On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 23:04:29 GMT, Philip Sondericker
wrote:

No, because the movement didn't survive the deaths of its followers
nor its leader, right?

Rob

But you didn't make that qualification originally.

You're right, I didn't. Mea culpa. However, other characteristics of
small cults like Jim Jones' thing, or Heaven's Gate, make it different
enough from a genuine movement like militant islamicism that the two
simply don't compare on enough levels.

Rob