28 AUGUST 1993, Page 25

Sir: I would like to offer two quotes from Mr

Izetbegovic's Islamic Declaration in order to help settle the dispute between Sir Alfred Sherman and Mr Noel Malcolm: 'There can be no peace or co-existence between the Islamic faith and non-Islamic societies and political institutions' (page 22); 'The Islamic movement must and can take power as soon as it is morally and numerically strong enough, not only to destroy a non-Islamic power, but to build up a new Islamic one' (page 43, Bosnia, Sarajevo 1990). May your gentle readers decide for themselves.

George Nikolic

SWoden Valley Hospital, P0 Box 11, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia