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Summary: The REAL Imperialism
Comment: A very biased book indeed. If a muslim imaam had written a similar book on Western Imperialism/colonolism, they would be accused of inciting 'Religious Hatred' (Double Standards) eh. World War 2 (alone)which was instigated by Athiests/Christians has murdered more humans than all the worlds religious wars put together. Before you tell me that was due to introduction of modern warfare technology, ask yourself who was the first person that invented a modern NUCLEAUR BOMB? A Muslim, Christian or Athiest? Let alone invented who was the first person to USE A Nuke within Hiroshima, it cdertainly was not a muslim. Is it Islam the world should be concerned about or Western Imperialism that still have their hands stained with blood of African slavery, aboriginal Australians, Native Americans and the list can go on forever. I hope I did not offend all those peace loving Christians and athiests. Only the Imperialistic loving ones.
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Summary: excellent guide
Comment: The so called University student above is incorrect, the authors handling of the Koran is accurate and in keeping with Islamic mainstream teaching throughout Islamic history. This book sobers one from the drunken stupor the West is in concerning the true nature of Islam.
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Summary: Islamic Imperialism
Comment: An excellent and informative read. Can't recommend it highly enough and an antidote to all the self loathing books produced by western academics over the last few decades.
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Comment: A very one sided book, which included a lot of mis-interpreted Quotes from Quran and Hadith taken out of context. The book was very one sided and quite anti- Muslim, a disappointing read and insight on muslim aggression towards the west and other faiths. Provides not much of a view on the majority of law biding muslims, who have never done, or will ever intend on doing harm others. Or on those who have been born, raised, educated in Europe like myself, and thousands like me, who do not hate but have been taught tolerance and respect towards other faiths.
For better reading and a much better understanding of Islam I recommend, Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West - Karin Van Nieuwkerk
People of the Book: The Forgotten History of Islam and the West - Zachary Karabell
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
What Islam Did For Us: Understanding Islam's Contribution to Western Civilization - Tim Wallace-Murphy
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Summary: The importance of Charles Martel, Don John of Austria and Jan Sobieski
Comment: This opus magnum is a powerful antidote to decades of fraudulent post-modernist "scholarship" by people like inter alia Edward Said, that sought to demonise the West and exalt the so-called "Other."
Karsh chronicles the imperial ambitions of Islam from its 7th century beginning to its manifestations in the 21st century. The end of the Ottoman Empire after World War I halted imperialist designs by the established state. The struggle was then taken up by ideologues like Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb, whence organizations like Hamas and Al-Qaeda draw their inspiration.
Besides terror tactics, other means of furthering the religion's expansionist aims are demographic increase through emigration to Europe and high birthrates, and using the West's self-destructive creed of multiculturalism to steadily erode our freedom and undermine our societies.
This may be witnessed today in Europe where the situation has become so alarming thet even the Pope has noticed. The rapid unfolding of events is forming a pattern that cannot be ignored: The Madrid and London bombings, the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Danish cartoon uproar, the low-level French Intifada. These events are well-known, but most people are unaware of the constant outpouring of hatred for Christians and Jews through the Arab state-controlled media.
The first part of the book studies Islamic history up to the 20th century whilst the second part deals with the last 100 years. It includes discussions of the Ummayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, Seljuks, Mameluks, Sassanids and Ottomans. It has been said: "It's not what we do, but what we are." The author reveals that the root cause of jihad is the tradition and teaching of Islam. Three expansionist thrusts down the ages were stopped by Charles Martel, Don John of Austria and Jan Sobieski.
Amongst the many clarifications in this valuable work are the persistent Islamic yearning for the reconquest of Spain, Nasser's Pan-Arabism as a phase of the imperial dream, why the entire non-Muslim world is called Dar al-Harb (The House of War), how the much maligned crusades were attempts to halt the imperial advance and liberate the holy places of Christendom and how little sympathy Arab regimes have for the Palestinians, and the fact that they view Israel as a colonial extension of the West.
The author concludes that conditions for ordinary Arabs and Muslims would only improve once their political elites abandon all Pan-Arab and Pan-Islamic aspirations and allow the religion to become a private faith. There are no indications of any such tendency. In fact it seems that Europe's homegrown but alienated immigrant communities are becoming more militant, fed on a stream of hatred by the imams and the state media of the Arab autocracies.
Although a scholarly work, the narrative of Islamic Imperialism is lucid and engaging. I also recommend Dream Palace Of The Arabs by Fouad Ajami, Menace in Europe by Claire Berlinski, While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer, Because They Hate by Brigitte Gabriel and Londonistan by Melanie Phillips.
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