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Planes crashing into the World Trade
Center, bombers blowing themselves up in crowded supermarkets, female genital
mutilation, the imprisonment of rape victims, polygamy: the media claims
that all these are results of the "hijacking" of Islam, "the religion of
peace." But here at last is a book that dares to tell the truth about Islam
- and to show you exactly why this religion is so easy to "hijack," and
what Islamic authorities really teach about such barbarities!
Exploding dozens of PC myths, Robert
Spencer goes beyond the media's shallow distinction between "true" Islam
and terrorist Islam to demonstrate - in the words of Muslims themselves
- that Islamic fanaticism and terrorism are rooted in the Qur'an and core
Islamic traditions. He shows that since Muslim radicalism stems from elements
at the religion's heart, Islamic moderates (and cowardly Western multiculturalists)
will never convince the Muslim world at large that there is no place for
violence in Islam.
Refreshingly free of multiculturalist
cant, Islam Unveiled goes straight to Islamic sources to explain why Muslims
worldwide take the violent passages in the Qur'an as marching orders for
today, while Jews and Christians do not do so with similar passages in
the Old Testament. Spencer also forthrightly examines the treatment of
women in the Islamic world, tracing the devastating societal effects of
Muslim polygamy and Islamic divorce laws.
And, since Muslims worldwide revere
Muhammad as the greatest model of human behavior, Spencer explores the
tumultuous life of prophet of Islam - squarely facing his violence, bloodlust
and Clintonesque sexual appetites (and their unsettling implications for
the contemporary international scene).
Spencer also examines the human
rights records and political systems of Islamic countries, detailing why
democracy has never taken root in Muslim soil - and why it probably never
will. He details the titanic hurdles that secularism must overcome in order
to gain a secure foothold in the Islamic world, and how Osama bin Laden
and other radicals skillfully play on Muslim sensibilities in order to
gain a huge following among Muslims.
Spencer's provocative and entertaining
articles on Islam and a wide variety of other topics have appeared in Human
Events, National Review Online, Chronicles, Crisis, and many other publications.
He provides here a desperately needed antidote to the distortions and wishful
thinking about Islam that have swamped the media since September 11. No
American can afford to ignore the facts he provides here - if he wants
to face realistically the ongoing threat from the Muslim world.
Among the startling revelations
of Islam Unveiled:
* What Muslim authorities worldwide
really said about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
* Suicide bombing: the rationale
for this barbaric practice in Islamic theology
* Muslim "fundamentalists": a radical
fringe? Why their message has such resonance in the Islamic world even
among those who will never commit any acts of violence
* Wife-beating: sanctioned by the
Qur'an - and by contemporary Islamic commentators! The shocking details
* Rape in Islam: why, under Islamic
law, it's virtually impossible to prove
* The truth about Aisha, Muhammad's
nine-year-old wife (plus the Muslim world's sorry record of child brides)
* How the prophet of Islam came
to marry his daughter-in-law - and other curious episodes in the life of
Muhammad
* "Temporary marriage": the facts
about this strange and destructive Shi'ite Muslim practice
* Jihad: does it really impose an
obligation on Muslims to wage war? The facts
* Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi sect: why
it is (contrary to Western analyses) not the originator of Islamic radicalism
or terrorism
* Why jihad won't conclude with
the end of the war in Afghanistan, or even the war on terrorism
* Why converts from Islam in Islamic
countries live in fear of their very lives
* The Muslim journalist who acknowledged
that "the Muslim world today is full of bigotry, fanaticism, hypocrisy
and plain ignorance"!
* Human rights: the grim record
of Islamic countries - and the roots causes of this record in basic Muslim
beliefs
* Science and high culture: why
they virtually died out in the Muslim world - and why this is a root cause
of modern Muslim resentment
* Why Islamic philosophy, which
once exercised enormous influence in the West, declined into insignificance
* Slavery: why it exists today nowhere
in the world except in two Islamic nations, Sudan and Mauritania
* The Crusades: why the Western
world has no need to apologize to the Muslim world
* Islamic tolerance? The whole truth
about non-Muslim minorities under Muslim rule
* The PC straitjacket: evidence
that it's easier to tell the truth about Islam in predominantly Muslim
countries than in Europe and the U.S.
* Demographic jihad: how population
trends may allow Islam to conquer Western Europe without the setting off
of a single suicide bomb
* Secular Turkey: why the rest of
the Muslim world is not following its example - and the constant pressure
it suffers from Islamic radicals
* Can Islam be secularized and incorporated
into the West's multicultural mosaic? The hard facts
"In its own lively style, this book
puts down a strong and significant marker to what lies ahead, as Islam
and the rest of the world strive to come to terms." - From the Introduction
by David Pryce-Jones, senior editor, National Review
"This is a bracing argument that
can help Americans think through what might well turn out to be the greatest
religious, cultural, and political conflict of this century." - The Rev.
Richard John Neuhaus, author, The Naked Public Square
"Spencer has explained very ably
some of the misconceptions about Islam. The reader will be greatly enriched
in understanding Islam and how Muslims act, in the light of the attack
on America." - Dr. Anis Shorrosh, author, Islam Revealed
"Robert Spencer's attempt to unveil
what most do not want to say about Islam is inspiring and informative.
What do Muslims believe, and why they believe as such? Spencer's is the
first successful attempt in unveiling this matter." - Daniel Ali, founder
and president of the Christian-Islamic Forum
