Indeed, a good alternative title forWarraq's book might have been The Myth of Moderate Islam,which is the actual title of a more recent article in the (London) Spectator (30 July 2005) by another scholar, Patrick Sookhdeo, director of the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity. 'Byfar the majority of Muslims today live their lives without recourseto violence, for the Koran is like a pick-and-mix selection. If youwant peace, you can find peaceable verses. If you want war, you canfind bellicose verses.'

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