Sir,
It is a pity that this manichean dualist does not declare a greater jihad i.e. a holy struggle against the evil within himself!
Enough of the lesser jihad, if it is indeed that, i.e. a holy struggle of physical self-defence.
What a shame that we live in an increasingly dumbed down world.

SC, London, United Kingdom

This evil hostility is similar to what we saw with the Nazis: a group of people united in a sense of victimhood and grievance, convinced of their ideological and moral superiority with a racist basis, and seeking a subjugation of whomever disagrees - basically, the rest of the world, in this case the non-Islamic world.

This puts the subject into some historic and ideological context:

http://www.historyofjihad.com/

Joe, Manchester,

The more jihad exported, the better off we'll all be. There are far too many people who believe the terrorist episodes of the past decade are mere aberrations. Daily suicide bombings in major European and US cities might sufficiently focus the thinking of enough people so as to allow for a concerted anti-terrorist campaign to proceed without the debilitating carping that hampers present-day efforts.

James Loftus, FALLS CHURCH, USA/VA

So it looks as if Al Qaeda, having been frustrated by the dastardly villain Bush's iniquitous veto over the saintly US Democrats attempt to offer unconditional surrender whilst recently, getting their posteriors corporally castigated in Iraq, have decided themselves to adopt the less-confrontational liberal position of redeployment This is obviously a signal that Al Qaeda are ready to reach out and embrace dialogue in a conciliatory manner. Therefore we must put our differences aside and build a basis for lasting peace..("in our time").. so that the heaiing process can begin. I sincerely hope that all peace-loving people will offer the hand of friendship and attempt to nurture trust and respect when Al Qaeda redloy to a neighbourhood near them. It would be too much to hope I suppose that Bush might consider following Al Qaeda's example by redeploying out of Iraq.to, for example Iran, (with perhaps a little Rest and Recreation in Syria). Peace be upon you.

sean birnie, Madrid, Spain