I knew too that religion is a powerful weapon, one which I believed should be used in favour of the poor. Today in Cape Town Farid attends the only mosque in the world where women are allowed to preach at Friday service. He admits that his beliefs are all the more surprising because he trained at a traditional Muslim seminary in Pakistan. I met some Christians in Pakistan who helped me see the relationship and the contradictions between my theology and the way I put my beliefs into practice. Fundamentalism is a response to the growing stranglehold of technology and a reaction against the West.
People are angry and alienated and feel they have lost control.
And I am not alone in this.