"the fact that political Islam cannot but be reactionary and terrorist."

What about unpolitical Islam?

Is there such a distinction?

Why, ten years after 911, are we still dithering around with specious analytical distinctions that belong only to ivory tower Westerners?

Hesperado,

Unpolitical Islam means Islam as a religion without any political roles. In this case we shal consider it as we consider any other religion: a set of beliefs.

It has been reported this week that Al-Maqdassi has been arrested, and he is now facing justice. He is accused of providing support to terrorism.

If one wants to find out reasons and justify them, it was never difficult to do so. Dictators and tyrants have always done this. Hitler did this. Stalin did this. Prophet too did this.

This Islamic tradition of blaming everything on context and others dates back to time of Prophet itself.

He created a condition where by Pagans will hate him and Muslims and persecute some Muslims. Based on this reaction of Pagans, he later justified everything he did like looting, killing and raping calling himself at times the victim.

Despite the tall claim of persecution of Muslims at the hands of Pagans,  Islamic sources give one name who supposedly died because torture in 10 years. When one looks closer in to this lone incidental victim they find it too bogus.