A Battle for the Soul of Islam

An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith

De: M. Zuhdi Jasser

Narrado por: Michael Prichard

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-listen foundation for the fight.

©2012 Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser (P)2012 Tantor

Must read

Most thoughtful review of Islam as a faith and religion vs the secular goals of the extremist sectarian governments which diminish the spirituality of Islam.

Naive but hopeful

I give Dr. Jasser credit for being bold enough to present his view of Islam, because it has great contradiction with the Qur'an, Sunnah and Hadith, and will be seen as blasphemy by those who read the Qur'an literally and live the way the Qur'an says to live. Truth is, he is not practicing real Islam but his families version of islam: a soft, reformed, much kinder to "Dar al Harb" Islam. He believes that unbelievers should be treated in the same exact way as believers, by muslims. This is very nice thinking and I would hope that all moderate Muslims in north America could join his group and use his re-translated nice version of the Qur'an. Sadly, I don't think this will ever happen.

Perfect Focus

Dr. Nasser clearly describes how Islam is not in conflict with the Constitution but that Political Islam is indeed an enemy of the Constitution and religious freedom.

A courageous and clear champion of American Liberty

Written by a Muslim who cares deeply about Islam, argues forcefully against it's intentional misrepresentation by Islamists; an American champion of the American constitution calling for freedom in speech and religion, separation of church and state; and bringing to task any who would use the liberty we enjoy in America to undermine - actively or passively - those very freedoms. What he writes needs to be heard!

Know God and understand thereis Evil in this world

There is a reason in Life. Dr Mike Zuhdi Jasser is definitely fulfilling his God giver purposes. Thanks God and Doctor M Zuhdi Jasser. God speed.