Word: fanaticisme
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In Mohammed's mind, one soul has been brought back from the brink, the one that matters most to him--his son. Small battles in the fight for Islam's future matter too. In the Islamic world now, too many stand at the same divide, between fanaticism and normality. Three...
From the beginning, Jeff had run his campaign a little bit differently. He raised money like every other politician, but he always focused on building support in the community. Over the course of the campaign, Jeff spoke with over a thousand voters in a series of small meetings (10-30...
Nine days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush told the U.S. Congress, "Americans are asking, 'Why do they hate us?'" Unlocking the mystery of what motivates Islamic extremists like Osama bin Laden has become the most urgent intellectual challenge of our time. Occidentalism: A Short History...
Most attempts to uncover the roots of Islamic rage are unflattering to Islam and to Muslims. In his 1981 book Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, V.S. Naipaul suggested that anger and dispossession are endemic to Islam and easily spill over into fanaticism. For others, Islamic terrorism is the most...
Is John Paul too dogmatic in his approach to religion? I ask as one who is opposed to anything that comes close to fanaticism--and yet, in the end, the question is one for Catholics, not for me. Should he not take social issues into consideration when seeking to ban...