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Islam | The United States Should Support Moderate Muslim Governments
Some of the most important foreign policy challenges faced by the United States today involve Islamic movements. These challenges extend throughout an “arc of crisis” extending from the Balkans through the Caucasus, North Africa, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia. Though each of these situations has its own historic, ethnic, and political context, all involve Muslims asserting their identity and pursuing political goals against both non-Muslim and Muslim regimes. In Bosnia, Chechnya, Nagorno- Karabagh, Algeria, Gaza and the West Bank, Southern Lebanon, Afghanistan, and...
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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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