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== Views on Islam ==

== Views on Islam ==

Gabriel sees the problems of terrorism and Islamic militarism as inherent in the ideology itself.  She says, “the main driving force behind all Islamic terrorism is the Koran.  What drives these passionate soldiers of Allah is Islam itself and the promises made to them by the Prophert Mohammed.”<ref>Brigitte Gabriel, They Must Be Stopped” (NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2008), p. 60.</ref>  In speaking of the historic conquests of Islam she writes, “These armies were dutifully following what Mohammed had established as a normal modus operandi: ‘So, fight them till all opposition ends and the only religion is Islam” (Koran 8:39).”<ref>Gabriel, “They Must Be Stopped,” 2008, p. 120.</ref>  She asserts that the goal of Islam is the establishment of a worldwide caliphate under Islamic rule.  She notes that one of the most influential Islamic thinkers, Abdulla Azzam, said that for him, life “revolved around a single goal, namely the establishment of Allah’s rule on earth”, which means the restoration of the caliphate.<ref>Gabriel, They Must Be Stopped, 2006, p. 127, quoting Daniel Pipes, “What Do the Terrorists Want?  [A Caliphate], New York Sun, July 26, 2005.</ref>  Gabriel’s writing can be sharp.  She writes, “Radical Islam abhors sin.  In particular it abhors the sin of Muslims’ failure to slaughter and subjugate large numbers of infidels.”<ref>Gabriel, “They Must Be Stopped”, p. 69.</ref>

Gabriel sees the problems of terrorism and Islamic militarism as inherent in the ideology itself.  She says, “the main driving force behind all Islamic terrorism is the Koran.  What drives these passionate soldiers of Allah is Islam itself and the promises made to them by the Prophert Mohammed.”<ref>Brigitte Gabriel, They Must Be Stopped” (NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2008), p. 60.</ref>  In speaking of the historic conquests of Islam she writes, “These armies were dutifully following what Mohammed had established as a normal modus operandi: ‘So, fight them till all opposition ends and the only religion is Islam” (Koran 8:39).”<ref>Gabriel, “They Must Be Stopped,” 2008, p. 120.</ref>  She asserts that the goal of Islam is the establishment of a worldwide caliphate under Islamic rule.  She notes that one of the most influential Islamic thinkers, Abdulla Azzam, said that for him, life “revolved around a single goal, namely the establishment of Allah’s rule on earth”, which means the restoration of the caliphate.<ref>Gabriel, They Must Be Stopped, 2006, p. 127, quoting Daniel Pipes, “What Do the Terrorists Want?  [A Caliphate], New York Sun, July 26, 2005.</ref>  Gabriel's writing can be sharp.  She writes, “Radical Islam abhors sin.  In particular it abhors the sin of Muslims’ failure to slaughter and subjugate large numbers of infidels.”<ref>Gabriel, “They Must Be Stopped”, p. 69.</ref>

As an activist against Islamic supremacism, she founded and serves as president of the American Congress For Truth (founded 2002) and ACT! for America, a citizen action network that promotes "national security and the defense of American democratic values against the values of radical Islam.   

As an activist against Islamic supremacism, she founded and serves as president of the American Congress For Truth (founded 2002) and ACT! for America, a citizen action network that promotes "national security and the defense of American democratic values against the values of radical Islam.