Archive for March, 2008

Iraq, Islam, and Religion and Politics

March 16, 2008

An article in today’s NY Times calls attention to the largely economic–and not religious or ideological–motivation behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq:
“In fact, money, far more than jihadist ideology, is a crucial motivation for a majority of Sunni insurgents, according to American officers in some Sunni provinces and other military officials in Iraq who have [...]