Cheat-Seeking Missles

Friday, July 29, 2005

Islam's Mind Is On Fire

In case you missed Hugh's link to an article in Middle East Times by Youssef M. Ibrahim, a former Middle East correspondent for The New York Times, click and read.

It is a window into the rising frustration moderate Muslims have with jihadis, and the rising fear they have about the probable consequences. Here's the summation:
In this new cold and hot war, car bombs and suicide bombers here and there will be no match for the arsenal that those Westerners are putting together - an arsenal of laws, intelligence pooling, surveillance by satellites, armies of special forces and indeed, allies inside the Arab world who are tired of having their lives disrupted by demented so-called jihadis or those bearded preachers who, under the guise of preaching, do little to teach and much to ignite the fire, those who know little about Islam and nothing about humanity.