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Using what appears to be conceived of as an irreverent tone, movie adaptation author Ryan repackages the worst forms of academic Orientalism for a general audience in order to paint a picture of the entire Muslim world as irredeemably evil and bent on the destruction of all that is good and holy. Heavily reliant on such anti-Arab and anti-Islamic writers as Bernard Lewis and Raphael Patai and even more selective in the presentation of evidence, if that's possible, his volume is clearly not intended to educate, but instead is designed to whip up bigotry and hatred, presumably in support of American militarism in the Middle East. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Are you tired of hearing that Islam is a religion of peace while terrorist plots are uncovered, beheadings of prisoners are broadcast on the Internet, and carnage in Iraq has become routine? Are you fed up with the politically correct whitewashing of the obviously grim realities of radical Islam? Kevin J. Ryan uses sardonic humor and a streak of radical irreverence to expose Islamist ideology for what it really is and to help you develop your own Radical Eye. Combining the debunking zeal of Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason with Mad magazine’s irreverent view of history and politics, Ryan has written the most politically incorrect — and funniest — book on radical Islam that you’re ever likely to read.
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