Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America (essential reading on Middle East)

The Heritage Foundation ^ | 2006 | Brigitte Gabriel

[Clintonfatigued]

Brigitte Gabriel lost her childhood to militant Islam. In 1975 she was ten years old and living in Lebanon when militant Muslims from throughout the Middle East poured into her country and declared jihad against Lebanese Christians. Lebanon was the only Christian influenced country in the Middle East, and the Lebanese Civil War was the first front in what has become the worldwide jihad of fundamentalist Islam theology against non-Muslim peoples.

Based upon her personal experiences, Garbriel addresses the West’s lack of understanding and ignorance of the ways and thinking of the Middle East. She identifies mistakes the West has made in consistently underestimating the single-mindedness with which fundamentalist Islam has pursued its goals over the past thirty years. Through the telling of her own story, she outlines the history, social movements, and religious divisions that have led to today’s critical conflict.

A compelling and captivating personal story with a powerful lesson about threats to freedom in our time. – R. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence, 1993-95

[GOPJ]

Powerful stuff...

[SweetCaroline]

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[Man50D]

Gabriel does not appear to agree. Indeed, during the question and answer period she berated moderate Muslims for not flooding into the streets to demonstrate and protest against the 7th century behavior of radical Muslims.

The fact Muslims have not spoken out only proves my point. The so called "majority" who supposedly disagree with the violence perpetrated by the "minority" would or could have easily suppressed any further violence.

It has been repeatedly said the reason Muslims don't speak out is due to fear of violent repercussion. The notion the minority controls the overwhelming majority is illogical. Muslims don't speak out because the violent methods used are prefaced on Sharia Law. There is no distinction between religion and state to Muslims. Religion is the state and the state is based on Sharia Law. The links below illustrate their beliefs.

Islamic Scholar Warns U.S. of 'Two-Faced' Muslims

Endless Jihad
The Truth about Islam and Violence

[Sun]

The 1860 civil war left more than 15,000 Christians dead and more than ten thousand homeless. Later, however, the Ottoman foreign ministry imprisoned the Druze leaders involved in the war, and even punished a number of Ottoman officers and officials for having failed to prevent the 1860 civil war.

This was the first Lebanese civil war between Christians and Muslims.

http://phoenicia.org/christiansmea.html#Lebanon

[bruinbirdman]

"Political Correctness"= "Those who control language control minds."

yitbos

[sheik yerbouty]

The phrase "po;itical correctness" first came from Lenin..

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe this time we stop after the jihadists are destroyed and defeated, instead of any largesse..

[Clintonfatigued]

That is a worthy idea.

[Kakaze]

Thank you for the ping and the compliment on my tag line.

She is a very strong woman.

[VOA]

bump for publicity

[Dark Skies]

Thx for the ping, CF.

[Oorang]

Ping

[SlowBoat407]

Thanks for the ping. She's been a busy woman lately, doing interviews and appearances all over the country. It does seem like the message is finally sinking in, at least to people who were on the fence.

I don't know if anything can be done about the die-hards who think we actually have something that radical islam wants. Many of them still think that they have a "legitimate" grievance because the West is wealthy at the expense of dungheaps in the ME where radical islam flourishes.

[LibWhacker]

Just stumbled across this thread. Great video, thanks!