It took me quite a while to get through this one, but there wasn't ONE sleepy moment involved. From Egypt to Germany, the author [a damned good journalist, IMO] relates his conversations with folks of the Islam religion. I thought the read sad, but interesting. It's from the NY Times Magazine. I'm not sure whether one needs to register to read.

All suicide bombers are not alike

Perhaps I was influenced by a recent thread wherein someone stated that fundamental Islam was TOTALLY different than fundamental Christianity, but I saw the same sort of rationalization in this "martyrdom" for Islam [and political differences] as I saw in the "martyrdom" for Christianity [and political differences] that occurred at Waco and Ruby Ridge. Both are very sad, IMO.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 28, 2001

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This was quite interesting, as well, although not as long a read. I'm reminded of the guy who wrote Working. All he did was interview people and document his findings.

NY Times Article. Hmm...you might need to register to read this one.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), October 28, 2001.