M. Zuhdi Jasser - A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriots Fight to Save His Faith

Praise for A Battle for the Soul of Islam:

Dr. Jasser is one of the most courageous and relentless pursuers of truth and freedom in the Muslim world. Battle for the Soul of Islam takes you beyond the sound bites to show you what it really means to be a moderate Muslim fighting against those who have perverted your religion.

Glenn Beck, New York Time s bestselling author of Being George Washington

Zuhdi Jasser is a brave American patriot, a faithful Muslim and a good man. Dr. Jassers Battle for the Soul of Islam proposes a cure for one of the greatest problems facing the world today: the violence and extremism of radical Islam.

Mark R. Levin, #11 New York Times bestselling author of Ameritopia

Dr. Jasser is an American hero in the war radical Islam has declared on us. Whether we prevail in this long war may very well depend on how closely we listen to him.

William J. Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Man and former U.S. Secretary of Education

Can A Good Muslim Be A Good American?

One of the most controversial Muslims in the United States ( Jerusalem Post )a recognized expert on terrorism and a patriotic Americancalls for the separation of mosque and state as he lays bare the crucial differences between Islam and radical Islamism and calls for a necessary Muslim reformation in order to preserve liberty for all.

One of the most creative and prophetic thinkers among us.

National Review

The most important American Muslim youve never heard of.

The Washington Post

A mong the unsettling social shifts in the wake of 9/11 was the global attention paid to Islam. Here in the United States, we became divided, often sadly along partisan lines, between those who believed every Muslim was a potential threat and those who believed no Muslim could do wrong.

For conservative Wisconsin native and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, these radical times meant facing a new reality as a devout Muslim and a patriota certain betrayal within his faith, and a need to answer a question that crossed the minds of even the most sensitive and politically correct: Can a good Muslim be a good American as well?

Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) to instill in young American Muslims an appreciation for the distinctively positive impact that this nations ideals of liberty have had upon the world. As a nationally recognized expert on Muslim radicalization, he offers non-Muslims a definitive comprehension of the difference between Islam and the spiritual cancer known as Islamism, or political Islam, and how violence and extremism run counter to Islams true teachings. As he persuasively argues, until we acknowledge the threat of Islamism in all its forms, the majority of Americans will be gulled into recognizing only the most obvious: terrorism.

In A Battle for the Soul of Islam, Jasser embraces both his faith and his country while asking hard questions:

Are American Muslim children learning entitlement as victims, or are they being taught individual responsibility and critical thinking?

Are poisonous conspiracy theories dividing their American identity, or are they gaining exposure to reason, nationalism, and patriotism?

Are Muslims publicly critical of the Islamist movements of the Middle East, or do they remain silent on aspects of religious doctrine that conflict with modernity and universal equality?

Is the American press downplaying the seditious threat of homegrown Islamist radicalism and the influence of Islamists propaganda arm on our governmental policies?

Is our culture of political correctness a major obstacle toward long-overdue Muslim reform against Islamism?

All these years after 9/11, its time for us to understand the true threat of Islamism. It is a Muslim problem that needs a Muslim solution, and A Battle for the Soul of Islam builds a solid, balanced, and imperative must-read foundation for the fight.

DR. M. ZUHDI JASSER testified to the U.S. Committee on Homeland Security regarding American Muslim radicalization on March 10, 2011, at one of the Hills most anticipated hearings in a generation. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, the New York Post, Dallas Morning News, and on CNN, CBS, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, BBC, and many nationally syndicated radio programs. Jasser is a first-generation American whose parents fled the oppressive Baathist regime of Syria in the mid-1960s. He founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) to engage Muslims in advocacy for the preservation of liberty and the separation of mosque and state and to shake the hold that Muslim Brotherhood legacy groups have on organized Islam in America.

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