Of course, no one is under the illusion that India or any other country will abandon its cities for a life as simple as the one Gandhi strove to live but that doesn t mean that India can t look to Gandhi s core values for inspiration.

By treating all the varied segments of Islam as nothing more than parts of a unified threat to the West, they make it harder for Muslims to stand out and criticize their own block thinkers people like Osama bin Laden, who are building their own unified enemy, composed of Christians and Jews.