Sorry again Bruce - I am obviously not making myself clear. When I say 'remove these western perceptions' I mean educate the people of the west to realise that Moslems are not, by and large, a violent or intolerent people.

My experience, much like that of SJ's, is that the ordinary Moslem on the street is much like me and you. It is, as so succinctly put, the media who constantly publisise the handful of dickheads that seem to be causing most of the problems. Rest assured that the press in the Moslem countries are doing an equaly bad job:-(

Powers far higher up the food chain than us control the press and do so to control the minds of the masses. It is an old and very transparent ploy to get the people to fight against a common enemy rather than look at what is wrong in its own front garden. Do you not think that this is happening on both sides of the divide here? I do. Which perhaps answers your question as to why I do not read much of what comes out of these publications and believe even less.

Cheers

DtG