Inside Jihad Quotes

“Radical Islam is spreading because no government or private entity has yet devoted the necessary time and resources to fully understand – let alone counter – the radical ideology”
― Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It

“Michael Nagata, U.S. Special Operations commander in the Middle East, put it: [The United States does] not understand the movement, and until we do, we are not going to defeat it … We have not defeated the idea. We do not even understand the idea.177”
― Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It

“The Problem of Moral Relativism A central obstacle in the battle with jihadism is the West’s tendency to engage in moral relativism. By this I mean placing the failings of different cultures or religions on an equal footing – assigning them equal portions of blame.”
― Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It

“bin Laden survived to perpetrate 9/11. Since that horrible day, Americans – military and civilian alike – have remained prime targets of Islamic terrorism, both on American soil and abroad. Successful attacks, failed attacks and foiled attacks have been unrelenting and occasionally devastating.”
― Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It

“U.S. fecklessness encouraged Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda to prepare for the 9/11 attacks.”
― Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Inside Jihad: How Radical Islam Works, Why It Should Terrify Us, How to Defeat It