Islam: A Mosaic, Not a MonolithAfter World War II, leading western powers focused their attention on fighting the Red Menace, Communism. Today, as terrorist activity is increasingly linked to militant Islamism, some politicians and scholars fear a Green Menace, a Pan Islamic totalitarian movement fueled by monolithic religious ideology. Such fears have no foundation in history, according to Vartan Gregorian. In this succinct, powerful survey of Islam, Gregorian focuses on Muslim