The roots of Islamic terrorism / International Herald Tribune, 28 Jul 2005

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/07/27/opinion/edpabst.php
Phillip Blond and Adrian Pabst
"The nature of the terrorist threat is unambiguously Islamic and is not so much a deviation from Muslim tradition as an appeal to it. Al Qaeda's ideology draws on two traditions to legitimize itself: one classical, the other modern"