The United States and Islam: toward perpetual war?(Views from Russia, Pakistan, Malaysia, and China) From: Social Research | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: Hoodbhoy, Pervez | COPYRIGHT 2005 New School for Social Research. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

When the banner is unfurled, all reason is in the trumpet--Ukrainian proverb

TRAPPED BETWEEN THE SCYLLA OF AMERICAN IMPERIAL ARROGANCE and the Charybdis of Islamic religious fanaticism, citizens of Planet Earth have entered an age of unprecedented insecurity and fear. They are frequently blown to bits both by bombs launched from hundreds of miles away, as well as bombs in backpacks. To be a noncombatant brings no security. Reason and compassion have been ambushed in the ...