Behind every Islamic terrorist there is an Imam

Finally! I've worked my way down through the Tower of Power reading pile at my bedside to begin Oriana Fallaci's, THE RAGE AND THE PRIDE. I started reading it last night and let me tell you this jumped off the page at me. I have a feeling there will be a lot of those:

"The Imam is a leading figure who directs and administers his community with full authority and power. Pious Throat-Cutter or not, virtuous Bleeder or not, he is a high priest who manipulates and influences without any limit the minds and actions of his followers.

An agit-prop who during the Friday Prayer flings any sort of political messages. All the so-called Revolutions of Islam Began through the Imams in the mosques, and the so-called Iranian Revolution began through the Imams in the mosques. Not the Universities as the aforesaid grandchidren (ed. note: deniers and appeasers of communism and fascism - sounds like the lefties would be included as well.) want us to believe. Behind every Islamic terrorist there is an Imam, and Khomeini was an imam.

The major leaders of Iran were and are Imams (too many) are spiritual guides of terrorism. Thus, morally speaking, terrorists themselves."

Which brings us to the longtime imam of Somalia's largest mosque, Sheikh Abdirahman Abdi Ulusow. He was detained today.

"The Sheikh is widely respected for his religious knowledge and for taking care of the Isbahaysiga Mosque during the civil war era, said people close to him. Other detained individuals include an instructor at a local college and another sheikh who was closely associated with the ousted Islamist movement. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, government security sources informed Garowe Online that the individuals were arrested for questioning in connection with near daily attacks in Mogadishu.

The status of the Religion of Cut-And-Run-And-Then-Conduct-Cowardly-Attacks:
The Somali government claims more than 3,000 Islamist fighters remained underground in the capital after their leaders and other militia forces withdrew from the city in December, as heavily armed Ethiopian combat troops approached. A Somali Islamist group calling itself “Muqaawama” (aka: The Popular Resistance Movement in the Land of Two Migrations)has claimed responsibility for the rising violence. The same group threatened suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers if they deployed in Somalia.

Good news: There's somebody out there that gets it. Somali pres sees no difference between moderates, radicals.
Somalia’s interim president has once again dismissed any negotiation between his government and the recently ousted Islamic Courts movement. In a Tuesday interview with Yemeni media, President Abdullahi Yusuf said he makes no distinction between “moderate” and “radical” elements within the Islamists.

“I believe that the leaders of the Islamic Courts are criminals who committed crimes against the nation and the population, therefore how can I talk to such people?”

Update: Before I finished posting this came across the wire:
Somalia Imam Regains His Freedom
The imam of Somalia’s largest mosque was released later Thursday after authorities held him for nearly 24 hours, our correspondent in Mogadishu reported...Sheikh Abdirahman said another member of the Isbahaysiga Mosque, Sheikh Abdiwahab Abdullahi Hashi, was still in jail.
Rats.