Doodslang – Totten hears stories of how meek and mild Islam is in Bosnia. It never seems to occur to him that this was a temporary state of affairs, most due to the fact that Islam had nearly died in this region due to its own moribundity. It also makes sense that this last area of the earth to be somewhat messily and incompletely converted into Dar ul Islam might also be one of the last places on earth where the newly invigorated Jihad would finally take root again.

No, Totten is saying that outside Arabia, Islam takes on different cultural expressions. Which seems to be on mark when you observe Islam in Turkey, the ex-Soviet ‘Stans, “Kurdistan”, the Muslim Bengalis, Malaysia, even Iran.

Which is a relief, frankly – compared to the Neocon vision of unending war in nation after nation by American “heroes” deep into the future – to keep Jihad down and “beloved Special Friend” Israel safe with it’s conquered territories and WMD monopoly.