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Article: The lesson of Algeria: Islam is indivisible
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 6, 1995
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"Fundamentalist Islam" is a misnomer which dulls our perceptions
in a dangerous way. It does so by implying that there is some other
kind of Islam, which is well disposed to those who reject the
Koran. There isn't.
Islam is a universalist, triumphalist and political religion. It
claims de jure dominion over all humanity; that is God's will. The
actual state of affairs, with unbelievers of various sorts
dominating most of the world, is a suspension of God's will anda
scandal to the faithful. The world is divided between the House of
Islam and the House of War, meaning the rest of us.
For more than two centuries now, the House of War has been in
the ascendant, and the House of Islam has been ...