Islam's civil war

Abstract

"Islam is at war, but as opposed to what one might think, it is not at war against the West but rather, it is at war with itself. We are talking about a real civil war, a great rebellion or fitnah, and one which is very complex, because there are not only two sides that are fighting each other, but instead a huge number of strands and currents which are joining forces against another side, or against each other, depending on the circumstances. The West sometimes appearsthenmore like an “excuse” or “pretext”, covering up a problem which is actually an intra-Islamic one. This is why the first and the greatest number of victims of this conflict have been Muslims themselves, rather than Jews or Christians.The attacks againstthese latter groups have been seen as more of a “safe bet” rather than being related to the actual issues at stake."