Reflections on Islam; Ideas, Opinions, Arguments

by George Jonas

• ISBN13: 9781552638866
• ISBN10: 1552638863
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2008-03-26
• Publisher: Key Porter Books

Summary

The 9/11 attacks shattered modern illusions about Islam as a wholly peaceful faith. They raised the possibility that this seemingly new struggle between East and West-between secular democracy and Islamist theocracy-is just the latest variant of a much older contest between Islam and the non-Islamic world that has been now simmering, now flaring up, for the last 1,400 years. If we have failed to see the skirmishes along Islam's perimeters-in Kashmir and Kosovo, in India and Pakistan, in Chechnya and Xinjiang-it is simply because we have refused to look.

Author Biography

George Jonas is the author of fourteen books, including the international bestsellers Vengeance and By Persons Unknown with Barbara Amiel

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Letter to a Liberal Friend	p. 13
2001
The Taliban Is a Time Machine	p. 25
The Enemies of Civilization	p. 28
Clash of Civilizations?	p. 32
Islam Hijacked	p. 36
Appeasing the Arab Street	p. 39
Measured to a Fault	p. 43
A Lesson from the Professor and the Station Master	p. 46
The Big Powers Have Had It	p. 49
War Is a Soliloquy	p. 55
On Pre-Emptive War	p. 58
A Tale of Two Malignancies	p. 62
Going to War for Makeup	p. 66
Bring Me a Cup of Tea	p. 69
2002
Who Has the Stronger Horse?	p. 75
The Crescent Moon Is Made of Blue Cheese	p. 78
Militant Islam Is Not There but Here	p. 82
The Evil Empire's New Address	p. 86
The Dance of the Clumsy Giants	p. 89
Multiculturalism's Volatile Mix	p. 93
The View from the Fence	p. 99
Islam's Malformed Kin	p. 102
Terrorism's Latest Critic	p. 108
The Muslim Nation	p. 111
The Friendly Oilarchy	p. 115
Needing Danger to See the Obvious	p. 119
2003
Kofi Worse Threat than Saddam	p. 127
Old Europe Strikes Back	p. 131
A Seven-Sided View of Iraq's Liberation	p. 135
The Liberal Position	p. 138
What Next?	p. 141
Intolerance for Terrorism, Not for Islam	p. 146
2004
Biometrics and Disposable Terrorists	p. 153
Who Benefits?	p. 158
Pax Americana	p. 162
The Future Eurabia	p. 168
The Muslim Bomb	p. 173
On Exporting Values	p. 176
The Credo of the Jihadists	p. 180
Speeding Up History	p. 184
Running the Numbers	p. 187
Democrats for Theocracy	p. 191
Going Dutch	p. 195
2005
Real Muslims and False Muslims	p. 201
A Demon Riding on the Back of a God	p. 205
History Has Yet to Judge 9/11	p. 209
Of Horses and Water	p. 212
2006
Bovines among the Crockery versus Apple-Polishers of Appeasement	p. 219
Message from the Mad: Leave the Saints Alone	p. 223
Will We Become Canarabia?	p. 226
Guardians of the Truth	p. 230
Hezbollah Reaping the Whirlwind in Israeli Conflict	p. 233
Canada's Arbour is Portia to Israel's Shylock	p. 237
Jihadists Don't Care about Logic	p. 240
Postscript: The Wounded Stork	p. 245
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