January 30, 2024

The Western world remains reluctant to acknowledge the ongoing threat posed by radical Islam. The conflict’s battleground, which initially unfolded in Israel, runs through Europe and has now extended its reach to the United States.

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This war presents a new and unprecedented danger to the West. Americans and Europeans failed to recognize that radical Islam is not just a religion; it is also a political totalitarian movement akin to communism and fascism. The movement embraces a fanatical agenda that includes religious supremacy and a Marxist-type utopian/egalitarian standard of virtue. It’s sustained by an ideology embodied in unlimited human resources around the globe. It is not a nation-state and cannot be defeated militarily, nor can diplomatic solutions be found. Therefore, the war on Radical Islam is not limited to military confrontation; it is foremost an ideological and political affair.

Just as happened centuries ago, thanks to Europeans’ fatal error in allowing Muslim refugees to enter the continent, Islam has launched itself across Europe in an unrelenting wave of religious acclamation and territorial expansion. Entire areas of major European cities, including London, Paris, and Marseille, have been de facto annexed to the possession of Islam, and the sovereignty of the host states is no longer recognized in those sizable enclaves.

Image: President Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. YouTube screen grab.

Consequently, the Arab ghettoes have become a haven for Islamists, who have successfully built a covert and efficient support network. This network enables terrorists to evade security forces, sustain their operations, strategize, recruit fresh members, and conduct training. Overwhelmed by Arab hordes, Europeans are losing their capacity for self-governance. In light of these circumstances, the French people might now better understand the wisdom of De Gaulle’s decision to disengage France from Algeria.

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Furthermore, the Islamists adeptly imitate the strategy the Nazis employed in their approach to participating in democratic elections. On 30 April 1928, Goebbels wrote in his paper “Der Angriff,”

We enter parliament to supply ourselves, in the arsenal of democracy, with its own weapons. If democracy is so stupid as to give us free tickets and per diem for “blockade” its own affair,” we come as the wolf bursts into the flock, so we come.

Once in power, Islamists hijack democracy and push for policies that align with their radical ideologies. It is important to note that this phenomenon is not confined solely to Europe; they effectively employ this strategy within the United States as well.

Therefore, this monster first of all, must be defeated ideologically by superior principles advanced by Islam itself.

It is not a “mission impossible.” Some Muslim leaders are awakening to the realization that violence will not turn the clock (which the Arabs invented) back to their greatness. They find support among the Muslims who adhere to a peaceful and pluralistic interpretation of their faith.

In 2014, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi removed the Muslim Brotherhood from power, outlawed the organization in Egypt, and jailed and executed thousands of its members. Sisi has denounced Islamic extremism and challenged religious clerics and scholars to “revolutionize the religion” and bring it in line with Western morality.