Thanks for that. I didn't know the specifics as you do but do remember reading about efforts by Nazi to enlist muslims, including early attempts in Palestine. Philip Kerr used this in one of his Bernie Gunter novels. Great reading if you like hardboiled detectives; Gunther is an ex-Berlin homicide detective who ends up in the SS, fueling atmospheric period pieces from the 30s to 60s. Salman Rushdie calls him one of the best. "Berlin Noir" is a good place to start, his earliest. As for the news story, I tend to believe the desire for violence comes before the choice of religion, and those seeking violence will find it, no matter where they look. Mahalo again, DD.