Islam Waging Ideological War On Itself

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AMMAN, Jordan - A giant montage of artwork hangs outside one of the hotels hit by suicide bombers last month. The images include tears for the 60 victims and clenched fists to honor the anti- terrorism marches that have set the standard for Arab rage against al-Qaida and the offshoots it inspired.

But the most repeated theme of the drawings at the Radisson SAS is a penetrating question: Why? The pictures ask: Why us? Why are Muslims killing Muslims? Well before the triple Nov. 9 attacks in Amman, this line was already chiseled into the epitaph of 2005.

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Islam Waging Ideological War On Itself

THE IDEOLOGICAL WARS between mainstream Islam and its radical fringe have turned inward.

While the West snaps to attention when bloodshed hits home - most recently in ...

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