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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wraith: [QB] Yeah, that is a difficult question. Most religions have at least a small group of total nutcases with 'puify the religion' and 'down with the infidel' ideologies. In the case of Islam, in particular, this has become politicised and bound up with elements of anti-western sentiment to the extent that it's hard to distinguish the two. Anti-western sentiment allows al-Quaeda and associated fundamentalists to gather support within Muslim countries and at the very least make it difficult for Muslims to act against them without seeming 'unIslamic'. By picking an outside group to primarily blame for the alledged threat to Islam, they are following a long and well established pattern (the Jews, the Bourgeosie, etc.). Oh, and 'Imperial oppression' is [i]very[/i] controversial. Current historiography moving to a more balenced view of both the good and bad things about the Empire. Muslims were generally loyal to the Empire, despite a few instances, mostly towards the end. In fact, I think the first Indian baronet was a Muslim, back in the 1840s. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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