Islam
Islam | Chapter 4 Preface
In August of 1998, Wag the Dog, a Hollywood movie that depicts a president who declares war as a ruse to divert attention from his personal life, seemed to become a script for real life. In the midst of the scandal surrounding his relationship with Monica Lewinsky, President Bill Clinton fired missiles at six sites in the Muslim countries of Sudan and Afghanistan. According to Muslim-American writer Akbar Ahmed, Clinton’s actions “confirmed, to the point of caricature, what many in traditional Muslim societies already believed— that America has little to offer the world but...
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Islamic Values Are Incompatible with Western Values
- Islamic Values Are Compatible with Western Values
- Islam Presents an Obstacle to Democracy
- Islam Does Not Present an Obstacle to Democracy
- Islam Suppresses Freedom of Speech
- Claims That Islam Suppresses Freedom of Speech Are Hypocritical
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Islamic Terrorism Poses a Threat to the United States
- The Problem of Islamic Terrorism Is Overstated
- The Islamic Doctrine of Jihad Advocates Violence
- The Islamic Doctrine of Jihad Does Not Advocate Violence
- The Media Stereotype Muslims as Terrorists
- Media Stereotypes Do Not Define the Image of Muslims
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