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Islam's civil war --

By Jim Hoagland

Islam's Civil War

By Jim Hoagland
Wednesday, March 3, 2004

Vietnam taught that Rule 1 of getting involved in foreign civil wars is famously and simply: Don't. But the United States today is caught in a civil war within Islam. Al Qaeda's murder by airliner of nearly 3,000 people on American soil in one September day in 2001 leaves Americans without any other option.

Tuesday was another day of religiously inspired atrocities, in Iraq and in Pakistan this time. The latest waves of holy murders should shake from their fantasies the Islamic political leaders and religious authorities who deny that a war for control of Islam is raging around them. The war will claim many more lives if Muslim society does not face up to the cancerous growth feeding on Islam and lead -- not join, but lead -- the fight against that cancer.

The Arab summit to be held at the end of March in Tunis is an important moment for a meaningful recognition of the nature of this struggle, which has been made blindingly clear in the past two days: Peacemakers and killers have each sketched out their paths to the future.

On Monday in Baghdad, the much-maligned Iraqi Governing Council negotiated and agreed to an interim constitution that sets new standards for political freedoms and religious tolerance in an Arab country. Tolerance becomes a fundamental right and condition for Iraqis.

Islam is a source,



    
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