culture. After some reading on the subject, currently, I would say, it is and it isn’t. Surely, the admonitions to join a jihad to rid the ummah of an infidel invasion, is definitely part of the culture. And one may certainly encounter the death of a martyr while engaging in a jihad. But there’s a gap between taking up arms to kill the enemies of Islam, and so becoming a martyr, and in strapping a dynamite belt to the abdomen of a confused young person. Nevertheless, even the latter seems to be close enough to the culturally sanctioned behavior, that the families appear on TV saluting their martyred relative. Suspect, the Muslims might believe anyone that would seriously consider the idea of a Holy Trinity, is obviously a fanatical nut. Trying to point out that words like fanatic have a “perspective” associated with them. JMO lurqer