31 March 2015

Who Defines Islam?

March 30, 2015 

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and other terrorist groups purporting to act in the name of Islam have precipitated two fundamental questions in the West. First, can non-Muslims credibly comment on the nature of Islam? Second, is Islamic ideology more disposed to violence than other religions?

These are familiar questions for those of us who worked in the office of the Secretary of Defense after September 11, 2001, tasked with preparing the Bush administration’s seminal brief on the “battle of ideas” as a critical component of the “global war on terrorism.”

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