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Change: then using them to sugarcoat Islamic oppression and subjugation. One sentence in particular is worth revisiting:Islamist parties throughout the Muslim world have consistently shown that ... they can evolve into responsible political
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Change: ideaclaim that this stark world view of "us" vs. "them" first came from ibn Taymiyyah (more than 600 years after Muhammad's death) is incorrect. According to Yusuf Qaradawi, "one of the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leaders," the dar al Islam/dar al harb split
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Change: oppresionoppression and injustice. (p. 11)Sounds great, right?Not quite.The "democratic fervor" (p. 162) Aslan writes so positively about (and encourages the US and West to support) is in fact Islamist fervor. Islamists are Aslan's protagonists:Islamist parties throughout the Muslim world
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Change: in Egypt.When Egypt finally outlawed female circumcision in 2007 after a 12-year-old girl died undergoing the procedure, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt were--according to an Afghan newspaper--"furious about the new legislation, with MP's charging that it
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Change: particularlyshamelessly skilledadept at taking words that pacify and please an American non-Muslim audience, and using them to sugarcoat Islamic oppression and subjugation. One sentence in particular is worth revisiting:Islamist parties throughout the Muslim world have consistently shown that
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Change: that Aslan praises is the Quilliam Foundation, a "counterextremism think tank." The Quilliam foundation cites Ali Goma as a "scholastic giant" who is providing them with "ample guidance." Unfortunately, Ali Goma has said that "women in some cultures are not averse to beatings." He also issued
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Change: Brotherhood.Brotherhood. But Aslan repeatedly tells us that the Muslim Brotherhood are Islamists (e.g., p. 166), and of course Islamism is an "opposing rival" (p. 29) to Jihadism!Jihadist doctrineEven less convincing is Aslan's argument that the Jihadists go
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Change: act,act and thatdeclared it was forbidden to display a statue at home. In 2007, Goma said that "Islam prohibits a Muslim from changing his religion and that apostasy is a crime, which must be punished." Hope and change indeed.ConclusionHow to Win a Cosmic War
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Change: a fatwa that condemned sculpting as a "sinful" act, and that it was forbidden to display a statue at home. In 2007, Goma said that "Islam prohibits a Muslim from changing his religion and that apostasy is a crime, which must be punished." Hope and change indeed.Conclusion
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Change: a carefully sourced book thatwhich documents the ongoing Islamization of Europe. Bawer, an American living in Europe since 1998, describes the disturbing trends among Muslims in Europe:
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