Precision in the global war on terror : inciting Muslims through the war of ideas

Never Before Have Americans Paid So Much Attention To Islam And Muslim Ideology. Although Efforts Have Been Made To Separate Mainstream Views From Extremist Principles, Muslims Feel That Many Of Their Basic Beliefs Are Under Attack In The Ongoing War Of Ideas. The Author Explores Why, Surveying A Broad Swath Of Accusations And Efforts To Change Muslim And Islamist Ideas And Institutions. Introduction -- Pathologizing -- Area Experts Vs. Strategic Experts? -- Islam As The Enemy? -- Takfir American-style -- Defining The Enemy -- Theologocentrism, Ideology, And Essentializing -- Islamofascism -- Islamism -- Parallelism -- Selling The War Of Ideas -- Salafism -- Strategic Messages About Violent Muslims -- Blurring -- Ending Resistance -- Zealous Transformation -- Conclusion And Recommendations. Sherifa Zuhur. April 2008. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 119-142). Electronic Version Available On The Ssi Website. PRECISION IN THE GLOBAL WARON TERROR:INCITING MUSLIMSTHROUGH THE WAR OF IDEAS......Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4 FOREWORD......Page 6 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR......Page 7 SUMMARY......Page 9 INTRODUCTION......Page 12 PATHOLOGIZING......Page 13 AREA EXPERTS VS. STRATEGIC EXPERTS?......Page 15 ISLAM AS THE ENEMY?......Page 16 TAKFIR AMERICAN-STYLE......Page 17 DEFINING THE ENEMY......Page 19 THEOLOGOCENTRISM, IDEOLOGY, ANDESSENTIALIZING......Page 20 ISLAMOFASCISM......Page 22 ISLAMISM......Page 24 PARALLELISM......Page 25 SALAFISM......Page 26 STRATEGIC MESSAGES ABOUT VIOLENTMUSLIMS......Page 27 BLURRING......Page 29 ENDING RESISTANCE......Page 30 ZEALOUS TRANSFORMATION......Page 31 A is for Allah.......Page 33 A is for Apostasy.......Page 35 B is for Bast (as H is for Haram).......Page 39 B is for Bin Ladin.......Page 40 C is for the Caliphate.......Page 42 C is for the Crusaders.......Page 45 D is for Democracy.......Page 46 E is for Education (Islamic).......Page 50 E is for Epidemiology.......Page 54 E is for Europe.......Page 55 F is for Fitna.......Page 59 G is for Guantanamo (and Renditions).......Page 60 H is for Hakmiyyah.......Page 63 H is for Haram.......Page 65 I is for Ijtihad.......Page 66 I is for the Internet.......Page 67 I is for Iraq and Insurgency.......Page 69 I is for Islamofascism (see also p. 11).......Page 72 J is for Jihad.......Page 74 J is for Justice.......Page 78 K is for Karbala.......Page 80 K is for the Khawarij (Kharijites).......Page 81 K is for Kufr.......Page 82 L is for Law (Islamic).......Page 84 M is for Mahdism.......Page 86 M is for Martyrdom.......Page 89 M is for the Moderates.......Page 90 M is for Muslim Americans.......Page 92 N is for the New Middle East.......Page 96 O is for (New) Orientalism.......Page 97 P is for the Palestinians.......Page 99 P is for Preachers.......Page 103 Q is for the Qur’an.......Page 106 S is for Sectarianism (see Fitna above).......Page 110 S is for Secularism.......Page 108 T is for Takfir.......Page 111 T is for Tawhid.......Page 112 T is for Torture.......Page 114 U is for the `Ulama.......Page 115 U is for the Ummah.......Page 116 V is for the Veil.......Page 117 V is for Violence.......Page 120 W is for Wahhabism.......Page 121 W is for Women.......Page 123 Z is for Zakat.......Page 125 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 126 ENDNOTES......Page 130