Discussion on Terrorism, Muslim, Islam, Religion,
Bernard Lewis notes that "Islam, as a religion" is "particularly conducive to terrorism or even tolerant of terrorism," in his own words:
Islam has had an essentially political character (...) from its very foundation (...) to the present day. An intimate association between religion and politics, between power and cult, marks a principal distinction between Islam and other religions. (...) In traditional Islam and therefore also in resurgent fundamentalist Islam, God is the sole source of sovereignty. God is the head of the state. The state is God's state. The army is God's army. The treasury is God's treasury, and the enemy, of course, is God's enemy.[7]
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