(2004-03-19) Bloom Islam

Howard Bloom is not a fan of Islam. But there are barbarians--people whose cultures glorify the act of murder, and elevate violence to a holy deed. These cultures portray the extinction of other human beings as a validation of manliness, a heroic gesture in the name of truth, or simply a good way to get ahead in the world. Certain Islamic societies tend to be high on this list... This may explain why Elias Canetti, in his Nobel Prize-winning book Crowds And Power, calls Islam a killer religion, literally "a Religion of War."