The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades

Chapter 16

ISLAMOPHOBI A AND TODAY'S

IDEOLOGICAL JIHAD

W hat have moderate Muslims done with the unmistakablee v i d e n c e
t h a t j i h a d t e r r o r i s t s a r e w o r k i n g w i t h i n m a i n st r e a m
Is l a mi c t r ad i t i on s a nd us i n g t he Qu r 'a n an d M uh a mm ad’s
example to exhort Muslims to wage war against unbelievers? Have
they clearly and definitively rejected the teachings of the jihadistsas
being incompatible with any twenty-first-century version of Islam? Have
they confronted and refuted the jihadist exegesis of the Qur'an and
Islamictradit ion? Have they present ed an altern ative visionof Isla m
that will be convincing enough to compete with the jihadists,"pure Islam"
in
the global battle for Muslim minds?
By and large, the answer to all these questi ons is no. Instea d,
'Modera te' Muslims have invented ''Islamophobia,"

At the UN: A new word for a
newtool of political

manipulation

Noone had hear d of "Isl amop hobi a"jus ta few shor t year s ago. But a
year is a long time forawell-oiled propaga nda machine. Now this con-
cept, vague and ultimatel y empty, is taken seriousl y at the highest levels
In December 2004, Kofi Annan presided over a UN seminar on
Islamophobia," explainingwith his hest PC straight face: "When the

Guess what?

The UN has con-

demned "Islamo-

phobia" while turning

a blind eye to

atrocitiescommitted

byjihadists.

The chargeof

"Islamophobia is

used to intimidate

and silence critics of

violent jihad in Islam.

o So me

gro up s ar eeven

tryingto brandlose

who tell thetruth

about Islamandjihad

as purveyorsof

"hate Speech."