Mass Insanity

The people warning the West about Islam and demographic change often do not understand it. The people defending Islam and migration often refuse to examine it. Mass Insanity challenges both.

Theo Alistair's investigation began in the aftermath of 9/11 while he was living in New York City. Driven to understand not only the men who carried out the attacks but the far larger number who approved of them, he spent the next twenty years studying radical Islamic movements. His research took him across Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria, where he interviewed hundreds of extremists. Crucially, he also spoke with hundreds of their victims-those who managed to rebuild their lives, and those left scarred forever.

The second edition of Mass Insanity addresses the subjects routinely avoided or distorted in public debate. Alistair pursues these questions through the Qur'an, the principal sources of sharia, and the history of Islamic movements. By applying theories of clinical, social, and criminal psychology, he analyzes both the extremist ideologies and the men who carry them.

The book examines:
The Public Debate: A direct look at terrorism, the treatment of women, practices defended in the name of religion, and the refugee crisis dominating Western politics.A Forgotten History: The story of medieval Muslim philosophers who challenged sharia, mocked religious dogmatists, and used reason and sarcasm against fanaticism. The humor here is not a diversion from the argument; it is one of its weapons.Western Institutions: An investigation into the relationship between Western universities and the Islamic regimes and organizations that fund them. What does this money purchase: scholarship, prestige, silence, or influence?