The future of the Muslim world : LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 
International Herald Tribune
August 1, 2002

Mahathir bemoans the Muslim world's inability to invent weapons with which to instill fear into its enemies, non-Muslims presumably. He should take heart. A cursory look round the globe makes it quite clear that Islam is in fact doing very well in the grand league of fearsome oppressors.

Consider Sudan. Here an Islamic regime, armed with Saudi petrodollars, off- the-shelf armaments and simple Saudi- style bigotry, has managed to kill 2 million Animists and Christians in its bloody efforts to impose the delights of Sharia law. Clued-up Islamic weapons designers ? Heaven forbid.

Aris Boundakis, London,

president of the Sudan Justice Coalition

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