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Why global terrorism is an exclusively Islamic phenomenon -- and how the war against it must be waged mostly at home
From Serge Trifkovic, author of The Sword of the Prophet
Defeating Jihad: How the War on Terror May Yet Be Won, in Spite of Ourselves
by Serge Trifkovic
Four years after 9-11, the backbone of the Islamic terrorist network is far from broken. Al-Quaeda and its offshoots are fielding a second generation of terrorists -- many of them Muslim immigrants and their offspring in the West. "Bin Laden's network may have been damaged and disrupted," writes Serge Trifkovic in Defeating Jihad, "and his cause may in many places be in the hands of self-starters and amateurs, but he could never have dreamed that the world, years after 9-11, would look so favorable to his objectives." Now, in this follow-up to his bestselling exposé of Islam, The Sword of the Prophet, Trifkovic outlines a comprehensive new strategy to defend the West against an enemy that, increasingly, threatens us from within.
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The first step, says Trifkovic, is to stop misidentifying the struggle we are in as a "War on Terrorism" -- a phrase that confuses the enemy's preferred technique (terrorism) with the enemy himself (resurgent Islam). As Trifkovic shows, only Islamic terrorism -- that used by Muslims in pursuit of objectives inspired by Islamic teaching, tradition, and historical practice -- is a global phenomenon requiring a coordinated global response. "The squeamishness of Europeans and Americans alike in naming the enemy is but one sign of a shared malaise that hampers a coherent effort. Had Scipio issued a rallying call for a 'War on Elephants,' Hannibal would have marched into Rome. Had World War II been waged as a 'war against Blitzkrieg, the Reich would still have 927 years to go."
Yet Trifkovic, the longtime Foreign Affairs editor of Chronicles magazine, argues against more military interventions abroad in favor of measures designed to keep us safe at home. "The victory will come not by conquering Mecca for America but by disengaging America from Mecca and by excluding Mecca from America. Eliminating the risk is impossible. Managing it wisely, resolutely, and permanently is something attainable."
Highlights of Serge Trifkovic's plan for Defeating Jihad:
- How the sacred texts of Islam, its record of interaction with other societies, and the personality of its founder, Muhammad, provide the clue to the motives, ambitions and methods of modern terrorists
- How jihad -- war in the path of Allah, with the objective of converting, killing, or else subjugating and taxing the "infidel" -- was in Muhammad's view the most important work a man could perform
- Why the acceptance by Western elites of a large Muslim diaspora within the West as an unalterable given is both flawed in logic and disastrous in results
- Three main objectives that a comprehensive American anti-terrorist strategy should have in relation to Europe
- Survey: how Muslims are the immigrant group most likely to support their home country in a war with the U.S.
- What percentage of American Muslims agree that Islamic shari'a law should be the law of the land? 50 percent? 60 percent? 70 percent? (Keep going, you'll get there)
- Restricting Muslim immigration: why effective homeland defense depends on denying actual and potential terrorists a foothold inside the United States
- Why spying on U.S. Muslims is justified and necessary
- Why Islamic activism should be treated as grounds for the loss of acquired U.S. citizenship and deportation
- No security clearances for Muslims, period: why the Islamic faith is incompatible with the requirements of patriotic loyalty and unquestionable reliability
- Why we must supervise mosques and Islamic Centers in the U.S. -- and how that will help reduce their numbers
- The urgent need for "profiling" all prospective visitors to America -- and systematically re-examining the behavior of all resident aliens
- Rethinking our military deployments: Would American soldiers make us safer by patrolling the border with Mexico rather than the streets of Fallujah?
- Why continued attempts to project our power offensively -- especially in the Middle East -- are self-defeating
- Why ultimate victory can only be won in the realm of culture -- in a West that has regained its awareness of its moral, spiritual, and civilizational roots
- Why Iraq was the "wrong war, wrong enemy" in the global struggle against Islamic terrorism
"Cuts through the foolishness that has blinded Westerners for so many years." - Brian Mitchell, Investor's Business Daily
"Trifkovic pursues a plan to neutralize jihadism by acknowledging its organic connection to so-called Islamic 'activism,' strictly regulating Muslim immigration to Western societies, and rediscovering Western cultural and moral values. An indispensable work." -- Andrew G. Bostom, author of The Legacy of Jihad
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