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A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith Hardcover – June 5, 2012

by M. Zuhdi Jasser (Author)

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A conservative American Muslim and former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander provides an alternate voice to radical Islam.

Among the unsettling social shifts in the wake of 9/11 was the global attention paid to Islam. Here in the United States, we became divided, often sadly along partisan lines, between those who believed every Muslim was a potential threat and those who believed no Muslim could do wrong.

For conservative Wisconsin native and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, these radical times meant facing a new reality as a devout Muslim and a patriot—a certain betrayal within his faith, and a need to answer a question that crossed the minds of even the most sensitive and politically correct: “Can a good Muslim be a good American as well?” Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) to instill in young American Muslims an appreciation for the distinctively positive impact that this nation’s ideals of liberty have had upon the world. As a nationally recognized expert on Muslim radicalization, he offers non-Muslims a definitive comprehension of the difference between Islam and the spiritual cancer known as Islamism, or political Islam, and how violence and extremism run counter to Islam’s true teachings. As he persuasively argues, until we acknowledge the threat of Islamism in all its forms, the majority of Americans will be gulled into recognizing only the most obvious: terrorism.

In A Battle for the Soul of Islam, Jasser embraces both his faith and his country while asking hard questions:

* Are American Muslim children learning entitlement as victims, or are they being taught individual responsibility and critical thinking?

* Are poisonous conspiracy theories dividing their American identity, or are they gaining exposure to reason, nationalism, and patriotism?

* Are Muslims publicly critical of the Islamist movements of the Middle East, or do they remain silent on aspects of religious doctrine that conflict with modernity and universal equality?

* Is the American press downplaying the seditious threat of homegrown Islamist radicalism and the influence of Islamists’ propaganda arm on our governmental policies?

* Is our culture of political correctness a major obstacle toward long-overdue Muslim reform against Islamism?

All these years after 9/11, it’s time for us to understand the true threat of Islamism. It is a Muslim problem that needs a Muslim solution, and A Battle for the Soul of Islam builds a solid, balanced, and imperative must-read foundation for the fight.

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"Zuhdi Jasser is a brave American patriot, a faithful Muslim and a good man. Dr. Jasser's Battle for the Soul of Islam proposes a cure for one of the greatest problems facing the world today: the violence and extremism of radical Islam." --Mark R. Levin, New York Times bestselling author of Ameritopia

"Dr. Jasser is one of the most courageous and relentless pursuers of truth and freedom in the Muslim world. Battle for the Soul of Islam takes you beyond the sound bites to show you what it really means to be a moderate Muslim fighting against those who have perverted your religion.” --Glenn Beck, New York Times bestselling author of Being George Washington

"A candid, patriotic pushback against Muslim stereotyping...a strident call to energize Muslim Americans to promote notions of pluralism, toleration and equal rights for women." --Kirkus

"Dr. Jasser is an American hero in the war radical Islam has declared on us. Whether we prevail in this long war may very well depend on how closely we listen to him." --William J. Bennett, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Man and former US Secretary of Education

About the Author

Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser is the founder and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). Dr. Jasser is a first generation American Muslim whose parents fled the oppressive Assad regime of Syria in the mid-1960s for American freedom. A devout Muslim, Dr. Jasser founded AIFD in the wake of the 9/11 attacks as an effort to provide an American Muslim voice advocating for the preservation of the foundation principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, and the separation of mosque and state.

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Threshold Editions; First Edition edition (June 5, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1451657943
ISBN-13: 978-1451657944
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Average Customer Review: 86 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,100,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3028 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Islam
- #8449 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Ideologies & Doctrines

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This book is a MUST READ!

ByWilliam F. Pillow, Jr.on June 19, 2012

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Don't misjudge this book by negative reviews! Those can come from two sources. One is Islamist apologists who insist that Islam is a religion of peace. The other is persons who use their reviews to publicize their personal, typically caustic, view of Islam, Muhammad, and the Qur'an. By contrast, this book should be read by all persons in the West, non-Muslim and Muslim alike. The author, a physician, former U. S. Navy officer, and practicing Muslim, is a lone voice of truth for reforming Islam. This means disentangling the peaceful traditions of Islam from more contemporary efforts by "Islamists" to establish an Islamic world order ruled by their religious leaders. This obviously contrasts sharply with democratic and Constitutional Western governments. Unfortunately, Arabic patriarchal (father as ruler of family) tribal traditions that preceded Muhammad still control shariah (Islamic law) court interpretations, retaining male domination, thwarting gender equality, and opposing as shameful (for the family) all contemporary secular customs and practices. Although social scientists might question the morality of certain modern customs, let's not "throw out the baby with the bathwater." Widespread efforts at multiculturalism and political correctness perpetuate disregard of threats from Islamists as harmless. These two politically-inspired policies are the West's stumbling blocks to upholding each country's pride of heritage and cultural identity. Only as each country realizes its errors of attempted accommodations to Islamists' demands will that country be able to preserve its human rights and religious tolerance guarantees which earlier immigrants had always sought. Read Dr. Jasser's book to understand what everyone should do to recognize and confront the insidious efforts of Islamists and their organizations to subvert our government and our courts. Then get your state legislature to officially reassure ALL Americans of their Constitutional guarantees of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness by enacting ALFAC (American Laws for American Courts) legislation!

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To be silent is to consent.

ByScott Herb Hon May 23, 2017

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Fantastic book!
Why are the leaders of Islam silent when their religion is being used as excuse for mass-murder? I NEED to hear a lucid unapologetic condemnation of those actions committed in the name of Islam,

Dr. Jasser has helped by providing a comprehensive explanation concerning the current duality of the Islamic faith. There is indeed a great number of extremists who while enjoying the Western lifestyle , most certainly intend to do us harm. How much of that hatred is identified and presented so clearly is why I found this book so fascinating! And alarming.

To be completely candid, my own concern for the religion of Islam was in serious conflict with my Christian values. While in the Middle East (pre-9/11) I met many people of the Islamic faith. However, my past experience no longer correlates with the widely expressed opinions of the post 9/11 Western world. This book addresses the two populations of Islam, the duality that IS the religion of Islam.

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Required high school reading

ByWilliam H. Pikeon May 9, 2014

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This book should be required reading for high school seniors, for 3 reasons: First, it calls attention to the extent and seriousness of the radical Muslim (Islamist) problem for those that have been shielded by the media and school systems from it. Second, it is a reminder that there is a clear distinction between the radical Islamists and those Muslims who truly condemn their behavior. Third, it actively exposes and condemns CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) and similar organizations that masquerade as peace loving, co-existence supporters of Western values, while in fact working overtly or covertly in support of radical Muslim values and Muslim supremacy.

Reading Jasser's book is a refreshing and clear reminder that radical Islam, or Islamism, does not represent all Muslims. Jasser makes this point very persuasively. But I also get the impression that Jasser's parental and educational background and intelligence puts him in a unique and small class of Muslims, and more importantly, atypical. The onslaught of daily news about Muslim atrocities in the name of their religion begs the reader to question whether there is any relevance to the apparently small group of "reform" Muslims who think like Jasser. (Note that I did not say "moderate" Muslims. Try to define moderate you will end up defining the problem.)

Reform Muslims are stunningly silent about the behavior of the (minority? majority?) of Islamists. Reform Muslims might (and have) reasonably said, "Why should we have to apologize for their bad behavior?" My answer: They don't have to apologize. More precisely, no one wants them to apologize. What we want is for reform Muslims to outright reject and condemn the bad behavior in a public and unambiguous way. They might further say, "we are law abiding citizens, why do we have to concern ourselves with what others do?" Again, the answer is that they don't have to. But if they don't, they should not be surprised when the vast majority of non-Muslims believe that their refusal to condemn is tacit approval, or at least sympathy with behavior and values that is more than a little threatening to the western way of life. My sense from the book is that Jasser is working in the right direction. But since I have never heard of the organizations he works with until I read this book, it suggests that too little is being done.

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A most important book of these times

ByEileen Perahiaon August 29, 2017

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This is one of the most important books anyone in America could read at this time. Dr. Jasser who is an American Muslim of Syrian origin gives a very personal view about the REAL Islam which is NOT the political Islam that the Democrats and Leftists are promoting and supporting. He tells us the truth about Islam and that political regimes and terrorists are not following the deep spirit of Islam which is humane and can live along side and with all other religions.It is not the Sharia court that has developed in modern times. It is so worth reading. His organization of AIFD the American Islamic Forum for Democracy sees women equal to men, no genitalia mutilation and also among many more the fact that Israel must be recognized as a country by all the Arab world including the PA. Dr. Jasser does not support violence but he is trying to reform from within the real soul of Islam.