VOL. XLIV

No 43

22 October 2001

Arab Press Comments On 11September Aftermath

(MEES Translations)

The following column written byDaud al-Shiryan (Saudi), entitled Who Is Responsible For The Extremism? waspublished in the Arabic daily al-Hayat on 13 October:

Political Islamthrived after the revolution in Iran when the mullahs took control of the instrumentsof power. Political activism took the place of preaching, and politicalspeeches were substituted for religious ones. The war in Afghanistan...