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A Message of Violence and Hatred
(Independent-UK) Akbar Ahmed - The Muslim world currently is dominated by voices of violence. Osama bin Laden is an icon, a cult figure from Morocco to Indonesia. As an Islamic scholar, I believe there is a correlation between the great days of Islamic civilization and the ascendancy of its peaceful, compassionate, and universalistic scholars. Today, scholars in this tradition are an endangered species. The writer holds the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University in Washington, D.C.