Well, the real problem is that that fringe actually is the very core

Submitted by Alain Jean-Mairet (Switzerland), Jun 15, 2006 at 14:12

and that the Prophet himself, according to quite standard Islamic scriptures, is Zarkawi & Co's model. There is no solution going around such facts, I'm afraid.

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