[Alex Murphy]

"Where is the border between Islam and Islamism? The media says that the two are different as night and day; Islam is a religion of peace, and the Islamists have stolen the name. Others believe that Islamism represents the traditional, pure Islam, true to the Koran.

This latter view is advanced, remarkably enough, by a theologian Martin Rhonheimer from a university endorsed by the Pope. He is a professor at the Pontifical Santa Croce University in Rome and wrote an essay on this particular distinction in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

There was a thread last month which claimed that the "peaceful" side of Islam is the heretical side, comparing it to the Protestant Reformation breaking off from the Catholics.

[tbpiper]

There was a thread last month which claimed that the "peaceful" side of Islam is the heretical side, comparing it to the Protestant Reformation breaking off from the Catholics.

I agree that peace is heretical to Islam. The comparison to the reformation, however,is just a cheap shot.