"... Through the years, Washington has expected Iraqis to resolve their differences, as if harmony were that easy, as if the invasion hadn't uncapped centuries-old animosity between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

'The Weight of a Mustard Seed' also reminds readers of the question of whether the Bush administration had even the slightest understanding of Islam or the history of Iraq. Had this insightful book been released sooner, perhaps the United States would have understood more about Iraqi society. But the lessons it imparts may come too late."

There are many lessons abt Islam that will be too late for some, but the rest of us better wise-up to the "religion of peace" while we can.