A Must Read: Serge Trifkovic

Serge Trifkovic, the author of The Sword of the Prophet, gives an interview on Front Page Magazine in which he discusses the enemy we refuse to name. Here are a few key passages:

“We need a comprehensive strategy of defense, not merely against a small jihadist elite, but against an inherently aggressive, demographically vibrant, and ideologically rigid Islamic movement - and please, no more 'Islamist' red herrings! … New immigration legislation is badly needed. Islamic activism should be treated as the grounds for the exclusion or deportation of any alien, … “ as we had in the past. “It is essential, let me repeat, to define and understand the enemy. … We need to know if terrorism is an aberration of Islam's alleged peace and tolerance, or a predictable consequence of the ideology of Jihad.”

“The victory in the war on terrorism ultimately has to be won in the domain of morals and culture. It can be won only by an America - and Britain, and France, and Italy. - that has regained its awareness of its moral, spiritual, and civilizational roots.”

“The trouble with those [Danish] cartoons was not that they offended fervent Muslims - that sort are offended by our very existence - but that by their placid humor they humanized a man with a hugely problematic legacy, and thereby offended the memory of untold millions of victims of Jihad through the ages.” … “The simple preacher [Mohammad] eventually morphed into a vengeful warlord, who jubilantly exclaimed that the spectacle of severed enemy heads pleased him better than 'the choicest camel in Arabia.'” … “His pogroms culminated in the attack the last Jewish tribe in Medina, Banu Qurayzah. Up to 900 men were decapitated in a ditch, in front of their women and children.”

“Muhammad's progression from a marginalized outsider to a master of life and death produced a transformation of his personality in the decade preceding his death in 633 AD. Allah was invoked as the authority supporting the prophet's daily political objectives and his personal needs.” “[His] traditions are morally abhorrent and criminal not only by the standards of our time, but even in the context of 7th century Arabia! They were often considered repugnant by Muhammad's contemporaries. He had to resort to 'revelations' as a means of justifying his actions and suppressing the prevalent moral code of his own society.”

“Our judgment on Muhammad rests on evidence of his followers and faithful admirers. Even on such evidence, the verdict of the civilized world goes against the 'prophet.' That verdict, once it is passed - and it will be passed - will make the gentle mockery of Muhammad in those cartoons appear as inappropriate as it would be inappropriate today to lampoon Hitler for his out-of-wedlock liaison with Eva Braun, …”