Articles from Canada and the World Backgrounder (September 1, 2006)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Corruption of the faith: many people over the ages have used various religions as a guise for acquiring power, and justifying violence as a means to an "enlightened" end.			578
Internal conflict: the delegates at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit in Malaysia in 2003 agreed on at least one thing: that the Muslim world was going through a very rough spell. One member said it was time for more dialogue among Muslims.			2544
Playing for both teams: base camp for the clash between extremist Muslims and the West is the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a county that seems to be a Western ally but that also supports terrorism.			2609
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Seeking some middle ground: can Muslims and non-Muslims live peacefully and quietly side by side in a secular society such as ours?			1821
The path of Allah: perhaps, few concepts are more misunderstood in the world than those of Islam, which shares a common heritage with Judaism and Christianity. With about 1.4 billion followers, Islam is the second-largest religion in the world.			2189
The radical philosopher: being a suicide bomber is a career choice most of us reject. The fact that several thousand young men and women do chose this occupation can be credited to a man who wrote the book on extremism.			2336
Under a cloud: everywhere in the Western world Muslims are under suspicion because of the terrorist attacks carried out against Western targets in the name of Islam.			1883