VDH's Private Papers::The Forbidden History: "One has only to read the historical record, read the words of the Koran and the hadiths (sayings attributed to the Prophet), and read the centuries of interpretations in Muslim theology and jurisprudence, to know that today?s jihadists have not ?highjacked? or ?distorted? Islam but are simply traditionalists, squarely in line with Islam?s historical identity."