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Authors: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
My Year Inside Radical Islam (37 page)
tawheed
• Islamic monotheism; belief in the oneness of God.
• Islamic monotheism; belief in the oneness of God.
Ummah
• The worldwide community of Muslims.
• The worldwide community of Muslims.
Wahhabism
• Saudi Arabia’s austere form of Islam, named after Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792).
• Saudi Arabia’s austere form of Islam, named after Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792).
wudu
• Ablutions made before
salat,
the Islamic ritual prayer.
• Ablutions made before
salat,
the Islamic ritual prayer.
yahood
• Jew.
• Jew.
yarhamukallah
• Arabic for “May Allah bless you.”
• Arabic for “May Allah bless you.”
zakat
• Charity.
• Charity.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is the vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a nonpartisan policy institute dedicated to promoting pluralism, defending democratic values, and fighting the ideologies that drive terrorism. He consults for the Manhattan Institute’s Center for Policing Terrorism, the Christian Broadcasting Network, law enforcement agencies, and other clients who need to be at the forefront of understanding terrorism and Islamic extremism.
Gartenstein-Ross has testified before the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussing religious radicalization in prisons. He writes about the global war on terror for such publications as
Reader’s Digest, Middle East Quarterly, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Times, and The Dallas Morning News
. He also frequently appears on TV and talk radio to discuss these issues. Recent appearances include
Hannity & Colmes
(Fox News Channel),
Your World with Neil Cavuto
(Fox News Channel),
Paula Zahn NOW
(CNN),
Glenn Beck
(
Headline News
; CNN),
The 700 Club
(CBN),
ABC News Now
,
The Laura Ingraham Show, The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly,
and
The Michael Medved Show,
and on Al Jazeera, NPR, and PBS.
Reader’s Digest, Middle East Quarterly, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Commentary, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Times, and The Dallas Morning News
. He also frequently appears on TV and talk radio to discuss these issues. Recent appearances include
Hannity & Colmes
(Fox News Channel),
Your World with Neil Cavuto
(Fox News Channel),
Paula Zahn NOW
(CNN),
Glenn Beck
(
Headline News
; CNN),
The 700 Club
(CBN),
ABC News Now
,
The Laura Ingraham Show, The Radio Factor with Bill O’Reilly,
and
The Michael Medved Show,
and on Al Jazeera, NPR, and PBS.
Previous positions that Gartenstein-Ross has held include commercial litigator at Boies, Schiller & Flexner and law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He earned a B.A. from Wake Forest University and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
1
Some writers—primarily the Salafis—transliterate the word
Islam
with two
a
’s rather than one to signify that it has a long vowel in the middle.
Islam
with two
a
’s rather than one to signify that it has a long vowel in the middle.
2
“Ya” is literally the vocative for “O,” as in “O sheikh.” However, English speakers of Arabic use this as a term of endearment. Here, Pete’s use of the phrase was meant to refer to Sheikh Hassan as “dear sheikh.”
3
I was able to obtain the exact text of this e-mail because Palmer mass distributed it, and it was posted on an Islamic Web site. As of this writing, the e-mail can still be seen at
members.tripod.com/jummahcrew/fr.htm
.
members.tripod.com/jummahcrew/fr.htm
.
4
The parenthetical “swt” stands for “
subhana wa ta’ala,
” which means “may He be glorified and exalted.” It is a statement of worship that often follows Allah’s name.
subhana wa ta’ala,
” which means “may He be glorified and exalted.” It is a statement of worship that often follows Allah’s name.
5
The parenthetical “pbuh” stands for “peace be upon him.” Muslims generally use this phrase after saying the name of a prophet.
6
This spelling of Kosovo was no error on our part. Some of the leading Islamic groups involved in assisting the ethnic Albanians insisted that Kosovo should be spelled with an
a,
since that is how the Kosovars spelled it.
a,
since that is how the Kosovars spelled it.
7
The
hadith
were evaluated based on the confidence that one can have in their authenticity. A
sahih hadith
is considered sound.
hadith
were evaluated based on the confidence that one can have in their authenticity. A
sahih hadith
is considered sound.
8
“Crucifiction” is obviously a spelling error, but a somewhat telling one. For example, the Muslim polemicist Ahmed Deedat wrote a pamphlet entitled
Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction
that argues (in accord with standard Islamic teachings) that Jesus was never crucified.
Crucifixion or Cruci-fiction
that argues (in accord with standard Islamic teachings) that Jesus was never crucified.
9
“(A)” is short for
alayhi salaatu was salaam,
or “upon him be prayers and peace.”
alayhi salaatu was salaam,
or “upon him be prayers and peace.”
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