The people running the terrorist organizations are the definition of pure evil. In large part they are financiers who have the money to get people to advance their causes, without themselves being on the front lines. Any reference to religion they make is purely to feed the masses, who in large part are less than educated and are feeding off of the emotion of fighting the oppressor rather than engaging in rational thought. The arab governments in large part have no problem with this, as it keeps the people's minds off of the oppression and poverty which they face at the hands of their arab brothers. The christian faith had a similar period, the crusades, which went on for much the same reason. (Most of the knights and leadership in the crusades who were second or third sons who had no hope of an inheritance, so the chance of winning their own land in battle was the easy way out) The paupers of the Paupers Crusade were promised riches and a straight path to heaven in reward for their service. The victims of the intefadeh<sp?> are promised similar intangible rewards, and their families are paid large sums of money for their sacrifice. (Saddam Hussein made $25K lump sum payments to the families of suicide bombers) There is a God, as proven by the salvation of the child, but their leaders are using religion for their own tortured purposes.