Violence Renounced?
Reader comment on item: War against Radical Islamists

Submitted by Sol Shalit (United States), Jun 16, 2002 at 17:31

The key difference between Daniel Pipe and Fawaz Gerges lies in the latter's statement:

"I think the overwhelming number of Islamists are mainstream Islamists [---] who have renounced violence".

Aside from some eloquent Arabs TV talking heads addressing the American public, precisely where was this violence publicly renounced?

Sol Shalit
Professor Emeritus of Economics
Washington, DC

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