This book explains the difference between Islam, a respected religion, and Islamism which is a political ideology that uses its interpretation of Islam to give it legitimacy.

This book starts with the fundamentals of Islam the religion and shows how Islamism developed from Islam. The book goes into detail about political Islam, which is also referred to as Islamic Extremism or Radical Islam.

The book will distinguish between Institutional Islam which works within the political system and the extremists who use terrorism to achieve their goals. The tactics might be different, but the goals remain the same. The reader will also learn about the variety of Islamists, and Islamic strategies and tactics.

It discusses one of the chief Ideologists, Seyyid Qutb, martyrdom, differences between Sunni and Shi’a Muslims, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and Iran as an existential threat.

Finally, the book describes aspects of Arab-Muslim culture and tries to answer the questions: Is Islam compatible with Democracy? Is Islam the new totalitarianism? The differences between Islam and Judeophobia, and Islamism and anti-Semitism.