Edited sentence: In Karsh's view, this vision is not confined to a tiny extremist fringe.In the historical imagination of many Muslims and Arabs, bin Laden represents nothing short of the new incarnation of Saladin, defeater of the Crusaders and conqueror of Jerusalem.In this sense, the House of Islam’s war for world mastery is a traditional, indeed venerable, quest that is far from over.This was starkly evidenced by, Karsh purports, an overwhelming support for the 9/11 attacks throughout the Arab and Islamic worlds