THE WAR FOR ISLAM OSAMA BIN LADEN MAY GO DOWN IN HISTORY NOT ONLY AS THE MURDEROUS CRIMINAL WHO DECLARED HOLY WAR ON THE UNITED STATES, BUT ALSO AS A RADICAL FIGURE IN WHAT HAS COME TO BE CALLED THE ISLAMIC REFORMATION--THE EPIC STRUGGLE TO DEFINE THE FAITH OF OVER A BILLION PEOPLE

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: September 10, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ON JULY 6TH, 2005, in an unprecedented display of intersectarian collaboration, 170 of the world's leading Muslim clerics and scholars gathered in Amman, Jordan, to issue a joint fatwa, or legal ruling, denouncing all acts of terrorism committed in the name of Islam. This belated attempt by the traditional clerical institutions to assert some measure of influence and authority over the world's Muslims was surely one of the most interesting developments in what has become an epic battle to define the faith and practice of over a billion people. Never before in the history of Islam had ...

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