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Originally Posted by Letum
I wouldn't say it is exclusively religious on the Arab side.
There is a hell of a lot of political, nationalistic, cultural, economic and racial stuff going
on as well.
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Agreed. What i meant by exclusively is using the religion as the primary vehicle by which to obtain and maintain mainstream Muslim acceptance or at least toleration. After all without Islam to justify his actions bin Laden becomes just another garden variety psychopath easily ignored by his fellow Arabs. That's not as easily done once he dons the mantle of protector of the faith.