About Colin's question about focusing on Bin Laden,

Obviously there are people who actually are willing to kill for the views he present which already existed amongst people but these people were not unified yet under one human leader, and these people have passed a boundry, they can not distinct between right and wrong  and because of their anger they are manipulated by Bin Laden and his likes to actually come to afghanistan, train to fly planes into buildings and killing their ownselves and 3000 other people out of anger and frustration, they could not think "hey this does not feel right i fear Allah because this is unjust" and instead of doing it walk away and take a road to the mercy of Allah, instead they went on with it and they did a great injustice and with that they sealed their own end and those like minded who stayed in afghanistan after this great injustice which they saw as righteous, and chose to fight for their corrupted views. Corrupted people in support of a corrupted view in support of anger made into a religion and unjustly calling it Islam, what can you expect from unjust people except unjust statements? and perverting what is good and make it into something bad? it is not possible to make something bad of islam, Islam is submitting to Allah who is The Merciful, while wishing His peace in doing so(islam). What bin laden did was gather those people who submit to his views and mis-interpretation of some verses of the koran and leaving out all the other teachings from it. All these people were willing to kill out of anger, so he gave them AK47s and some old hand grenades and sent them against the steel of the US military, they were destroyed and are being destroyed, what else is the reward of the unjust except defeat and humiliation? as for Bin Laden, you need to see the greater picture i think, with China on the rise, the US needed to have a presence in the greater middle east, to secure it's interests if you will, so Bin Laden made sure the US had a reason to be there, wether conciously or not, it is a good reason i admit. Arabs and other people who claim to be muslims need to see the reality instead of acting out of anger, anger only leads to loss and injustice, because anger clouds ones judgement and makes one act unjustly, and this injustice if it becomes too great will lead him or her to destruction or self destruction, take an example out of what is happening and look at the final stage of impatience and anger: suicide bombings, self destruction.

But Bin Laden, just look at his face, i think he believes he is doing the right thing....he just did what he had to do, gather the worst of them in afghanistan and let the US military clean them up. Better in Afghanistan then in some heavily populated area do'nt you think?

Reality can be harsh, but with justice it is good.

By the declining day, Verily Man is in loss, Save(except) those who have found safety and security in faith, and did mending works, and enjoin eachother with the truth, and enjoin eachother with patience.

[ This is chapter al-'Asr, from the koran, the words of Allah to mankind. Al asr is the time period after noon, past the last quarter of the day, before sunset. It is the time space before the end....of the day.]  

Have patience, there is mercy for those who are cautious of Him and those who are thankful to Him. He is The Merciful, and He is above everyone, so that also means in mercy and forgiveness. No one is more merciful or forgiving then Him, and no one is more patient then Him. Turn to Him alone, and do not let the worldly life deceive you, His is the power all together, and those who are ungrateful to Him follow but conceit. There is no true safety nor security except through Him.

 Say: "O People of the Book(bibleo means book in latin)! you are upon nothing unless you make standing(implement) The Torah (the Law), the Evangel, and that which is sent down to you from your Lord." and that which is sent down to thee from thy Lord, will increase in most of them rebelion and ungratefulness. so do not sorrow over the unthankful people(ungrateful means without faith)  [5:68]

Those who found safety and security(in faith) those who follow the Jewish (guidance), and the Sabians and the Christians,- whoever has faith in Allah and the Last Day, and did a mending work,- on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. [5:69]