"Vander Plaats' statement runs counter to the way that President Bush and virtually all other national figures have been very careful to say that we are not fighting a war against Islam." Mark Finkelstein
Many people are very careful not to link the war on terror with any religion, but Huckabee's Iowa campaign manager links the two together rather boldly in this interview.
I think it IS important to think about the recent terrorist threats from a theological perspective as well as a political one. I think that religion plays a huge motivating force behind the acts of terror. Religion has great power to inspire people to do great good or great evil. It would be careless to try to deal with this terror threat and not seek to consider the religious motivation as well as the political motivation.
What are the theological motivations that terrorists have? What kind of future do they foresee? What is their worldview?
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