Resurgence of Islam

The unfortunate choice of wording in the headline of your article (“U.S. Struggles to Deal With Global Islamic Resurgence,” Jan. 26) does injustice to the balanced and perceptive treatment of the subject by the writer. While it presses the panic button of those who cannot abandon the medieval mentality of the Crusades, it ruffles the feathers of those who cannot understand how a secular country, like the United States, can turn the Islamic inclination of sovereign peoples and governments into a foreign policy dilemma.

Before finding fault with countries that seek stability in their traditional roots, the West, which sees itself as the champion of democracy and of secularism, should take stock in how far it has come to creating a society that is worth emulating.

E. SHAW

Los Angeles