1.  Match the following vocabulary words with the definitions:
(Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers)
NOTE: Some of the words can be found in dictionary.com or Merriam Webster's m-w.com.  Others are not listed in online American dictionaries, but are explained at either jihadwatch.org or danielpipes.org.

-jihadis
-infidel/kafir
-sharia
-caliphate
-taqiyya
-dhimmitude

a) ____________________ religious deception

b) ____________________ Islamic law; The code of law based on the Koran

c) ____________________ Muslims who fight in a a holy war (against infidels) undertaken as a sacred duty to expand the territories ruled by Muslims at the expense of territories ruled by non-Muslims

d) ____________________ the status that Sharia assigns to non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians; denial of equal rights to non-Muslims

e) ____________________ the jurisdiction, or government of a caliph (a leader of an Islamic nation, regarded as a successor of Muhammad and by tradition always male)

f) ____________________ (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; legitimate targets of jihad

(additional vocabulary you should be able to define when reading this article:
-leitmotif   -whitewashers   -inexorably   -subjugation   -apostates   -dissimulation

2.  What is the main idea of Ms. Malkin's commentary?

3.  How would you describe Ms. Malkin's commentary: truthful, eye-opening, refreshing, harsh, intolerant, unfair.  Explain your answer.

4.  What do you think of Ms. Malkin's thought in the last paragraph: "Submitting to ignorance is submitting to defeat.  Honor the victims of 9/11 by making a pledge: "I will not submit.'"  Explain your answer.

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--For further reading on the jihad against the West, go to CounterTerrorismBlog.org

--For video footage of the 9/11 attacks, go to CNN.com

--For movies about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, watch:

• United93 available on DVD (Note: this movie is rated R for language and violence)
• or Oliver Stone's WorldTradeCenter showing in theatres now
• 9/11 (by documentary filmmakers James Hanlon and Jules and Gedeon Naudet)
  

--Information on the 9/11 memorials:

• For the World Trade Center memorial, go to 911memorial.org.
• For the Flight 93 memorial in Pennsylvania, click here
• For the Pentagon memorial, click here

ANSWERS TO VOCABULARY:
a) taqiyya
b) sharia
c) jihadis
d) dhimmitude
e) caliphate
f) infidel/kafir