They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It | 
 enlarge | Author: Brigitte Gabriel
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312383630
Dewey Decimal Number: 363.32516
EAN: 9780312383633
ASIN: 0312383630
Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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They Must Be Stopped is New York Times bestselling author Brigitte Gabriel’s warning to the world: We can no longer ignore the growth of radical Islam--we must act soon, and powerfully. Gabriel challenges our western and politically-correct notions about Islam, demonstrating why radical Islam is so deadly and how we can halt its progress. Brigitte Gabriel speaks her mind: *Fundamentalist Islam is a religion rooted in 7th century teachings that are fundamentally opposed to democracy and equality. *Radical Islamists are utterly contemptuous of all “infidels” (non-Muslims) and regard them as enemies worthy of death. *Madrassas in America are increasing in number, and they are just one part of a growing radical Islamic army on US soil. *Radical Islam exploits the US legal system and America’s protection of religion to spread its hatred for western values. *America must organize a unified voice that says “enough” to political correctness, and demands that government officials and elected representatives do whatever is necessary to protect us. Brigitte Gabriel has fearlessly faced down critics, death threats, and political correctness, and is one of the most sought after terrorism experts in the world. They Must Be Stopped is her clarion call to action. Gabriel thoroughly addresses the historical and religious basis of radical Islam, its frightening encroachment into societies around the world, and its abuses of democracy in the name of religion.
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 A must read October 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Anyone who values Western Civilization, its history and continuing promise for the future should read this book!
The failure of our national leadership and the mainstream media to address the threat of Muslim encroachment, Muslim demands for accomodation, and the Muslim goal of destruction of Western values is criminal neglect.
Brigitte Gabriel is making a noble effort to awaken us from the sleep that makes us vulnerable.
 A Flat, Frightening Rant. October 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Maybe it was just bad luck that Brigette Gabriel published her latest anti-Islam book right before the public attention turned away from "Islamofascism" and more towards issues such as the tanking economy. We can probably assume Gabriel thought the US or Israel would surely be at war with Iran by the time the book came out, and so therefore she would be making a killing on sales with the world embroiled in World War III, who knows. But here we have "They Must Be Stopped," a semi-sequel to her bestseller "Because They Hate," and like the first book, and the books of her colleagues such as End Times salesman John Hagee, Gabriel tries to panic the masses with enormous warnings of invading Muslim hordes.
"They Must Be Stopped," like her previous book and the works of Hagee, Evans and other Bible-thumping war mongering imperialists, covers little new ground and basically recycles the same themes as "Because They Hate." Gabriel had a powerful, frightening experience as a Lebanese Christian, which she tries to milk as cover for her hateful rants calling for radical nationalist, neofascist reforms in the United States. Gabriel comes across like those Cuban exiles in Florida who suffered under the Castro regime yet support terrorism against Cuba, even war. Gabriel presents alarmist, unfounded warnings about the need to tighten the border, because Hezbollah could use Mexico and gasp! Venezuela to infiltrate the US, she presents second-hand evidence, murky sources and cites no serious journals or official sources anyone could take as serious.
Without a doubt there are radical Islamic groups who are extremely dangerous, but Gabriel and her ilk try to paint the situation as some sort of cosmic showdown while ignoring some basic truths such as the fact that the U.S. is currently occupying two Muslim countries and have brought about such destruction, that one top Iraqi scholar describes the US invasion as worst than Genghis Kahn. Gabriel devotes page after page to criminal activities by the Palestinians, yet dismisses Israeli crimes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. She cites Arab commentaries calling for the destruction of Israel, yet ignores the well-documented Israeli calls for the same towards the Palestinians. Of course Gabriel cites Iran as enemy #1, but skips over important history such as the U.S. overthrow of Iran's government in 1953, an event which lead to the Islamic Revolution and a prime example that interventionism, especially for oil, is not good. Gabriel seems to share the neocon view that "your terrorism is bad, ours is good."
Gabriel's domestic ideas are equally ignorant and very much disturbing. Like in "Because They Hate," she lashes out at the growing Muslim community in the U.S., warns citizens to keep an eye on those growing mosques and Muslim schools and calls for the need to implement heavy-handed nationalist measures in the education system, public security force and other institutions. Again Gabriel uses pathetic sources and nothing anyone could term as serious scholarship. "They Must Be Stopped" reads like those manuels handed out to communities in Nazi Germany warning everyone about the "Jewish threat," or McCarthy's America where the "Reds" were hiding in your neighborhood or local supermarket.
It is interesting how quickly material like this became dated, especially with the collapse of the Bush Doctrine's vision and the emergence of a tanking economy, not to mention the Bush White House's backpeddling on striking Iran. I suspect "Because They Hate" will quickly join John Ashcroft's biography at the dollar store racks, this one apparently hasn't really cracked the bestseller lists. People learn fast.
Boo! October 10, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
How horrendously ignorant people are of Islam. One of the three main religions in the world, and the fastest growing religion in the US (for good reason), it is a religion (not political, though, often from any religion comes pathological politics, because of bad people, essentially, and their using a powerful thing to their evil deeds) full of gender equality, peace to the n'th degree, tolerance and love of all mankind. I should know, as I've been practicing it for the past 37 yrs, and am surrounded by good American people who practice it, the way all religion should be practiced. Please don't project the evil deeds of horrible people, who USE the name of this great religion for their horrendous deeds. Those people are not Muslim, though they call themselves that. It's like Hitler used to call himself a christian. No one blames the religion, we all agree Christianity is one of the three 'Religions of the book' (loosely interpreted from Arabic)-Judaism being the third, with Jesus being one of our revered prophets, and Mary having a whole chapter (or Sura) in the Holy Quran in her name. And by the way, the Quran is the miracle of Islam. A whole book, written of God's words, delivered by the Angel Gabriel to the prophet Muhammed. It's Amazing! Please do me a favor before having such bigoted views, and read it. Or, if you want lighter material, perhaps 'the girl in the tangerine scarf' would help. Please seek the voice of the moderate, as those are the quiet majority. We are excellent citizens, highly moral, well-educated, balanced, bottom-line good people. (Trust me, I've lived with these people all my life, and I've rarely confronted the religious wacko, and if there was such a person, everyone would be avoiding him/her.)
Pretty much like any other person practicing moderate religion, be it Judaism or Christianity or any other monotheistic religion. Extremism, in any religion, is repulsive and flatly wrong, as God is kind and full of love for humanity, if only they stayed on the right path. 'Do good, think good, and say good'. I wish you open-mindedness, and tolerance, for the good of Humanity.
Perspective October 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent analysis of the background of Islamic jihadists which is necessary to fully understand their motivation. It also explains why the usual foreign policies of the past, including detante, are wholly ineffective in dealing with this new global threat. It is a real eye-opener. I heartly recommend it to everyone wanting a better understanding of the fragile nature of our Western civilization today.
Defeating Radical Versions of Islam October 5, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The author presents a workable strategy for combating terrorism. i.e.
o tighten borders
o increase surveillance
o explain that the jihadist ideology leads to terror
o increased training of counter-terrorist agencies
o financial audits of Muslin organizations
o enforcement of the oath of allegiance to the USA
for new citizens
o improve airport security
o end the tax exempt status for educational institutions
that teach hate
o speak out against mosques which advocate terrorism
The author emphasizes that the enemy seeks to destroy or conquer the world and then submit everyone to the rule of Islam. Few in the West understand the danger of this ideological goal as clearly as Brigitte.
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