Understanding and Confronting Islamofascism

<p>This paper's thesis is: Understanding that the Global Salafi-Islam Jihad (GSIJ) ideology is not a distortion or perversion of Islam rather a historically accurate and doctrinally legitimate interpretation within mainstream Islam provides the knowledge to effectively proceed in the War on Terror or more aptly the War on Islamofascism by using the Information Instrument of Power (IOP) to address terminology cultural progression and support to moderate Islam. The paper used the Problem/Solution methodology. The problem included determining: whether Islamofascism is historically accurate and doctrinally legitimate within Islam; its position within mainstream Islam; and how to apply the Information IOP to combat Islamofascism based on a correct understanding of it. The research revealed Islamofascism is a historically accurate and doctrinally legitimate interpretation of Islam that garners mainstream Islamic support and overlaps moderate Islam on numerous key Islamic concepts. The solution provided given the aforementioned understanding supports US policy to use the Information IOP as the primary way to combat Islamofascism emphasizing terminology cultural progression and support to moderate Islam within the information arena. Terminology includes use of Islamofascism rather than current terms in use cultural progression includes accepting the Islamofascist historical accuracy and doctrinal legitimacy to co-opt its foundation and support to moderate Islam considers the challenge of determining moderate Islam and subsequently supporting it through various educational programs.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>