Militant Islam Reaches America is a book written by historian Daniel Pipes, published in 2002. It focuses on Islamic fundamentalism and Islamism, reflecting Pipes' view that, as he said in 1995, "Unnoticed by most Westerners, war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States."
In the book Pipes defines militant Islam as the fundamentalist or Islamist wing of Islam which has three observable characteristics:
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Militant Islam Reaches America is a book written by historian Daniel Pipes, published in 2002. It focuses on Islamic fundamentalism and Islamism, reflecting Pipes' view that, as he said in 1995, "Unnoticed by most Westerners, war has been unilaterally declared on Europe and the United States."
In the book Pipes defines militant Islam as the fundamentalist or Islamist wing of Islam which has three observable characteristics:
According to Pipes , while Militant Islam is not reflective of all Muslims' views they nevertheless are the views of up to 15% of the Muslim world. In fact Pipes argues that most traditional Muslims disagree with the premises of the fundamentalist and this is demonstrated by the fact that traditional Muslims are often the main victims of militant Islamists. Typically more moderate Muslims are killed by Islamic fundamentalists than non-Muslims as is shown in numerous countries in the Muslim world. In Algeria for example, tens of thousands of Algerians were savagely...
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