>I don't dispute your or Ali's wider point, but it
>really annoys me when people say stuff like:
>
>"Materialism is so evident to me; how can they not
>believe it?"
>
>Methinks the Islamists would say something similar in
>form but opposite in content about Ali.
Yeah, but they would be wrong. ;) I know what you mean though. But he did "say" it in an interview. I doubt if he would write it the same way. I think that's one advantage of interviews.