Book Reviewed: It IS About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate, by Glenn Beck

Book Reviewed: It IS About Islam: Exposing the Truth About ISIS, Al Qaeda, Iran, and the Caliphate, by Glenn Beck

The emerging faces of Islam

This book consists of three parts; Islam 101, Thirteen Deadly Lies, and What Can Be Done (about these lies). Glenn Beck provides a good introduction to Islam, its teachings and its political influence in the first section of the book, but the critical piece is in the second section that deals with 13 lies that liberal media and our leaders spread about Islam and make us believe that it is peaceful, and the violence is committed only by a few “radicalized” extremists who have nothing to do with Islam. Beck uses this section to analyze if Islam is peaceful? Is Islam similar to Christianism? Is sharia law harmless? Does Islam believe in women’s rights? And is the freedom of speech compatible with Islam. The scary part is that Islamic ideologies such as sharia law, jihad, fatwa, jizya (a capitation tax levied on non-Muslims), beheadings of infidels, death for apostasy, intolerance to other faiths and cultures are real and here to stay in Western culture.

My favorite part of the book is about the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and the dangers it poses to the rest of the world. There are scriptural backing to show that ISIS’s killings of non-believers in Iraq and Syria. The enslavement of Christian and Yazidi women in ISIS-controlled areas and their harsh treatment is a gross violation of human rights. Minorities who want to remain in the "caliphate" face three options: converting to Islam, paying a religious levy (jizya) or face death. ISIS believes that they are following the warriors of the original caliphate and it has recruited large populations of young Muslims from around the world, including Iraqi children as young as nine. The caliphate of ISIS states that the legality of all emirates, groups, states and organizations becomes null by the expansion of the Khalifah's [caliphate's] authority and arrival of its troops to their areas. They are also stepping up their military capabilities in all possible ways. The Islamic State's propaganda says the terrorist group could purchase a nuclear weapon in Pakistan and smuggle it through Latin American trafficking networks and into the United States through its porous border.

Obama’s most significant legacy is the rise of the Islamic State. His cut and run of American troops from Iraq left the country open to ISIS occupation. It was revealed in 2013 that the National Security Agency (NSA) was listening to phone calls and reading emails of honest citizens of this country, but the this surveillance excludes jihad schools, the Muslim mosques, where homegrown terrorists are radicalized. ISIS believes that if they strengthen and solidify in the West, conquering the rest of world would be easy. Glenn Beck provides solutions to combating Islamic extremism.

Over the years, I have read several books by Glenn Beck, watched on Fox Network and listen to his radio show. He is a fearless fighter. This book is very illuminating and I strongly recommend this book if you like to know about Islam and its violent extremism.