Jihad's Hidden Warriors

Osama bin Laden does not need to hatch a scheme. The Hizbollah bombers of Beirut need not craft a battle plan. Whether Wahhab-inspired Sunni fanatics or committed Shia extremists, no one need formulate a plot for one inspired by like thinking to take shape. It could be a lone gunman or a small cadre of acquaintances who never received instruction from abroad or foreign training, all that is necessary is the jihadi mindset of nihilistic political Islam that for decent Muslims is an abomination and perversion of their own religion, but for those who wage war in Islam's name, it is the highest expression of their faith. Those in the West who have welcomed an alien creed into our midst must be ever vigilant that those who have entered share our love of freedom and are not merely using our own freedom of religion against us. The free exercise of their faith must not include seeking martyrdom at our expense.