Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims

by Yasmine Mohammed

My mother, predictably, only mourned for the Muslims who were killed in the twin towers. “You know there was a day care in there,” I said. “Well, sometimes there are casualties in war.” “That’s not a war. That’s an attack on innocent civilians.” “Don’t be stupid. Muslims are always at war with kuffar. That’s your problem, you never understood that. And that’s why you’ll probably be killed with them. When you live among them, then you will be indistinguishable, and for that you will deserve what you get.” “You live among them, too.” “Not like you! I do not have kafir friends! I hate them and their country, and I will go home as soon as I can! You love it here! You love them! You think you are one of them! But you will have no choice but to join the Caliphate when we succeed in overpowering them, or you will be killed with them like a dog.” My mother’s view of the world was no different than that of the 9/11 hijackers, no different than that of ISIS. They all believed that it is a Muslim’s duty to fight until all people are Muslim and all of the planet is ruled by Islamic Law. It is the reason why when the Caliphate rose in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Muslims from all over the planet flew over to join the fight. It made no sense that young men and women from Western countries were choosing to go to a war-zone, people could not understand it. But it made perfect sense. Like me, those people were taught, from when they were children, that it is their duty to support an Islamic stat...