Even so, Mr. Rubai noted, allowing the government of Mr. Sharon to weaken him or even drive him from power will only open the door to more violent groups.
By purposely keeping his approach understated, Mr. Cooper finds that many secular-minded rock fans feel that the band's messages are as moving as those of darker, more violent groups.
But investigators in America and elsewhere say more violent groups have been well served by the Tablighi Jamaat's apolitical stance and ability to move missionaries around countries and across borders.
Although no one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, suspicion has fallen on the 11,000-strong Moro rebels or the smaller, more violent, Abu Sayyaf group, which in the past has abducted foreigners, including priests.
By contrast, the US and Europe differentiate between forms of political Islam that they can potentially work with, and more radical violent groups.
Two weeks earlier, Maurice Bishop, the radical leftist leader of Grenada, had been deposed and killed in a coup launched by an even more radical and violent group.
The high humiliation group was also statistically significant less suicidal but more violent than the other group.
In the triennial group, there were more violent deaths than in the annual group (see Table 3).
