The Islamic question

Ghazi Hamad, editor in chief of Al Risala newspaper in the Gaza Strip, Bitterlemons-International, December 1:

“…From the perspective of Islamists, a dangerous turn of events is taking place in Iraq. Increasingly, Muslims are fighting Muslims rather than a foreign occupation, and this can only lead to a further dilution of Islamic strength at a time when Islam is seen to be under attack from the outside.”