This Islam expert insists it never means war in the Koran, and the word itself is infrequent compared to words for mercy and compassion. Good!

This particular book is an excellent read on Mercy and Compassion.

Thanks very much - I'll be looking for it!

The book is available in many libraries.

Here is the thing, shouldn't he be telling that to the radical imams rather than telling us!

It's clipped from the Asia Times, Aqualung. Whom do you think reads the Asia Times? I don't see it on my bookstand here in Iowa. I really doubt that it occurred to him that he was talking to "us."

I worked with a Muslim who was religious. He was no threat to me at all. He was concerned with raising a family in a respectable way.

My eyes were opened to the double meaning of jihad when I read 9/11: Why They Attacked Us
Bin Laden: In His Own Words. As a Christian, I was put to shame by what Bin Laden said and how he said it. You can read it at http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/UPDATE/Update2007-05-07.htm

Max, that is a humble, important, and courageous comment. Things are not as we've been told.

Jeremiah Wright was partly right: America's chickens have come home to roost.