Take heart Bowser, the war and the policies of the administration that has linked the Shiia and Sunni peoples together as part of the "Axis of Evil" has the potential to cause a wonderous unification of Islam.

The tribal hatreds that have long defeated the achievement of unity among the 120 million Muslims world wide might yet be abandoned in favor of the "sixth pillar" of Islam, declared Jehad.

If Saddam is allowed to reach out to the various Caliphs, the general obligation to bind the various communities can come into being.

In this case, the inevitable defeat of Saddam won't change much. Under Jehad, the tribes may make truces with the Christian infidels for periods of ten years, and these can, moreover, be renewed. But in theory, Jehad ought never be interrupted and can never come to an end until the world submits to Islam.

This idea is one of the most widespread that exists in the Mahometan world.

Doesn't it make you proud to think we might be the engine to unite the world of Islam so they can return to the "good ole days" of the thirteenth century?

Hello to bridging the divides between Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Indonesia, Philipines, North & East Africa, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Tashkent, Kirgyzstan. Turkmen. Uzbekistan, and Rochester, N.Y.

Hey, Rodney King said it all. "Can't we all just get along?"

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