Islam, Terrorism, and the Strategy of Enlightened Moderation

Today's most talked about subject is "terrorism," described as the greatest threat to the peace-loving world and humanity. The world is busy with vigor to end this menace and to make the world a more peaceful and safer place. The current war against terrorism is being fought on military, political, social, economic, and educational fronts with the primary focus on the military element. Though terrorism is a threat for all societies as well as faiths, a proactive campaign to combat this menace by the West, in general, and United States of America, in particular, has created some misunderstandings between the faiths, and given an opportunity to some to further the gulf of misunderstanding and distrust between faiths and civilizations.