Tashbih Sayyed

About the author: Tashbih Sayyed is editor-in-chief of In Review, a quarterly journal of the United States Institute of Strategic Studies for South Asia, and of Pakistan Today, a weekly national newspaper published in California.

Wahabiism, a rigid, fundamentalist division of Islam, has been steadily growing since the 1970s. Wahabis established schools in Muslim countries, known as madrasas, in which they teach children that Jews and Americans are responsible for the rampant poverty and political turmoil in the Middle East. These teachings instill such resentment against the West that former madrasa students often commit acts of terrorism, such as the September 11, 2001, attack on America. America's war against terrorism must involve reversing a culture of hatred and teaching children in Middle Eastern countries the values of democracy and freedom. America should provide financial aid to destitute countries...