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Islamic Fundamentalism: The New Global Threat

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If you're looking for a thoroughly researched and documented account of the brutal zealots that have held Iran hostage for the past 23 years, look no further. Muhammed Mohadessin offers documents that clearly expose the terror that Iran's evil regime has exported and continues to export all throughout the muslim world (not to mention the West, but that's not the focus here). Highly notable is a rather detailed list of the numerous victims of the mullah's totalitarianism and violent oppressive tactics...the victims of the Iranian regime's favorite export are just as likely to be Iranians as anyone else.

The book "Islamic Fundamentalism" is an excellent addition to already published books on this subject. Mohaddessin's book originality comes from its more detailed examination of the role the Islamic regime in Tehran has played in propagating the ideology of "Islamic Fundamentalism" around the region in particular and around the globe in general. This book goes to the distressing fact that our government and we as a nation have closed our eyes to the patron of the global terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism. It reminds us of the cold war era. That Soviets were the godfather of global communism movements. Other states such as East Germany, Yugoslavia, Cuba and many others like them supported communist movements. Once the Soviets collapsed, the rest of them collapsed as quickly as their grand patron did. According to Mohaddessin's documentation in this book, Islamic Iran is playing the same role as the Soviets did during the cold war. Being the god father and grand patron of Islamic Fundamentalists movements in the region and globally. I strongly recommend reading of this book to understand the roots of our current crisis. I find this book as an eye opener to be added to the collection of other books that has been published on this subject in the recent years.

The book "Islamic Fundamentalism" is an excellent addition to already published books on this subject. Mohaddessin's book originality comes from its more detailed examination of the role the Islamic regime in Tehran has played in propagating the ideology of "Islamic Fundamentalism" around the region in particular and around the globe in general. This book goes to the distressing fact that our government and we as a nation have closed our eyes to the patron of the global terrorism and Islamic Fundamentalism. It reminds us of the cold war era. That Soviets were the godfather of global communism movements. Other states such as East Germany, Yugoslavia, Cuba and many others like them supported communist movements. Once the Soviets collapsed, the rest of them collapsed as quickly as their grand patron did. According to Mohaddessin's documentation in this book, Islamic Iran is playing the same role as the Soviets did during the cold war. Being the god father and grand patron of Islamic Fundamentalists movements in the region and globally. I strongly recommend reading of this book to understand the roots of our current crisis. I find this book as an eye opener to be added to the collection of other books that has been published on this subject in the recent years.

Islamic Fundamentalism is the best book. It pictures the real stories with ducuoments, all whys, and hows of terrorism regime of Iran.
It opens the targets of terrorism, and some of the inhumen activities of the Iran's rulers in the past, present, and future (if the regime exist).
Khomeni and his heirs, abuse Islam and Koran. The regime use the name of Islam, but it is just the Mullahs nickname, and they actions are against Islam and Koran. The Mullahs in Iran are the Godfathers of the fundamentalism. The regime is like an encapsulated abscess within the tumor in our democratic world.
Mojahedin, the resistance of Iran, has prevented and minimized the regime's terrorist and inhuman activities. Mrs. Rajavi, the ellect president for future of Iran, a Muslem and high educated woman,is trying to overthrow the regime, and estabelish democracy and freedom. She dislike Mullahs, strongly believes freedom, human rights, and democracy.

For someone who lived years in Iran and experienced the savage of iran mullahs regime, this book reveals the true face of the fundamentalism and idealogy of mulahs regime. But best of all, the reader can see the dark moments of iranian life under mullahs ruling iran. This is a book that I think everybody should read and think about. Understimating Islamic fundamentalism can change the world history in future and cause painful price for human race.

I read this to obtain background on the current state of affairs with Islamic fundamentalism. The fact that the author is Muslim was a draw--I've read several from the Western perspective and wanted one from the other side. I found the book well-researched with considerable data to support its premise-that Islamic fundamentalism is the threat of the 21st century. Mohaddessin uses primary source documents, historic information, and builds on a long history of Islamic dogma. I was pleased that he took pains to separate this faction--deadly as it is--from the peace-loving people who comprise the majority of Islam. Unfortunately, like the Crusades, their religion has been hijacked.

It's interesting to read the West's efforts over twenty years to find solutions--compromise, negotiation, conversation. These are all seen by this enemy as signs of weakness. Having read this book, I can see that now in our current situation in Iraq and our negotiations with Iran to prevent the rise of another nuclear nation. I wish he'd offered solutions. What they'd be, I have no idea.

Mohaddessin's book is by now, unfortunately, rather dated. Published in 1993, the work can not address the myriad changes we are currently witnessing in Iran, including the 1997 election of reformist Khatami as President of Iran, and the recent election of a reformist majority to the Majlis, or national assembly.

Apart from this criticism, Mohaddessin's book suffers, as already noted, from a decidedly one-sided point of view. He and his organization have quite an aze to grind, and they grind it with vigor. This unfortunately colors his scholarship. As an example, he reports (without citation) the startling claim that Tehran is in possession of four nuclear warheads. Yet the Center for Non-proliferation Studies discounts this claim, which may have has as its source, a dubious report by a Jerusalem newspaper.

The saving grace of Mr. Mohaddessin's book is his differentiation between the state-sponsored theocratic terror which is "Kohmeniism" with a more moderate, liberal Islamic fundamentalism, which he argues is more true to Islam. For this reason, and because I can supplement his text with current events and scholarly criticism, I will continue to use this book in my course.

Mr. Mohandessian has essentially tried to re-write the bloody history of his group, the Marxist-Islamist Iranian "Mujahedin" (aka MEK, MKO, NCR etc.) which has been classified as a terrorist group by the US State Department for years, and is almost universally detested by Iranians for its collaboration with Saddam during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war.