As many of you know, a posting of mine about Amir Taheri's "The Three Islamic Faces of Suicide Bombing" (pub. LA Times; abridged/edited versions in Arab News, Straits Times) turned into a whole discussion with MuslimPundit and Ideofact. The latest reply comes from Ideofact, and there are some very good and thoughtful points made.
This posting is going to recap the discussion to date, so that you can follow it easily. As to where it goes from here, it seems we're now at a point where the only person who can move the discussion forward and resolve our questions is the author himself. Having laid out the discussion, I'll be contacting him and asking him for his thoughts on the outstanding issues.
Amir Taheri's original article (LA Times site archives, April 17, 2002)
[1] Original posting on Winds of Change
[2] MuslimPundit's response
[3] Ideofact is less impressed
[4] Winds of Change: is Taheri being criticized unfairly?
[5] Ideofact doesn't think so, says questions remain
[6] Ideofact: More thoughts on Taheri (incl. other writings)
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