War of religions

Though the secularists cannot imagine such a thing, the world is convulsed in a religious war | Gene Edward Veith

A global Islamic revival is creating conflicts that go beyond the War on Terrorism. Much of the civil unrest around the world—in Indonesia, East Timor, the Philippines, Sudan, among others—has to do with Muslims attacking Christians. Meanwhile, in tribal villages from Asia through Africa, Islam and Christianity are competing for the souls of the people. Even the jihadist assaults against America and Europe may be seen as a Muslim war on the civilization that Christianity produced.

Though the secularists cannot imagine such a thing, the world is convulsed in a religious war.

The Washington Post's Phillip H. Gordon recognizes that the conflict with radical Islam is an ideological war, like the struggle of the free, capitalist West against communism. He points out, however, that victory in the Cold War came not from armed warfare but from winning the ideological argument. He says that instead of using military might against Islamists, we should be demonstrating to the Muslim world the superiority of Western ideas.