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Islam | Islamic Terrorism Poses a Threat to the United States
In response to the bombing of two US embassies by Islamic terrorists, our political and intellectual leaders have pursued an ideological campaign to exonerate the religion of Islam—the primary motivation of the terrorists—from any responsibility for terrorism. Just as the US policy in the realm of action has been one of conciliation toward our enemies (such as Iran), so the US policy in the realm of ideas has been to assert, in President Clinton’s words, that there is no “inevitable clash between Western civilization and Western values and Islamic civilization and values.”...
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- Introduction
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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
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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