Collision Course: America and Islam

Youssef Ibrahim is exactly the right voice, the right Islamic scholar/leader that Muslims need. He knows what's at stake, doesn't whitewash the ugliness, the truth that Islam wants to disembowel the West. He is calling his people to task. Why aren't the huge Muslim organizations in America like CAIR , American Muslim Council, MPAC, etc espousing what Ibrahim suggests? Because they are Islamic jihadis.

America and Islam: Collision Inevitable? Youssef Ibrahim

In its war on terror, America is unquestionably on a collision course with Islamic fundamentalism. The question is how far Islamic fundamentalism is from a collision with Islam itself, as interpreted today by the vast majority of ulemas, imams, theocratic schools, and many of its 1.1 billion followers.

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the world has learned a great deal about politicized Islam, which has spawned Islamic fundamentalism, jihad, and jihadis. And it has become clear that Islam needs a serious self-examination.

The rejection of others — which is a basic foundation of Islam that is built into Islamic texts and practices — makes it impossible to divorce the religion from the violent impulses it inspires.
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Islam as practiced today in virtually all Muslim countries does not fashion itself merely as a spiritual value, but as a conquering force with a need to dominate — not so far from the next step of Islamic fundamentalist theology,which motivates jihadis.

This overwhelmingly hostile orientation, relayed to the faithful by texts and preachers, has led to Islamic regimes such as Saudi Arabia,which is barricaded in deep isolation but uses its huge wealth to export reactionary Wahhabi ideologies to the world, setting up madrassas, mosques, and theological seminaries across the globe..
In Europe, America, Canada, and Australia, it has been easy for Muslim fundamentalists to take over Muslim immigrant communities because Islam promotes confrontation with others. Mosques, religious schools, and the imposition of the veil are tools of domination, not assimilation..

These issues must be dealt with. Much of the task falls to Muslim scholars in Muslim nations, and the work is imperative. Darkness, fear, and xenophobia are the understudy of terror.
The West does not have to bend backward.Indeed, it is time to push back — at the edge of the sword, if need be..