morale. Enfin, même si l’on pouvait observer une relation entre souffrance et morale, je ne vois pas quelle espèce de précepte on devrait en tirer : … - Tzvetan Todorov

When we examine , not the language of propaganda, but the witness of the combatants themselves, religion does not occupy the first place. Their motivations are more often secular, they mention their sympathy for a population reduced to poverty, the victims of the whim of ruling classes that live in luxury and corruption- rulers able to maintain themselves in power thanks only to the support of the American government ( as in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt). They speak of the members of their families or their local communities who have suffered or died by the fault of these governments ( and thus of their protectors); and they want to avenge them. The thirst for vengeance did not wait for Islam to appear in the world, and the appeal to the law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth is universal.

The past requires not only that we study it and know it, but also that we learn its lessons - for this simple reason: evil is not just a thing of the past.

Sí señor, yo ya soy poquito cristiano, dijo él, porque ya saber yo un poquito mentir; otro día saber yo mucho mentir y seré yo mucho cristiano