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**Paul Bunyan** · 10-23-2005, 07:00 AM

The Author misses the point of Pipes commentary.

Islamic terrorism is less about the Koran and more about power and racial/nationalistic pride.

It simply uses the religion as a tool, like the middle ages catholic church did - to imprint its power on the world.

In this sense, and in the way we the west can use to understand it and thus be able to effectively fight it, Jihadism has more in common with Naziism, Communism, even the Shintoism of Imperial Japan.

Reading the Koran might be useful in the battle against Jihadism, but for most it will simply be a distraction. The Koran is NOT the "why" behind terrorism - it is more one of many "how"-s. The Koran will provide much less predicitve insight into Jihadism than the histories Pipes suggests are for study.

Pipes is right.

The Author is wrong - not as much for what he writes, but because he misses the point of why Pipes says what he does.

10-23-2005, 07:00 AM	#1
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 59 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	The Author misses the point of Pipes commentary. Islamic terrorism is less about the Koran and more about power and racial/nationalistic pride. It simply uses the religion as a tool, like the middle ages catholic church did - to imprint its power on the world. In this sense, and in the way we the west can use to understand it and thus be able to effectively fight it, Jihadism has more in common with Naziism, Communism, even the Shintoism of Imperial Japan. Reading the Koran might be useful in the battle against Jihadism, but for most it will simply be a distraction. The Koran is NOT the "why" behind terrorism - it is more one of many "how"-s. The Koran will provide much less predicitve insight into Jihadism than the histories Pipes suggests are for study. Pipes is right. The Author is wrong - not as much for what he writes, but because he misses the point of why Pipes says what he does.
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