The trial will indeed be a media sensation. The defence lawyer will attempt to sway the jury by blaming Bush and the US government. Effectively, the President Bush and the US government are to be put on trial. The defendant, however, will have the choice between acquiescing in a defence of “insanity”,an insult to his self esteem, or quoting passages from the koran which justify or require his action. Perhaps this is an opportunity to have a public debate, with muslims included, about whether the koran justifies murder of non-muslims or any abbreviation of what we consider their fundamental human rights. If a self-styled jihadist quotes the koran to justify murderous attacks upon innocents, then muslim scholars can either support or condemn his actions according to their religious texts. They can state categorically that he misrepresents the koran, justifying their claims,or concede that he is a pious muslim, as he would claim. Whichever they do, the trial could become a watershed in world affairs, because in a trial likely to be given even more coverage than OJ Simpson an Michael Jackson, the coverage given to the koran, about which most people know very little will ensure that everyone has a better appreciation of islam, its similarities to and its differences from Christianity. It will allow a better appreciation of whether the democratic west can co-exist with islam, or whether peace is only a temporary respite, to be used as preparation for the next war. An informed electorate usually makes better decisions.