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Thread #82753   Message #1521228
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
13-Jul-05 - 02:03 PM
Thread Name: Explosions in London
Subject: RE: Explosions in London
Islam has not gone through a Reformation...

Not actually true - the bombers have their roots in an extremist reformist version of Islam, rather analogous to some of the weirder types of reformists within Christianity. The Taliban regime for example had many familiar elements of some aspects of our own reformation - extreme puritan restrictions on dress and music, destruction of statues...