The Gandhi (not "Ghandi" please!) quote comes from when he visited London in 1931, and a reporter asked him what he thought of "Western Civilisation". He tactfully replied "I think it would be a good idea".

Tactfully, because on another occasions he wrote "It is my firm opinion that Europe does not represent the spirit of God or Christianity but the spirit of Satan. And Satan�s successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips."

And at another time "I consider western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity."

I imagine he'd have said today that things haven't changed that much. (As for Al Qaeda and that crew, I think Gandhi would have definitely seen them as a negation of the Islamic vision.)