A White House Initiative to Defeat Radical Islam
by Daniel Pipes and Christopher C. Hull
February 20, 2017
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[N.B.: WT title: "Defeating Radical Islam: How a New White House Initiative Can Get the Job Done"]
Who is the enemy? It's been over 15 years since 9/11 and still this fundamental question still rattles around. Prominent answers have included evil doers, violent extremists, terrorists, Muslims, and Islamists.
As an example of how not to answer this question, the Obama administration convened a Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Working Group in 2010 and included participants who turned up such gems as: "Jihad as holy war is a European invention," the caliphate's return is "inevitable," Sharia (Islamic law) is "misunderstood," and "Islamic terrorism is a contradiction in terms ... because terrorism is not Islamic by definition." The result? The group produced propaganda helpful to the (unnamed) enemy.
http://www.danielpipes.org/17280/white-house-initiative-defeat-radical-islam
