M. Ted:

According to this page at The Nando Times, Richard Kidd wrote that piece, or the bulk of it, for the Christian Science Monitor.

Kim C.: The cultist aspect of the Knioghts of the Quesadilla have been mentioned frequently. Before Bush spoke to the nation I posted several times here, and wrote the White House, suggesting we should characterize OBL's group as a vicious cult corrupting the spirit of Islam, and was delighted to see he did do as much in his address.

The motivations and attitudes of the "mujahadim" are cult-like in the extreme.

If you want, run a Forum search on my posts since 9-12 and you'll find five or six comments along this line.

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