Hatred, they say, is an ancient vice, one that through the ages festers and spreads and swells to a point where (if you listen to some commentators) it explodes; as it did on September 11th. When you mix this hatred with religion, one of the world's great faiths, Islam, becomes bound up with words like radical, extremist and fanatic, and unraveling the politics from the economics from the faith is daunting for an American public still reeling from the attack. Today on the Connection, a Teach-In of sorts, as we try to understand what's sometimes called "Islamic fundamentalism", a small slice of the Muslim faith that's looking to drive a wedge between its dispossessed and the West. Ancient texts, freshly minted fatwas, key characters and the rationale behind radical faith.
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Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University and editor of "Revival and Reform in Islam"
Bruce Lawrence, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University and author of "Defenders of God" and "Shattering the Myth"
