They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It

"It is not yet politically correct to talk about a religious war. But this is exactly what we are facing; a religious war declared by devout Muslims." pp 70-71

Brigitte Gabriel's second book, "They Must Be Stopped", is a powerful critique of the West's historic foe, Islam. It expands upon and further defines issues raised in her first work, "Because They Hate." In that unforgettable autobiography she related in detail her horrible experiences growing up in the very heart of Islamic terror and war in 1970s Lebanon.

This new work, "They Must Be Stopped" is a non-stop blazing polemic against Muslim ideology. It stands alone as a self-contained and convincing argument; but is better appreciated if the more personal "Because They Hate," is read first.

Ms. Gabriel devotes the first 70 pages of "They Must Be Stopped" to the most controversial issue surrounding the identification of Islamic "terrorists." The official U.S. position, enunciated by both President Bush and Barack Obama, is that Islam is a peaceful religion that has been "perverted" (Obama's term) by a relatively few radicals. This view is what might be described as the "received wisdom" in the Western world.

In these first 70 pages Ms. Gabriel argues that Islam itself is a terrorist religion, and the "peaceful" Muslims are not really Muslims at all, but people who do not understand the basic tenets of their own belief system. Her argument about this central point is incontrovertible. She quotes not only chapter and verse from the Islamic canon, but recounts the history of the Islamic expansion. As Samuel Huntington has said and Ms. Gabriel describes, the borders of Islam are bloody.

The author is not just an armchair pundit. She has founded two organizations which now have hundreds of chapters in the U.S. and internationally. The "nuts and bolts" of how to do this organizing are detailed in the final part of the book. Her goals are to educate and to lobby against the invidious Islamic threat.

Her organizations are growing exponentially. This growth is due not only to her clear thinking and writing, but to her presence as a leader and speaker.. She is an exotically beautiful Lebanese woman. I say this without fear of being politically incorrect. A liberal critic accused her of putting a glamorous photo of herself on the cover of her book as a cheap sales gimmick. She laughed at the statement, replying , "In Lebanon we were raised to be glamorous, feminine and sensual...." Ms. Gabriel knows who she is and what she stands for; she is using all of her attributes and abilities to further her cause.

For those of us who consider the current worldwide resurgence of "real" Islam an existential threat to Western civilization, Brigitte Gabriel is a religious warrior of the highest order. Using ideas and words as her weapons she is a crusader in the best sense of the word; opposing a religion that would, if it could, take us back to the dark ages of barbarism.

Let me be clear, that as an atheist, I find the Bronze-Age rooted desert spawned theism of Islam as savage and extreme as its Jewish and Christian forbears. Numbers 31: 15-18 gives us a fair example of the barbarian blood-lust underpinning Judaism and Christianity and of the glass houses that Jews and Christians live in when they throw holier-than-thou stones at the violent texts of Islam.

That said, I am an admitted Islamophobe - I DO fear the spread of islam. I watch and understand that the international community of Muslims (Ummah) strives with varying degrees of fanaticism for hegemony over all other ways of being through a systematic ratcheting up of aggressive confrontation and usurpation. Unique among modern-day major faiths, Islam roots and cheers for the decimation of all that differs with the Koranic version of how human beings should live.

Wherever Islam gains a foothold, intolerance, oppression, suffering and slaughter follow. The Muslim made a wasteland out of his land, then he laid waste to the land of his neighbor; now he seeks to do the same to ours. I may disagree on many fundamental political and religious levels with the author of this book, but on this I could not agree more: They must be stopped!

This book is truly a must read for all Americans. The author B. Gabbiel has lived under the Islamic way of life and lay's it on the line as to what to expect if we dont stop the flow of MUSLIMS into this Country. It states of the hatred that is preached in the MOSQUES and MADRSSAS in this Country against our way of life. If they the MUSLIMS continue to over take the WORLD then we all will be time machined back to the 7th century.

Excellent book - Brigitte Gabriel has great insight into what Islam is all about; she has researched and lived in a country that is heavily influenced by radical Muslims and surrounded by Islamic nations. Brigitte is putting her life on the line by stepping out and writing the way she does. Well done Brigitte - I look fwd to your next book, God Bless, Murray

As an avid reader of historical books of all kinds, I have always had an interest in the world's role to contain the aggresssion of Islam. Thomas Jefferson and the American navy as well as the British and French navies all had to deal with the Barbary Pirates in Africa at the dawn of the 19th century. But as a casual reader of historical novels, the connection was never made as to the religious conections of the conflict and why that has carried over for more than 200 years of US history. This book answers those questions for me. Radical Islam is not new, but it is far more threatening today for a variety of reasons. One of which is what many realize is the head-in-the-sand approach of most western governments, their leaders, and the populations in general. This book will force you to pull your head out of the sand. But I warn you, don't read it just before you go to bed. It will give you more nightmares than a good Steven King book because this book is a true story not fiction!! Prepare to have your eyes adjust to the light when you pull your head out of the sand! It will be blinding.