An Imam from a Detroit mosque has discovered the root causes of terrorism - Bush, Rumsfeld and the Jews.

The current issue of Time magazine quotes Sir Ivor Roberts, Britain's ambassador to Italy, as saying "the best recruiting sergeant" for al-Qaida was none other than President George W. Bush.

Some unthoughtful words by the president and some irresponsible statements by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- combined with the scandals at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the Guantanamo detention center -- helped al-Qaida recruit more extremists to its army.

To win the war against terror, force alone is not enough. Honesty and openness come first. The double standard on democracy and human rights doesn't help.

As long as Jews can immigrate to Israel by the tens of thousands each year while Palestinians stay hungry and homeless, I am afraid this will contribute to the violence in the Middle East and elsewhere.

It is time for all of us to take a stand against terrorism and eliminate its causes.

Maybe if his Muslim buddies didn't hate Jews so much in places like France, there would have been less need for Jews to immigrate to Israel.

We have been hearing the cries of innocent victims of terrorism in so many countries, New York City, Karachi, Madrid, Beirut, Bosnia, Jakarta, Israel, Palestine and now London.

I wasn't aware of any recent religiously inspired suicide bombings in "Palestine" committed by Jews which killed dozens, hundreds or thousands of people. Would someone like to help me here?