The Terrorist Next Door: How the Government is Deceiving You About the Islamist Threat

Erick Stakelbeck

May 2011 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

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The threat of terrorism in America, the Obama administration assures us, is contained and controlled. Recent attempted attacks like the Times Square bombing, the “underwear bombing” on a flight over Detroit, and the attack on a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Oregon were all isolated plots that failed anyway. In the words of Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano, “The system worked.” Don’t believe it. In , investigative reporter Erick Stakelbeck exposes the staggering truth about our national security: the Obama administration is concealing and whitewashing the enormous terrorist threat growing right here within America’s borders. If you believe terrorism is only a problem for other countries, Stakelbeck’s on-the-ground reporting will open your eyes. He has been inside America’s radical mosques, visited U.S.-based Islamic enclaves, and learned about our enemies by going straight to the source—interviewing al-Qaeda-linked terrorists themselves.

Ratings and reviews

A. I don't think so. Stakelbeck has done everything to convince his readers that this is the case. In reading his book, I sometimes did get scared and sometimes angry, towards Muslims. This was his whole purpose. He proposes that the average American "stay informed" about encroaching Islam, in order to combat it. That's what he writes, but his writing is inflammatory and may cause some proactive types to take out their aggressions on local Muslims. Q. You don't think that would be justified? A. No. Look at it this way. The angry Muslims feel humiliated by the United States. That's why they go to such great lengths to vilify America and call it the "Great Satan." Young Muslims are feeling humiliated because Americans have what they want but cannot have. Right after finishing this book I happened to read a book entitled Humiliation by a certain Wayne Koestenbaum. It is full of truth. Here's one pertinent quote (page 15): Humiliation may provoke activism, uprising. The people whom Frantz Fanon called "the wretched of the earth" can reconceive degradation as prelude to (or catalyst for) revolution. The Rosa Parks Principle: years of humiliation lead to epoch-making revolt. Revolt, however, is not always quiet. Choosing homicidal martyrdom as a response to historical humiliation, I become a suicide bomber. Q. So promoters of jihad are justified because America has humiliated them? A. Hardly. Promoters of jihad are acting just like little babies who can't have their own way. Or, sometimes, like teenagers who resent others who have more than they do. Would you fear a developmentally disabled person? Any so-called religion that promotes violence and exclusivity is a developmentally disabled religion. Muslims who hate are to be pitied, not hated and not feared. They are way behind (in terms of spiritual evolution) people who are able to love their enemies and see past their own egos. Many Muslims know this. Sufis, for example, know this. They are Muslims who believe in mysticism. They are not the violent, kill-the-infidel types. Q. But Stakelbeck doesn't touch on the humiliation that these dangerous Muslims may feel, thus responding as your quote says, by becoming possibly suicide bombers? A. That's right. He's all like Crusader Erick but he doesn't understand why Obama bows to a Muslim leader who hates America. Now, if you're the big kid on the block, and you know you can kick this little kid's behind, does it hurt you to be nice to him, and not further humiliate him? This little kid is facing a big identity crisis but you know who you are and need not rub his face in dirt. But now if you fear that little kid, who maybe has a secret poisonous squirt gun or something, you're going to whomp him before he squirts you. Stakelbeck does not seem to understand this at all. He wants Obama to whomp today, right now. He doesn't see what a mistake it is for Americans to get paranoid and angry about the change in the political scenery. Believe me, the political scenery is going to keep changing and there's nothing we can do about it. God, Allah, Science, Truth, Reality, whatever that higher power is, a violent religion will not prevail on earth. For if it does, it means the extinction of humanity on earth. Q. So is the book worth reading or not? A. Yes, it is worth reading. But read it with awareness. I don't watch much television, but I imagine Erick does this fear-mongering, that's what I call it, on his television programs also. Be aware, when reading, of when he scares you, when he makes you wonder if your neighbor really is a terrorist, makes you generally paranoid, and when he makes you angry. But don't let it get to you. I don't care what religion you are, you have to be aware of how the media, including fine books like this, can manipulate your emotions. Often, that's why people enjoy

Keep this extremist thought to yourself and do not impose it on society. No matter what one’s faith, this is for himself. However, this writer incites society and builds a house of hatred and malice. We do not accept these sick ideas.

This needs to be read my anyone who doubts Islam's goal of total domination. They need to learn what JIHAD means, and also what TAQQIYA means. Because they both coincide with each other when it comes to Islam's intended world control.

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