01-04-2008, 08:59 AM
The Other Jihad: Islam's War on the Hindus
Review of
<b>The Art of War on Terror: Triumphing over Political Islam and the Axis of Jihad</b>
By Moorthy Muthuswamy
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The United States is hampered by its belief in Islam as a conventional faith and not a political ideology, Muthuswamy writes. This belief mistakenly frames the situation as a freedom-of-religion issue, he says. The author feels that America is weakened by its strong religious outlook and needs to refocus its priorities on scientific and technological development.<b> "Information-based societies," such as China and India, have an advantage over theologically-based ones, Muthuswamy says. </b>He adds that religion restricts effective functioning in the modern world and needs to be supplanted by common sense and science.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Review of
<b>The Art of War on Terror: Triumphing over Political Islam and the Axis of Jihad</b>
By Moorthy Muthuswamy
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The United States is hampered by its belief in Islam as a conventional faith and not a political ideology, Muthuswamy writes. This belief mistakenly frames the situation as a freedom-of-religion issue, he says. The author feels that America is weakened by its strong religious outlook and needs to refocus its priorities on scientific and technological development.<b> "Information-based societies," such as China and India, have an advantage over theologically-based ones, Muthuswamy says. </b>He adds that religion restricts effective functioning in the modern world and needs to be supplanted by common sense and science.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->