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Islam | U.S. Policies Incite Islamic Terrorism
[President Bill] Clinton says [that] terrorist attacks are an inevitable result of America’s global leadership role. ‘‘We act to advance peace and democracy.’’
Partly.
Several other factors contribute to the anti-American hatred that drives the terrorists. They are only the twisted and violent manifestation of a general discontent felt across the Muslim world against the United States, and the West generally. Not to grasp that central fact is to attack the symptoms, not the root causes, of the problem.
Anti-Islamic Tirades
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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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