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To: regli who wrote (53326)	7/13/2006 9:09:03 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 116555

I found the article interesting but it hasn't convinced me in any shape or form that there is a war of the religions It is not easy to see the religious nature of the conflict - because it is "religious" only from one side - the side of the Islamists. The West - and America in particular - are trying to deal with it non-religiously, by "translating" the other side's motivations into a language which we are able to understand -- into terms like oil, money, social justice, native vs. imposed values, various "grievances", etc. Ultimately we are a secular society, and we simply do not have the proper conceptual framework - the proper language - needed in order to deal with the very idea of a religious war. It sounds so nuts that we are unable to take it seriously. Another difficulty is that the very heart of the conflict at this time is not between us and them, but within Islam. That's where the real fight for the hearts and minds is taking place. People who think along the same lines as Sayyid Qutb want Muslims to become "better Muslims"... meaning, more radicalized... and under the political rule of those who today are considered to be extremists. Just one more thing - Qutb's books were written decades before Iraq. It is a mistake to interpret the former in light of the latter. I read a few chapters from "Milestones". Very impressive, actually. I would like to address some more of your points at a later date. Thanks for the article, btw. Very interesting.