[Gorzaloon]

What's really ironic, too, is that, if the word on the street in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban meant anything, the two aren't necessarily incompatible.

Before 9-11, when relationships and dialogue were destroyed, a Lebanese Muslim I worked with told me that it was a standing joke that when birds flew over Kandahar, they did so with one wing covering their tailfeathers.

We did, in a friendly way, discuss Islam and its culture...but that was Before...

[Rummyfan]

Yes under the Taliban, even male birds flying over Kandahar kept one wing covering their butts!