Culture not deviation.

An AP article describes the internal Egyptian debate after (yet) another bombing at Sharm el Sheik that killed 88:

• Bombers are a product of a society that produces "extremist fossilized minds."
• Egyptian government lets the press and some mosques promote intolerance.
• Journo: extremism is not deviation but in the culture.
• Prof: statements and conferences denouncing terror cover up unresolved problems; "Islamic preaching institutions are in a very acute need for a shake-up"; imams need to be educated about true religion and realities of modern world.

One Egyptian man described going to a mosque after the London bombings and the a murder of an Egyptian diplomat in Iraq. What was agenda item #1 for this guy? Women wearing bathing suits.

Jihadi Kamal Habib, however, blamed President Mubarak's autocratic rule, which has led to nihilism which has led to terror.

Some razor sharp logic there. People now believe in nothing and therefore engage in terror out of ennui.

Man, when I'm feeling ennuistic I have a hard time deciding whether to take a nap or watch tv. The task of getting my detonators and Semtex out of the basement would be on the order of scaling the Andes.