HOW TO WINTHE WAR ON TERROR

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A PROPOSAL OUTLINING A PRACTICAL AND REVOLUTIONARY SOLUTION TO AGLOBAL THREAT

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“How to Win the War on Terror” by Shireen Qudosi http://www.Qudosi.com

ABSTRACT

The objective of the proposed project is to reduce the influence of radical Islam aspracticed by militantsand minimize radical thought,which has beenleft unchallenged bymainstream Muslims on both sides of the secular and non-secular divide.In fighting radical Islam, the focus of political administrations has been to targetgeographic battlefields. However, the real battlefield is in the mind. The

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way wecan win the war on terror is by fighting radical Islamic ideology.Islamic ideology (aspresently perceived) is comparable to a factory producing militant followers. It is onlythroughchallengingthis nucleus that we have any hope of winning the struggle againstextremismin Islam.The previously applied label “War on Terror” focused on militant Islam and terroristorganizationssuch as Al-Qaeda. Though the label has changed, it remains that there are agrowing number of radical Islamic terror networks. Al-Qaedaremainsan easilyrecognized front runner; however, it is accompanied by dozens of other groups, some of which include Hamas, Hezbollah, theTaliban, the Muslims Brotherhood, and Jama’at-ud-Da’wah. While some of these groups are political and state-specific, the fact remainsthat they are each active sponsors of terrorism.Changing the label hasn’t changed the war. In fact, the waron terror has spread pastidentifiable targets andinto the sociopolitical sphere, where Muslim lobbyists and socialgroups push to pass legislation favoring anIslamicagenda that conflicts with ourconstitutional foundation –an act commonly referred to as Islamism. Moreover, anumber of non-militant and non-Islamist Muslims tacitly support the propagandist viewsthat favor misinterpretations of Islamic faith.The coreofIslamic faith plays a critical role in understanding the issues since Islam is afaith that dictatesacentralpolitical and social structure for its followers.The solution is to challenge questionable Islamic ideology in all major components of Islamic philosophy. Methods including challenging prevailing interpretations of scripturepaired with an analysis of trendsranging from terrorism, political indoctrination of Islamin western society, and cultural implicationsregularly associated with the faith. Themethod must be executed in a very specific manner for it to be effective; anything shortof this specific method will fail.I execute this method in my manuscript, which is one third complete at this point. Ipetition your assistance and ask you to help me to complete the manuscript within a 6month time frame.

“How to Win the War on Terror” by Shireen Qudosi http://www.Qudosi.com

The increased number of Islamistmovements is an unseen aspect of the“War on Terror”; it can be argued thatthese ‘back door’ attempts at subvertingWestern ideals are more damaging thanoutright attacks.

INTRODUCTION

The September 11, 2001 attack against the United States, as witnessed in the destructionand loss of lives at the Pentagon and theTwin Towers, launched a war on terror thatpromised to end radical Islam.It is now nearly a decade after our declaration of war andthe only real ground thathas been made is a weakened western state. Strong holds havebeen secured by those individuals and groups who promote radicalism inboththoughtand action. The war on terror is failing; itis no longer identifiable, the issues and targetsare blurred and newer complications entangling social discourse with political andmilitary agendas continue to deplete resources that far exceed monetary cost.

BACKGROUND

Since its conception, Islam has been a highly political religion. Its tenets donotstop atcommunicating a connection between man and God; they dictate how a society should beconstructed, including a complete sociopolitical system.Islam creates a very specificpsyche in its followers.

The psychological framework is why despite the radical activity,the open heresy against humanity, we still do not witness Muslims protesting radicalismin its many forms with the same enthusiasm and effort that is placed into protests againstfree speech.

The faith (as is) is fundamentally at oddswith a western society that encourageschurch and state as separate entities.Herein lays another aspect of the coined“East West Dichotomy”. Is Islam, whichlays the foundation for a judicial system,fundamentally at odds with western jurisprudence? One can argue yes. Theevidence restsin the increasing rate of Islamist movements that were firsttracked in Europe, with its eventualspread to the United States. Euro-American societies are facing increased pressure toespouse liberal views that relegate Western ideals for Islamic ones.

As warned by myself and a number of scholars in the field, this is a crippling move withabsolutely no merit to a society that wishes to remain free. The increased number of Islamist movements is an unseen aspect of the “War on Terror”; it can be argued thatthese ‘back door’ attempts at subverting Western ideals are more damaging than outrightattacks.