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Viking Conservatives encourage discussion on islamofascism
Caitlin Williamson
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Features
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As a part of the Islamofascist Awareness Week sponsored by the Viking Conservatives, Jonathan Schanzer, director of policy at the Jewish Policy Center, spoke to the Lawrence community Wednesday, Oct. 24 about radical Islam and the war on terror.
Schanzer is a former counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and is the author of "Al-Qaeda's Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror."
The Jewish Policy Center, based in Washington, "provides scholarly perspectives on foreign and domestic policies that impact the Jewish community in the United States, and the broader American public," according to the Jewish Policy Center Web site at http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org.
In his lecture, Schanzer stressed the importance of fighting a war against what he calls "militant Islam," the 20 percent of the Islamic population that believes that violence is justifiable in the name of religion.
This group of Islamists is known as "militant Islam," "radical Islam," "Islamofascism" and "totalitarian Islam." According to Schanzer, the "war on terror" that the United States is currently fighting is an insufficient name for such a war.
"This is akin to saying that the United States is at war with aerial bombardments, or tank warfare, or trench warfare, or suicide bombings," Schanzer said. "That is not what our war is against. We can never win a war if we cannot determine exactly who the enemy is, identify them, and let them know that we are at war with them."
Schanzer said those that follow this interpretation of the Islamic faith treat anyone who is not a male Muslim with disrespect, violence, and hatred. Women are treated as second-class citizens, homosexuals are imprisoned, and all other religions are seen as inferior to Islam.
"[Militant Islamists] believe that Islam is the best and only religion," Schanzer said. "We do not have an issue with Islam. We have an issue with those who believe that violence is okay in the name of religion. Radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution."
Schanzer is a former counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and is the author of "Al-Qaeda's Armies: Middle East Affiliate Groups and the Next Generation of Terror."
The Jewish Policy Center, based in Washington, "provides scholarly perspectives on foreign and domestic policies that impact the Jewish community in the United States, and the broader American public," according to the Jewish Policy Center Web site at http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org.
In his lecture, Schanzer stressed the importance of fighting a war against what he calls "militant Islam," the 20 percent of the Islamic population that believes that violence is justifiable in the name of religion.
This group of Islamists is known as "militant Islam," "radical Islam," "Islamofascism" and "totalitarian Islam." According to Schanzer, the "war on terror" that the United States is currently fighting is an insufficient name for such a war.
"This is akin to saying that the United States is at war with aerial bombardments, or tank warfare, or trench warfare, or suicide bombings," Schanzer said. "That is not what our war is against. We can never win a war if we cannot determine exactly who the enemy is, identify them, and let them know that we are at war with them."
Schanzer said those that follow this interpretation of the Islamic faith treat anyone who is not a male Muslim with disrespect, violence, and hatred. Women are treated as second-class citizens, homosexuals are imprisoned, and all other religions are seen as inferior to Islam.
"[Militant Islamists] believe that Islam is the best and only religion," Schanzer said. "We do not have an issue with Islam. We have an issue with those who believe that violence is okay in the name of religion. Radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution."
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posted 11/24/07 @ 5:51 PM CST
Muslims Against Sharia congratulate David Horowitz FREEDOM CENTER and Mike Adams, Tammy Bruce, Phyllis Chesler, Ann Coulter, Nonie Darwish, Greg Davis, Stephen Gale, David Horowitz, Joe Kaufman, Michael Ledeen, Michael Medved, Alan Nathan, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Daphne Patai, Daniel Pipes, Dennis Prager, Luana Saghieh, Rick Santorum, Jonathan Schanzer, Christina Sommers, Robert Spencer, Brian Sussman, Ed Turzanski, Ibn Warraq and other speakers on the success of the Islamofascism Awareness Week. (Continued…)
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