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The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America Hardcover – May 25, 2010
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For years, McCarthy warned of America’s blindness to the Islamist threat, but in The Grand Jihad McCarthy exposes a new, more insidious peril: the government’s active appeasement of the Islamist ideology. With the help of witting and unwitting accomplices in and out of government, Islamism doesn’t merely fuel terrorism but spawns America-hating Islamic enclaves in our very midst, gradually foisting Islam’s repressive law, sharia, on American life. The revolutionary doctrine has made common cause with an ascendant Left that also seeks radical transformation of our constitutional order. The prognosis for liberty could not be more dire.
- Print length464 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherEncounter Books
- Publication dateMay 25, 2010
- Dimensions6.36 x 1.35 x 9.28 inches
- ISBN-101594033773
- ISBN-13978-1594033773
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- Rush Limbaugh
"Once I opened the first page, I could not put it down. McCarthy has produced an unparalleled masterpiece that every American must read."
- Steven Emerson, Bestselling author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us, and five other books; Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism
"When prosecution rather than war was our means of fighting terrorism, Andy McCarthy was the tip of the spear. Now that we are at war, a new set of challenges besets us (including going back to prosecution as a means of fighting). And, once again, Andy McCarthy is the tip of the spear--in educating and warning us both about the threat from radical Islam and the dangers of our own fecklessness in fighting it. Everything Andy writes is must-reading, and must-heeding."
- William J. Bennett, Washington Fellow, The Claremont Institute; Radio Host
"The threats to our freedom and our security are not separate. For years, statists and Islamists have made common cause in a civilizational war. Their target is our Constitution and the culture of individual liberty that makes America, America. In The Grand Jihad, Andy McCarthy unveils this conspiracy like it’s never been exposed before. This is a clarion call from a fearless fighter for freedom. Read this book and you’ll understand what we’re up against and why we have to stop it."
- Mark R. Levin, author of the Number One Bestseller Liberty & Tyranny; Radio Host
"Do you care about the survival of our country? Then you must read this book. The brilliant, brave, and stalwart Andy McCarthy exposes how our external Islamist enemies join with our internal Alinskyite enemies to destroy all that we hold dear. Every American must understand how the Grand Jihad of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Western civilization-undermining agenda of the Revolutionary Left operate in deadly sync. As McCarthy shows, this sabotage is taking place on our college campuses, in our courts, and with invaluable help from the enablers of the Obama White House. We must not submit."
- Michelle Malkin, author of Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies
From the Inside Flap
The real threat to the United States is not terrorism. The real threat is the sophisticated forces of Islamism, which have collaborated with the American Left not only to undermine U.S. national security, but to shred the fabric of American constitutional democracyfreedom and individual liberty. In The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy provides a harrowing account of how the global Islamist movement’s jihad involves far more than terrorist attacks, and how it has found the ideal partner in President Barack Obama, whose Islamist sympathies run deep.
McCarthy is the former federal prosecutor who convicted the notorious Blind Sheikh” and other jihadists for waging a terrorist war that included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In his national bestseller, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad (Encounter 2008), he explored government’s conscious avoidance of the terrorist threat, which made the nation vulnerable to mass-murder attacks. In The Grand Jihad, he exposes a more insidious peril: government’s active suppression of the Islamist ideology that unabashedly vows to conquer America.” With the help of witting and unwitting accomplices in and out of government, Islamism doesn’t merely fuel terrorism but spawns America-hating Islamic enclaves in our midst and gradually foists Islam’s repressive law, sharia, on American life. The revolutionary doctrine has made common cause with an ascendant Left that also seeks radical transformation of our constitutional order. The prognosis for liberty could not be more dire.
Andrew C. McCarthy was a top federal prosecutor involved in some of the most significant cases in recent history. Decorated with the Justice Department’s highest honors, he retired from government in 2003, after helping launch the 9/11 investigation. He is one of America’s most persuasive voices on national security issues and author of the bestseller Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Currently, he is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor at National Review.
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The real threat to the United States is not terrorism. The real threat is the sophisticated forces of Islamism, which have collaborated with the American Left not only to undermine U.S. national security, but to shred the fabric of American constitutional democracyfreedom and individual liberty. In The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, bestselling author Andrew C. McCarthy provides a harrowing account of how the global Islamist movement’s jihad involves far more than terrorist attacks, and how it has found the ideal partner in President Barack Obama, whose Islamist sympathies run deep.
McCarthy is the former federal prosecutor who convicted the notorious Blind Sheikh” and other jihadists for waging a terrorist war that included the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. In his national bestseller, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad (Encounter 2008), he explored government’s conscious avoidance of the terrorist threat, which made the nation vulnerable to mass-murder attacks. In The Grand Jihad, he exposes a more insidious peril: government’s active suppression of the Islamist ideology that unabashedly vows to conquer America.” With the help of witting and unwitting accomplices in and out of government, Islamism doesn’t merely fuel terrorism but spawns America-hating Islamic enclaves in our midst and gradually foists Islam’s repressive law, sharia, on American life. The revolutionary doctrine has made common cause with an ascendant Left that also seeks radical transformation of our constitutional order. The prognosis for liberty could not be more dire.
Andrew C. McCarthy was a top federal prosecutor involved in some of the most significant cases in recent history. Decorated with the Justice Department’s highest honors, he retired from government in 2003, after helping launch the 9/11 investigation. He is one of America’s most persuasive voices on national security issues and author of the bestseller Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad. Currently, he is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute in Washington, D.C., and a contributing editor at National Review.
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- Publisher : Encounter Books; 1st edition (May 25, 2010)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 464 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1594033773
- ISBN-13 : 978-1594033773
- Item Weight : 1.75 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.36 x 1.35 x 9.28 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #721,650 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #248 in Islamic Social Studies
- #871 in National & International Security (Books)
- #1,680 in Political Conservatism & Liberalism
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Islam is a religious ideology that has been expansionist and eliminationist from its beginnings and, although there are some truly moderate Muslims, Islam is not a moderate belief. It's core principles have changed little in fourteen hundred years. Islam is faith, to be certain, but a faith with an important difference. There is no divide between political, social, personal and religious life. According to Islamist teachings, it is necessary and admirable to force unbelievers to Islam and its Sharia Law. Should they not accept, the unbelievers must die or be enslaved. Al Qaeda and the Islamic Brotherhood differ in tactics only. Unlike Al Qaeda and the Taliban, 'The Brotherhood' rejects violence AT THE PRESENT TIME, in favor of subtle insinuation into American and Western societies, with the intent to gradually subvert them and force all to submit to the perfection of Sharia Law. This is not to say that they are opposed to violence. Far from it. It simply means that they find nonviolent action more effective. They do, however, encourage Muslims to donate alms--'Zakat'--to Muslim organizations that do sponsor terror.
If this is all there was to it, Islam would probably pose only a limited threat to the West--but--this is not all there is to it. The Islamists and the American and Western Left have cross pollinated--interbred--to produce a fearful offspring. At one level this would seem to be a contradiction. At a very basic level, Islam and Left-liberalism [including its morphs, secular socialism and Communism] are diametrically opposed. One faith envisions a religious, Islamic Utopia under Sharia Law and the other system a secular, even atheistic Utopia that in its Marxian perfection, won't even require laws.
Still both the Left and Islam have much in common and--since WWII--have become used to accommodating and allying with one another. Both disparate systems are opposed to Capitalism and support, in their different ways, powerful central authority. Both systems relegate the individual to a cipher in the machine of the state. Islam is, of course, religious, but even secular Leftists are, at their core, religious--oftentimes fanatical--people. True Believers. The two groups have much in common. In the fullness of time, however, and should they succeed in their subversion of the West, one system will inevitably destroy the other.
Almost as by a miracle, both the Left and Islam--with all of their inconsistencies--are united in the form of Barack Hussein Obama. He is the literal incarnation of the subversive Left-Islam plot to sabotage America. He has consistently lied about his associations, history, beliefs and intentions. He does it with a straight face in keeping with the Islamic code of Taqi'iya, in which is permissible and desireable to lie to one's enemies. It is interestingly also completely in keeping with the teachings of Saul Alinsky [and Obama IS an Alinsky scholar], who taught that lies and disinformation were excellent techniques in discomfitting enemies.
So here we have it. Led by a small group of Left and Islamic radicals, America is being sapped of its strength and will. How is it possible that such a tiny group of radicals could possibly destroy a way of life that the vast majority of Americans hold dear? It's because, as McCarthy wrote [I'll paraphrase], 'Most Americans are concerned about their personal interactions with their friends, family, faith and work. They are almost incapable of believing that there is a tiny cadre of people who live, work and breathe--day and night--to bring about a 'revolutionary' society at deadly odds with everything that they hold dear.' The radicals are emboldened and strengthed by general ignorance and apathy. To the Victor goes the Spoils.
The first section dealt with sharia, Islamic law. Muslims want to force the world law to abide by sharia (a Caliphate). Sharia law says women must be covered from head to toe with only part of the face showing. She must have NO contact with men or go outside the home without her husband; she is not allowed to drive or be educated; all children belong to the husband. If she is raped, he may divorce her or kill her. If she lives, she must marry the rapist or be imprisoned. Sharia doesn't allow drinking or gambling, but the 9/11 monsters did both while in the USA. Canada has very generous immigration for all foreign, so there are many Muslims there. They recently forced a vote for sharia and narrowly lost. Had they won, imams would be doling out punishments. The penalty for renouncing Islam is death, sometimes by pouring boiling oil down the offender's throat. Read the book for more...
Second section--out esteemed President Barack Hussein Obama. Born in Hawaii of Communist parents. Maternal grandparents rejected their former Christian faith to find allies in homegrown terrorists such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dorn who placed bombs which killed a policemen. They are not repentent and wish they'd done more of the same. Obama states his mentor was Marshall Davis, a Communist leader.
Obama's grandfather was a Communist leader in Kenya who was ousted with regime change and hated Britain and America as being Colonalist Powers. His father, BHO, Sr. was also a failed Communist leader who deserted 4 wives, sometimes to obtain degrees in America where he met 2 of his wives. His brother is a Muslim leader now. Obama, Sr. left Barack's mother when he was 4. She quickly remarried an Indanisian Muslim who took them there and got Barack citizenship there. Barack later obtained scholarships to American Universities as being an Indanesian citizen. All during his formative years, he attended Muslim schools and has been heard here chanting beautifully the Muslim call to prayer. After winning office, Obama created new positions for his Communist revolutionary friends. SEIU union leaders were seen at the White House DAILY. The Christian Day of Prayer was ignored in favor of a party for Muslim leaders.
Muslims now overrun police stations in England and most of Europe, leaving citizens helpless and afraid. Minnesota and Michegan already house huge numbers of Muslims. Most all Minnesota taxi drivers are Somali Muslims. NOW is the time to make decisions about our borders AND ESPECIALLY who will be our President. PLEEEZE everyone, read this book!







