Where does religion belong in the war on
terror? Recently, Muslims have rioted, not over a cartoon this time,
but over a speech by Pope Benedict XVI. The pontiff presented an
academic argument on the methodology of the spread of Islam — in which
he entertains the possibility that violence overtly pervades the
ideological spread of militant Islam — and got a violent response in
return: Palestinians attacked churches in Nablus, and run-of-the-mill
American and Israeli flag burnings occurred around the Muslim world.
Today, however, these points are not precursors for a theocratic
comparison, rather a discussion of the question of whether God has any
place in the war on terror.

Some denounce the pontiff’s remarks as a method of adding religion
to the mix of concerns over the epic ideological struggle between
Islamofascists and modern Western civilization. This is the same
criticism often hurled at President Bush and some conservative leaders
who “dare” to cast the enemy in a truthful light. These leaders “dare”
to highlight the holy war of jihad that contemporary Islamofascists
continue to undertake, all the while relying on their distorted
interpretations of Islam.

Political correctness necessitates my admission of personal secularism in order to strengthen the following argument.

The discussion requires an examination of the perception that the
United States is increasingly trying to cast the battle with the
Islamofascists as a struggle between the Judeo-Christian complex and
the Islamic ward. The general argument above is that it is dangerous to
cast this war in any religious light whatsoever. The logic behind this
argument is that this would make us similar to our enemy, to the point
of losing the moral high ground. Criticism of adding any religious
reasoning to the struggle belies the intent behind the invocation of
religious tenets and realities.

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