[Capt. Tom]

It's a religious FERVOR we are faced with...but it has been stoked and misdirected by those with GEOPOLITICAL ends.

There is nothing misdirected about converting killing or subjugating non- believers in Islam. The religion hasn't changed fror day one in that regard. - tom

[beezdotcom]

There is nothing misdirected about converting killing or subjugating non- believers in Islam. The religion hasn't changed fror day one in that regard. - tom

I agree it hasn't changed in that regard - except for the priority or intensity with which those bent on power focus on that particular doctrine. Perhaps "misprioritized" was a better word - but the fact remains that since the first, Islam has been a useful geopolitical tool for the few to channel the conflagration of the many to suit their own ends.