Albert Mohler: Jihad and the Weakness of the West
Thursday, May 17, 2007

Bernard Lewis, professor emeritus at Princeton University, is one of today's most influential experts on the Middle East. In the May 16, 2007 edition of The Wall Street Journal, Professor Lewis explains that the Islamic Jihadists and the West read history very differently.

The fact that Muslims and the West read the history of epochs like the crusades differently is hardly news. But Professor Lewis is looking at a far more recent historical development, and his argument is both haunting and fascinating. As he explains, the Jihadists wanted to launch a battle against their two great enemies -- the Soviet Union and the West. In effect, they adopted a two-stage strategy. As they see it, the first stage was stunningly successful. the rest