by Alan Barton, All News Pipeline:

War is a constant, or at least it seems to be because of the constant states of war shifting around the world involving one group or another against some other nation, tribe, religion or peoples.  Some places seem to be involved in war more often than other places and some cultures seem to be at war more often than other cultures.  As you study history, you learn not only of leaders, peoples, cultures, religions, geographies and so forth but also the wars as it seems that is the driving force behind so much of history.  War seems to be the adhesive that binds peoples, nations and cultures as well as the solvent that destroys them eventually.  Some are destroyed more rapidly than others, and there seems to be certain ones that fall under that shadow far more often than others.  Whether a warlike peoples or a peace loving peoples, those distinctions appear to be more perception than actual fact especially as we move through time in looking at any specific people.  In this case, we will look at the Arabic peoples that are predominantly Muslim in culture and religion (please note that an all encompassing religion IS THE CULTURE) and see just how they are portrayed and involved in war.