The New Face of Islam -- A Critique Of Radicalism Is Building Within The Heart Of The Muslim World

From Newsweek Magazine:

Back in the mid-1990s, Osama bin Laden had a problem, and it was Islam. He wanted to say the Qur'an gave his followers license to kill innocents—and themselves—in the cause of "jihad." That was how he could justify his global campaign of terror. But that's not what the Muslim holy book says, and that's not the way it was interpreted by any of the great scholars and preachers of the faith.

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My Comment: This denunciation of radical jihad as propagated by Osama bin Ladin and his followers is long overdue. Will it have a lasting impact .... I can only hope.

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