Terrorism

National Security Advisor Sandy Berger’s seeming equation of terrorism with the month of Ramadan (Dec. 20) is one more insult against Islam, which unfortunately will further prejudice against Muslims in the minds of persons who in their ignorance rely upon the media for their information about world religions. For the record, while non-Muslims are spending their celebration of the new millennium in drunkenness and revelry, Muslims will be fasting and spending the night in prayer and penitence.

If we want to see true terrorism in action we only have to look as far as our Russian allies and their policy of extermination of Chechnya’s Muslim population. But that’s not terrorism, is it? It’s an “internal” Russian problem.

MUSTAFA NOVIKOFF

Desert Hot Springs