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...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. But when the World Trade Center fell, thousands of Palestinians shouted for joy and praised the greatness of Allah...
...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. But Pakistani officials report that 8,000 volunteers have gathered near the Afghan border to enlist in the Taliban’s jihad against America...
...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. And yet all over Pakistan, students in Islamic seminaries known as madrassas—which, according to The New York Times, number 7,500 and have a total student body of 750,000 to a million—learn to distrust and hate the United States. Many of their scholars have already left to fight America. “They have gone for jihad,” exulted one student. “It is our moral and religious duty...
...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. But acting largely out of fear that support for America would trigger a fundamentalist backlash, Saudi Arabia—our “ally”—has refused to block terrorist assets. “It is time for the United States and Saudi Arabia to look at their separate interests,” the Saudi crown prince wrote to President George W. Bush last week, offering a revealing glimpse of the Saudi sentiment. “Those governments that don’t feel the pulse...
...teachings of the Koran are incompatible with acts of terrorism. Yes, they are. I can believe that hate-filled war cries from the Middle East are misguided. I can even believe that millions of people suffer from a profound misunderstanding of their own faith. But what I cannot believe is that there is no connection between the practice of Islam—no matter how divorced that practice is from what the Koran really says—and the fact that so many Muslims harbor so much hatred of United States. The “pulse of the people...