6/11/09

Iran, the bomb, and religious devotion

04.11.09, WASHINGTON POST (US). In his book "Dying for Heaven: Holy Pleasure and Suicide Bombers -- Why the Best Qualities of Religion Are Also Its Most Dangerous" author Ariel Glucklich argues against the misconception that religious terrorists fight their enemies out of hatred. Rather, it is the positive aspects of religion that inspire the most heinous actions, he says. We asked Glucklich, a professor at Georgetown University and member of the steering committee of the Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, to apply his theory to Iran.

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