Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America

Brigitte Gabriel paints a grim picture of the islamic threat to U.S. and western civilization. Along with Noni Darwish's book Now, They Call Me Infidel this book sounds an alarm that Americans should heed. Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian journalist details her experience under the Islamic Jihad that created the civil war in Lebanon. She also reveals that even the Christian maronite parochial school which she attended demonized the Jews and the Israelis. So what else is new. The Christian faith continues to demonize the Jews. During WWII The Catholic Pope was the first foreign state to recognize Hitler. The Pope made a deal with him. If the nazi's left the jews converted to Catholicism alone, the Vatican would turn a blind eye to the suffering of Europe's Jewish citizens. Now that Chritians too are under attack, they are sympathizing somewhat with their Jewish brethren. Too often in the past they were sacrificed as expendable to placate the hateful policies of other countries and nationalities including the Nazi torture and persecution of an entire people and civilization. Roosevelt knew what was happening and did nothing about it. Now as a nation we cannot afford to ignore the evil intentions of Israel's Muslim neighbors. As she says in her book "First comes saturday and then comes Sunday." This Arab phrase means "First we kill all the Jews. Then we kill all the Christians." Make no mistake. This is the fundamentalist intention. They are using our bill of rights against us. Spewing hateful speech to incite violence, they cite their first amendment rights to prevent any government action to stop it. While I applaud Brigette Gabriel's bravery in coming forward to speak publically about this threat, I do think she has gone a bit far. After reading these two books I not only support ethnic profiling, but I encourage it. Controlling discourse on campus and religious institutions is another ball of wax. Once we start down that slipery slope who knows where limitations on our 1st amendment rights of free speech, free press, and free religion will stop. Since the essence of a democracy is freedom of speech, press, and assembly, we could end up selling our American soul to preserve it. Then what would we have saved. Perhaps, more important would be to give equal funding and access to speakers like Noni Darwish and Brigitte Gabriel on college campuses and other forums. Gabriel's characterization of the entire democratic leadership as indictable for treason goes a bit too far. These comments indicate that she doesn't really understand the democratic process set up in this country. I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5 for three reasons. First, that she draws the line too far. Second, her prose is often repetitive, and thirdly, it is not elegant. I still think that this book is a must read for every American. This woman is in constant danger because of what she states publically. I think that she and Noni Darwish are alive only becasue they are women who are viewed as inconsequential in the Muslim culture. Assasinating her would give her credence. She lays to rest the western belief that female suicide bommbers are participating out of feelings of desperation. They are participating after being harrassed and cajoled and accused of honor violations for which they will be killed. Particularly telling is the incident of the Arab girl raped by her two brothers and then killed by her mother because she had sexual intercourse outside of marriage. Her mother suffocated and beat her for 20 minutes before she died. How can we ever hope to understand this culture and win it over by conciliatory means? They understand and respect only force and strenght. Gabriel puts and end to the notion of Islam as a peaceful religion. The issue presented is where do we draw the line to protect ourselves without giving up completely what makes us Americans. First, I think we should use the Israeli Mossad for security profiles and follow their recommendations on profiling. The petrochemical complex already uses ex mossad agents for their security. One is unaware of this heightened security when entering the plants, but it is there. Like England we need more video surveillance. We must pay senior intelligence and FBI agents competitive salaries so that we don't have agencies run almost entirely by "junior pilots", because the senior people have left for more lucrative jobs in private industry. We must see the fundamentalist muslim threat as immediate and real. We must be politically incorrect at times to deal with the danger. College campuses must remain vigilent that professors treat students of any faith or nationality with equal respect. If Arab professors present a pro Muslim viewpoint equal class time should be given to talented speakers presenting the opposing view. Thus, students will not be unduly influenced by a polarizing Jihadist, anti-western, anti-Israeli view. Most troubling to me was the chapter on the fifth column at college campuses. The students who will be our future leaders and captians of industry are at a very impressionable age. It is too easy to imbue a professor with mentor like qualities held up as an ideal to be followed. We must also be vigilent on the true recipients of charitible donations. However, when it comes to Mosques preaching hatred and death, we must tred carefully. Any law abridging such speech could also be used to curtail legitimate government critisizm, a hallmark of democracy. Certainly, Barak Obama's pastor's speech would fall under this umbrella. I deplore what the Rev. Wright and his progeny have said, but I defend his right to say it. Where should we draw the line and how? Gabriel gives some suggestions, but I think they go to far. I do agree with her section on profiling. We could present more options for patriotism in classrooms such as reciting the pledge of allegiance. We could keep books such as this one and the Darwish book on school and public library shelves. We could also place the books on recommended reading lists on high school and college campuses so that students are assured of getting both sides of the argument. Right now they are primarily hearing the pro-muslim side only. Sometimes like Professor Makdisi of Rice University, they make up the facts to support their positions.Keep up the good work, Brigitte.

Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America Ms. Gabriel was born a Christian in Lebanon to a mom in her 50s. The mom and her husband had been trying for decades to conceive. Although she was not a boy, the preferred gender in her community, her parents adored her.Her dad was a well-off, retired government employee, and the three of them enjoyed a truly blissful, idyllic life together in their little village."Marjayoun was a small, peaceful town ... with about three thousand citizens. There were Catholic and Protestant churches and a cemetery. The church bells rang for services, prayers, weddings, and funerals. We had a town center where we did most of our shopping, and one movie theater, which doubled as a place for community activities and school stage productions. There was a Catholic school, a private school, and public elementary and high schools. Some people were farmers who worked the fields down in the valley. Some were businessmen who had hardware stores, grocery stores, clothing stores, beauty parlors, and restaurants. We had an elected city council and mayor. It was a close-knit country town that you might drive through in five minutes."Each and every day, when Brigitte would return to her home, both parents would be waiting for her, with open arms, on the balcony of their beautiful home--even during a blizzard.In the evenings, the three of them would sleep together in the one room that had the kerosene heater--her perfumed mother hugging and kissing her on the one side, and her dad with the rough whiskers dong the same on the other."They sang me a lullaby. I could smell Mama’s perfume on her neck as I snuggled and gave her little kisses that made her hold me tighter. Her hair tickled my face as she moved, and I could hear the smile in her voice. I could feel Papa’s big fingers running through my hair and the stubble on his cheek as he gently kissed me. Our nightly ritual closed with their telling me, 'We love you higher than the skies, deeper than the oceans, and bigger than the whole wide world.'"Lebanon was the richest country in the Middle East. Christians and Muslims lived together in harmony. However, as time passed, Brigitte became aware of the dark side of multiculturalism."We were so deluded with our multiculturalism that we did not realize the risk of losing the very culture we prided ourselves on having. We did not realize that the intolerant Islamic side of our culture was gaining strength on the back of our Western openness and pride in diversity. With our open-border policy, we unwittingly allowed what would turn out to be our enemy to infiltrate our society to plot and fight with radicals within to gain control of our government. .... The problems started in 1968, shortly after Lebanon accepted its second wave of Palestinian refugees."At the age of ten, when the first barrage of rockets was launched by the Muslims, one exploded on their balcony. Another landed in Brigitte's bedroom, severely wounding her. “I woke up from the dream of a perfect childhood and found myself in a hellish nightmare."The remainder of the book is mostly devoted to describing the terror of she, her parents and their longtime friends all living together in a 10-foot x 12-foot bomb shelter.Toward the end of this time, when her mother becomes severely wounded and is dying from severe blood loss, a neighbor volunteers to drive Brigitte and her mom to an Israeli hospital across the southern border of Lebanon. As a result of what turns out to be a three week stay, Brigitte learns that Israelis--the first she had ever met--are nothing like she had been told in Lebanon. Instead, they are the kindest and most generous people she had ever known.Because of her experiences with professional women in the hospital, Brigitte becomes aware that, despite being a woman, she too has the potential to become a professional--and does so. I'll stop here so as not to ruin the story for others.As is obvious from the cover of her book, Ms. Gabriel is very concerned not to say terrified that Americans are going to become aware of the dangers of large-scale Islamic immigration to the US only when it is too late for them to avoid the fate that she experienced in Lebanon.

La autora siendo nacida en Medio Oriente y habiendo sido victima de la persecución y el fanatismo islamico ,es y puede ser muy objetiva y presenta puntos muy valiosos como advertencia de lo que la sociedad occidental puede padecer si no se abren los ojos y se toman muy serias precauciones en los países libres.

Indispensável para quem deseja saber/conhecer os meandros do Islamismo. Seus fundamentos, seus propósitos, suas estratégias. Poucas vezes li uma obra tão esclarecedora quanto esta de Brigitte Gabriel. Uma leitura fascinante ainda que trate de um tema absolutamente trágico para a sociedade livre: o Islamismo. A autora nos oferece um mergulho profundo nas artimanhas perversas do Islamismo. Com muita propriedade somos confrontados com realidades que são construídas pelo fanatismo religioso e que muitas e muitas vezes os países livres não adotam postura firme para combater o mal com o qual convivemos diariamente em nossas relações.A autora é didática em suas argumentações. O texto é rico em explicações, em minúcias dos problemas que o Islamismo apresenta em todos os seus aspectos. A autora procura provar com argumentos convincentes os perigos que a América, especialmente, está se sujeitando novamente, mesmo após o trágico 11/09/2001.Brigitte Gabriel não se limita apenas em alertar sobre os perigos a que estamos sujeitos. Além disso a autora oferece abundantes caminhos para conter o avanço do Islamismo no Ocidente.É uma obra não apenas para ler, mas para estudar cada aspecto abordado pela autora.Muitas vezes se utiliza da ironia para provocar o debate do tema junto a população e autoridades responsáveis pela Segurança Mundial.Uma belíssima obra.

10 STERNE!!!!Es ist schon eine lange Zeit her, seit ich dieses Buch gelesen habe und es prägt mein Denken bis heute, so nachhaltig hat es mich beeindruckt. Die Autorin, eine libanesische Christin, berichtet einerseits ihre persönlichen dramatischen Erlebnisse als verfolgte Christin und erläutert andererseits am demonstrativen Realbeispiel des Libanon mit Klarsicht, Intellekt und Wahrheitsliebe, was in (und mit) einem toleranten, offenen und hochzivilisierten Christenstaat passiert, sobald der Islam stark genug geworden ist und die Herrschaft übernimmt. Außerdem hält Brigitte Gabriel in diesem Buch den oft verbreiteten dunklen Mythen und schweren Anklagen gegenüber Israel in aufschlussreicher Weise die Realität der eigenen Erfahrungen entgegen.Dieses Buch ist nicht bloß eine "interessante" Lebensbiographie, die zur Unterhaltung und Umsatzerzielung publiziert wurde, sondern es ist Ausdruck des dringlichen Anliegens, uns vor einer akuten, realen und letalen Gefahr zu alarmieren, die nun auch uns im Westen in unserer äußersten Existenz betrifft. Verschwenden Sie keine Zeit mit dem Lesen von Meinungen sogenannter "Nahostexperten" - lesen Sie dieses Buch!

Amazing book, the author was eyewitness of whole process and brings to the reader lot of additional information from several sources which adds more credibility to this book. Highly recommended!

Greatly written and so courageos!! LOVE how Brigitte Gabriel points out facts and gives insight to what is happening behind the curtians!!!