And the Internet. Despite my vaguely Catholic leanings, this blog is nothing if not ecumenical. The New York Times explains the strict Wahhabi sect of Islam , an integral part of Saudi Arabia's founding, Osama bin Laden's beliefs and the Taliban's ideology. Tell your mullahs from your muftis .
Slate offers a glossary of Muslim clerical titles .
The Koran is selling faster than the Bible . And these kids live here. Muslim teenagers in Brooklyn tell The New York Times that they doubt Osama bin Laden had anything to do with the Sept. 11 attacks, exhibiting some of the same anti-American paranoia seen overseas. Flagging enthusiasm among some. Some religious leaders worry that American flag-flashing is getting in the way of worship.