Wish I was on the pacific coast of the US for a plethora of reasons. But at least some of its sunshine is here... so welcome Jane.
I scanned the last few posts. no time to read all. But I DO take issue with the notion that radical islam is played out after 9/11. I have read Olivier Roy's most recent books and simply see evidene everywhere that he is wrong. Economic wealth can bring a surcease of such aspirations (the UAE has fe rumblings - even against its obvious autocrats) and nor does Qatar. As Stavros observes the Mosque has been a great focal point - or protest but also of social organisation. It could become that again in a chaotic post-Quaddafi Libya. And the Muslim Brotherhood have certainly been visible recently in Egypt. They took over Tahrir square for a vast demonstration only a couple of weeks ago.
And look at the growth of Radical Islamism in the Mahgreb, in Nigeria (yesterday's bombings) in Pakistan and - though pretty ruthlessly supressed - in central asia. It's an impulse and temptation that is far from run its course. But it isn't a simple thing to understand.