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Posted on 01/03/2004 10:38:04 AM PST by Happy2BMe
What they're saying about "Onward Muslim Soldiers":
"This is an amazing book. Brilliantly argued and meticulously documented, this book contains a devastating expose of the murderous deceit behind contemporary apologists for militant Islam--in the media, political arena, academia and "mainstream" radical Islamic groups. Read this book to learn why Islamic extremism is dangerously entrenched within the institutional Islamic leadership in Saudi Arabia and the United States."
-- Steven Emerson, author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us and Director of the Investigative Project
"To understand the ideological sources of the terrorist enemy, read Robert Spencer's succinct, knowledgeable, and important book, Onward Muslim Soldiers. His systematic survey of such vital topics as radical Islam's aspirations, its unlikely alliance with the far left, and the need to encourage a moderate Islamic alternative are all valuable. But Spencer's signal contribution is his focus on the 'global threat to the West' that so many Western analysts and policymakers persistently refuse to see: jihad, or sacred war for Islam. There is no more important topic for citizens to comprehend."
-- Daniel Pipes, author, Militant Islam Reaches America
"This book is a necessary tool for students of History, Politics, Civilization and Ideologies. Spencer takes the reader into the world of Islamic Fundamentalism to show not only how the world views it, but how it views the world. While most experts on Islam and the Middle East focus on a narrow interpretation of Jihadist actions around the world, Spencer connects the dots and opens our eyes to the big picture. This book is a must read for all those who want to understand the world after September 11."
-- Walid Phares, professor of Middle East Studies and Religious Conflict at Florida Atlantic University
"Robert Spencer's latest book makes easy reading due to his immense scholarship. Written with brilliant intellectual honesty, it is an indispensable companion for reference, understanding and knowledge of a most crucial subject of our time."
-- Bat Ye'or, author, Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide; The Dhimmi: Jews & Christians Under Islam; and The Decline of Eastern Christianity Under Islam: From Jihad to Dhimmitude
"A ground-breaking and thoroughly researched work that courageously exposes the greatest danger to civilized existence in the twenty-first century: radical Islamism with its belligerent ideology of jihad and its demonstrated intolerance."
-- Habib C. Malik, Ph.D., a 1995 visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, author of Between Damascus and Jerusalem: Lebanon and Middle East Peace, and professor of history and cultural studies at the Lebanese American University in Beirut
"Onward Muslim Soldiers gives us a realistic and therefore disturbing assessment of the greatest threat to civilized life in the coming century. There will be many Westerners who will reject the author's diagnosis of the jihadist malaise and his proposed therapy, in the name of 'tolerance,' 'diversity,' and 'inclusiveness.' They are like the Bourbons of old, learning nothing and forgetting everything. It is to be hoped that there will be many others who will heed Spencer's wake-up call and respond by exerting pressure on their political leaders to act now, lest the remnant of the West is reduced to a reeking Camp of Saints."
-- Serge Trifkovic, author, Sword of the Prophet: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam
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What they're saying about "Islam Unveiled":
"Alarmingly cogent."
-- Booklist
"All readers will find it challenging, if not disturbing, as it provides insight into a rigid, fundamentalist Islamist view of the world."
-- Choice
"The questions Islam Unveiled poses and the answers it provides are hard to dismiss, and given the urgency of the times, necessary to ask."
-- National Review
"This is a bracing argument that can help Americans think through what might well turn out to be the greatest religious, cultural, and political conflict of this century."
-- Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, author of The Naked Public Square
"Robert Spencer has explained very ably some of the misconceptions about Islam. The reader will be greatly enriched in understanding Islam and how Muslims act, in the light of the attack on America."
-- Dr. Anis Shorrosh, author of Islam Revealed
"Heartily recommended to all those who want to understand the global challenge of Islam."
-- Bassam Madany, Middle East Resources
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By Luke Baker BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military raided a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad and said it had seized arms and explosives in an operation that sparked an angry Muslim protest after Friday prayers. More than 1,000 worshippers at the al-Tabool mosque denounced Thursday's raid in an emotional demonstration and accused U.S. troops of trampling on the Koran, or Muslim holy book. "American soldiers entered the mosque with their shoes on and with machine guns in their hands," the imam, Abdulsatar al-Janabi, told Reuters, adding the raid had lasted five hours. "They trampled on the holy Koran, beat up some of the worshippers and stole computers and a donations box," he said. Others claimed that a page was torn from the Koran. Protesters screamed and cried, chanting: "God is great" and "America is the enemy of God." Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, a U.S. military spokesman, said U.S. troops had conducted the operation after a tip off from Iraqis and netted a wide array of weaponry to be used against occupying forces facing a relentless insurgency. "Over recent months, the U.S. 1st Armored Division has received numerous reports from Iraqis that the al-Tabool mosque was being used for criminal and terrorist activities," Kimmitt told a news conference Friday. "U.S. forces, led by the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and the Iraqi police therefore conducted a cordon and search." He said troops had found several sticks of high explosives, hand grenades, AK-47 rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and thousands of rounds of ammunition. "There is clear evidence from what we seized that this mosque was being used for things other than free religious expression," Kimmitt said. He said 32 people had been detained, including several believed to be foreigners, and dismissed suggestions that U.S. forces might have defiled the mosque. "We are aware of the allegation that coalition forces tore pages from the Koran... But I can assure you that the greatest possible care was taken to respect the sanctity of the mosque," he said. Al-Janabi, the imam, denied the raid had netted much weaponry. "In every mosque in Iraq (news - web sites) we keep light guns for self protection," he said. "They claim it's an arsenal of weapons, but it's just for self protection." He said the raid showed U.S. forces were persecuting Sunni Muslims, who were favored under ousted President Saddam Hussein (news - web sites), and warned there would be repercussions. "The army of Sunnis will come back again," he said.
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| Source: "The Mosque in America: A National Portrait," a study conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Hartford Institute for Religion Research (April 26, 2001) |
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Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, a U.S. military spokesman, said U.S. troops had conducted the operation after a tip off from Iraqis and netted a wide array of weaponry to be used against occupying forces facing a relentless insurgency.
Of the 7 million Muslims in the United States, and out of the 1,209 mosques located in this country, what percentage of them share the same sentiments of their Muslim brothers in Iraq?
Weapons? Self-defense necessary in their own Islamic country?
Religion of Peace? What religion of peace?
Islam, ROP bump ! ...
From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime." And he added, pointedly, "The only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where it grows."
~ GWB
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