Great thread Tom. I think the gist of it is that radicals of any stripe are very dangerous people. One thing that I find interesting is that those educated religious leaders who declare Jihad always seem to look to the less educated (and apparently easily dupped) to actually serve as suicide bombers. Wouldn't you think if it were true that those who blew themselves up for the cause were actually going to get seven virgins in the after life that Osama would be all over it?