Akbar Ahmed: What's fundamentalist about wanting to live in dignity?

Leaders and commentators need to stop viewing Muslims as a monolith
Published: 19 July 2007

Visiting the UK from the US is an unsettling experience. One gets a feeling of deja vu. It is like seeing a blockbuster Hollywood film on "Islamic Terror" being remade for a UK audience on English sets, with an English cast. The police are not quite as fat and drive smaller vehicles, but the emotions and prejudices are the same. continue...