Brigitte Gabriel - They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It

Millions of civilized people have been shaken to their core as they continue to absorb the news stories grabbing headlines around the world. A mother and father flying from England to the United States fill their six-month-old babys milk bottle with explosives, turning the child into a human bomb, in hopes of killing hundreds by blowing up their plane in midair. What will be the next story of an attack against the civilized world to assail our moral conscience?

Islamic terrorist attacks on innocent civilians is not an issue of the right or left. It cannot be classified as an American, British, French, Australian, Canadian, Iraqi, or Pakistani issue. It is an international issue and a problem affecting the basis of Western civilization. Islamic terrorism threatens the safety and security of millions around the world regardless of the passport we hold, the nation we reside in, the language we speak, or the currency we exchange. The modern world is a global community that works together to invent, advance, exchange, grow, and prosper for the benefit of all. Islamic radicals are working against the goals of the global community. They consider their seventh-century repressive ideology supreme, and are trying to impose it on as many nations as they can.

The threat of Islamic terrorism has already cost the civilized world billions of dollars in security provisions, countless hours of inconvenience and delay, and immeasurable work to institute programs and procedures to protect the civilian population. Security measures at airports are extensive wherever you areNew York, Sidney, London, Paris, Madrid, Toronto or Tel-Aviv. Every person who travels is aware of this threat.

The initial Islamic war Mohammed declared on the infidelsthe original Islamic warhas reemerged and is ramping up its attacks on freedom-loving people. As I recounted in my book Because They Hate, while growing up in Lebanon I witnessed and experienced the horror and terror this neo-jihad wreaks on civilians, nations, and societies. After having lived in a bomb shelter for seven years, and having seen most of my childhood friends killed by Islamic militants, I understand from firsthand experience the chilling implications of this original jihad inspired by the Prophet Mohammed. This call to jihad is a declaration of war that is reverberating throughout an emboldened Muslim world. Its historically proven implications can be ignored only at our own peril.

This declaration of war has not come from nationals of a particular country. They owe allegiance only to Mohammeds original ideology. They represent no country. They do not wear the uniforms of a countrys armed forces. They are doctors dressed in white, mothers and fathers with babies wrapped in blankets, or students wearing jeans. They exhibit a ruthless and brutal disregard for any rules of war that speak to the treatment of civilians. The reason is simple: according to the original Islam of Mohammed, there are no innocent civilians. Radical Islamists consider all peoplein or out of military uniformwho do not believe in the original Islam of Mohammed, to be the enemy until they convert or are subject to Islamic law.

This is why they must be stopped.

These Islamists devotion to the ideology of true Islam has become legendary. Even so-called moderate Muslims, who dont agree with these jihadists devotion to the purest form of Islam or their terror tactics, respect their passion and commitment. It is this very passion and devotion that is causing the ranks of original Islam to swell, especially with younger Muslims. The imams, clerics, and mullahs who exhort Muslims to take up the cause of jihad do so in absolutely uncompromising terms, calling on devoted Muslims everywhere to lay down their very lives for Allah and the spread of Islam.

They are tenacious, determined, and relentless. They believe that the abandonment of the Islam of Mohammed, with its central tenet of jihad, has led to the weakening of Islamic culture. They are committed to worldwide conquest as the means of restoring Islamic superiority. They view this war in terms of decades, not years, and theyre willing to fight as long as it takes.

This is why they must be stopped.

Twenty-first-century technology has empowered this army of fanatical true believers. Instantaneous global communication and rapid international transportation have made possible the proliferation of terrorist cells throughout the world. These cells use the Internet as a recruiting and training tool, making it a virtual terrorist training camp, to spread their radical ideology of hatred and terror across boarders, oceans, and countries.

This is why they must be stopped.

They are utterly contemptuous of all infidels (non-Muslims) and even moderate Muslims. They believe it is their right and duty to lie and deceive, as instructed in the Koran by the law of Taqiyya, all whom they regard as enemies. Any means, no matter how devious, cruel, or violent, is justified for the sake of the advancement of their cause. This deception has been perpetrated by doctors, mothers, engineers, news anchors, lawyers, and many others, in order to kill and be killed as martyrs in the name of Allah.

This is why they must be stopped.

Radical Islam has been referred to as Islamofascism, and rightly so. It is totalitarian and authoritarian. Its leaders advocate the overthrow of democratic governments and law because this ideology respects no government or rule of law except the rule of strict Islamic Sharia law. The rights and liberties of free peoples, as expressed in documents such as the United States Declaration of Independence, will be completely eradicated if this ideology prevails.

This is why they must be stopped.

They regard the destabilization of governments and economies as a necessary means to the accomplishment of their goals. Death, destruction, and chaos are welcome allies in the jihadist march toward world conquest and the forced imposition of Sharia law. They delight in the devastation they would unleash in the name of Allah were they to acquire and successfully detonate chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.

This is why they must be stopped.

The civilized world has witnessed a jihad such as this before. In the centuries following the death of Mohammed, Islamic marauders swept across Africa, Asia Minor, and into Europe. By the time of the Crusades (a defensive counterattack by Christendom against the jihadist onslaught), Islam had conquered much of the civilized world.

Too many people dismiss the prospect of a worldwide jihad occurring again. In doing so, they misunderstand the ideology of original Islam or navely underestimate its resolve. Political correctness has literally paralyzed many in government and created an atmosphere in which fear of being called intolerant or an Islamophobe trumps concerns over safeguarding our lives and liberties. Were we living in a time when weapons of mass destruction did not exist and global transportation was virtually impossible, a misread of this enemy might be excusable.

But we dont live in such a time. If an Islamic radical is willing to put children in his car, buckle them in, fill the car with explosives, use the children as props to deceive soldiers at a security checkpoint, and then detonate the bombwith the children still in the carwhat makes anyone believe such a radical would hesitate to detonate a nuclear bomb if he had the chance?