[Burkeman1]

Correct. Good analysis. But western culture has not penetrated to these people- both out of pride and censorship. Even Sub Saharan Africa shows more signs of western adoption than Islamic lands. They look to the radicals of Islam for their deliverance to their daily problems - not the west and our culture. You can count the number of pro western thinkers in Islam on one hand.

[XBob]

I lived and worked in the mid-east for years, and from 93-95 lived and worked in Cairo, Egypt.

Few outside of the mid-east are aware of

The constant barrage of anti-israeli and anti-American propaganda on the radio, tv, newspapers, and coming from the mosques was just amazing, day after day, week after week, year after year, constant barrages of hate propaganda.