Islamic Imperialism: A History
by Professor Efraim Karsh
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Author: Professor Efraim KarshEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 0300122632
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Book Review: The importance of Charles Martel, Don John of Austria and Jan Sobieski
Summary: 5 Stars
This opus magnum is a powerful antidote to decades of fraudulent post-modernist "scholarship" by people like inter alia Edward Said, that sought to demonise the West and exalt the so-called "Other."
Karsh chronicles the imperial ambitions of Islam from its 7th century beginning to its manifestations in the 21st century. The end of the Ottoman Empire after World War I halted imperialist designs by the established state. The struggle was then taken up by ideologues like Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb, whence organizations like Hamas and Al-Qaeda draw their inspiration.
Besides terror tactics, other means of furthering the religion's expansionist aims are demographic increase through emigration to Europe and high birthrates, and using the West's self-destructive creed of multiculturalism to steadily erode our freedom and undermine our societies.
This may be witnessed today in Europe where the situation has become so alarming thet even the Pope has noticed. The rapid unfolding of events is forming a pattern that cannot be ignored: The Madrid and London bombings, the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Danish cartoon uproar, the low-level French Intifada. These events are well-known, but most people are unaware of the constant outpouring of hatred for Christians and Jews through the Arab state-controlled media.
The first part of the book studies Islamic history up to the 20th century whilst the second part deals with the last 100 years. It includes discussions of the Ummayyads, Abbasids, Fatimids, Seljuks, Mameluks, Sassanids and Ottomans. It has been said: "It's not what we do, but what we are." The author reveals that the root cause of jihad is the tradition and teaching of Islam. Three expansionist thrusts down the ages were stopped by Charles Martel, Don John of Austria and Jan Sobieski.
Amongst the many clarifications in this valuable work are the persistent Islamic yearning for the reconquest of Spain, Nasser's Pan-Arabism as a phase of the imperial dream, why the entire non-Muslim world is called Dar al-Harb (The House of War), how the much maligned crusades were attempts to halt the imperial advance and liberate the holy places of Christendom and how little sympathy Arab regimes have for the Palestinians, and the fact that they view Israel as a colonial extension of the West.
The author concludes that conditions for ordinary Arabs and Muslims would only improve once their political elites abandon all Pan-Arab and Pan-Islamic aspirations and allow the religion to become a private faith. There are no indications of any such tendency. In fact it seems that Europe's homegrown but alienated immigrant communities are becoming more militant, fed on a stream of hatred by the imams and the state media of the Arab autocracies.
Although a scholarly work, the narrative of Islamic Imperialism is lucid and engaging. I also recommend Dream Palace Of The Arabs by Fouad Ajami, Menace in Europe by Claire Berlinski, While Europe Slept by Bruce Bawer, Because They Hate by Brigitte Gabriel and Londonistan by Melanie Phillips.
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