“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” ~ Sun Tzu, The Art of War If non-Muslims want their religions and cultures to survive, they must first study and understand those who wish to ultimately destroy them. Thus it is critical that they understand Islam.The word ‘Islam’ means submission. Islam is dualistic – there is a religious Islam and a doctrinal Islam which are sometimes contradictory, but both are true in the Islamic world – hence, duality, a concept which is foreign to non-Muslims. To clarify, if there is a conflict in the Islamic documents, either point of view may be used by Muslims to justify in the most convincing manner the point they wish to make to non-Muslims. You will never hear a Muslim contradict the ultimate goal of Islamic doctrine – establishment of a global caliphate, which means conversion of all non-Muslims (called infidels or “Kafirs”) to Islam. Nor will a Muslim deny Jihad, which means “struggle” or “resist,” as methods to achieve their goal. What many non-Muslims do not understand is that Jihad includes a variety of options including monetary payoffs, verbal and written negotiations, and violence when necessary. The initial Koran of Mecca did not advocate Jihad and states that infidels will be dealt with in the afterlife, but the Islamic prophet Muhammad ‘supplemented’ the Koran (called the Koran of Medina) in 632 AD and introduced the Sira (the biographies of Muhammad) and the Hadiths (traditions of daily living which are synonymous with the teachings, actions and beliefs of Muhammad). All three together are known as the trilogy – advocating that all good Muslims should pattern their lives after their prophet Muhammad. While in Medina, Muhammad’s ultimate actions were to enslave, torture or kill non-Muslims and to enforce Sharia which embodies rigid laws and customs which include the brutal torture or enslavement of those who do not conform to the practices of Muhammad. In an Islamic world, women are relegated to a much lower status than Muslim men with a heavy price to pay for violating the strict laws imposed upon them. So Islam is much more than a religion but also an entire culture with defined political, judicial, and penal systems wrapped in its religious cloak, characterized by intolerance for non-Muslims as demonstrated throughout history by the slaughter of millions...