As a patriotic Muslim American I am pleased to hear that the murderous coward Ayman al-Zawahiri has insulted our President-elect by calling him a “house negro”. You see, al-Zawahiri’s racism and his clear identification of a Democratic administration as his enemy makes it far more likely that the vast majority of Americans will come around to the following truth: All forces of division are alike—violent criminals, racists, tyrants, and corrupters of faith. Regardless of our identity, we are united.
God willing, this realization will be able to defeat two poisonous ideologies. The first is the doctrine that political violence against innocents is justified by Islam. The second is the idea that this false interpretation is inherent to Islam. Instead it can be shown for what it is: the universal poison of division. It can infect any person that it touches and makes mockeries of religion and nation. We must fight this poison both around the world and in our own communities. If we do this, terrorism will suffer not only military defeat, but it and everything like it will suffer complete ideological collapse.
