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Some Early Reviews of Ameristan:
¨"Ameristan is something
everyone should read. It is so plausible, it is frightening."
— Laura Mansfield , Strategic Arabic Translations
(http://lauramansfield.com)
¨"Quite a powerful piece of
work."
— Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, Opinion Editor,
IsraelNationalNews.com (http://israelnationalnews.com)
¨"Ameristan... gets people
to understand the dangers we face through a back door method."
—
Judson Cox, Internet and Newspaper
Columnist/Editor
(http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/cox)
¨"I thoroughly enjoyed the
well-written and not so fanciful account of a WW III scenario of Islamic
takeover of America in the novel Ameristan. I could not put it
down and even had a quite vivid dream about a scene you reference in the
novel. I think it would definitely work as a feature film, and I am
working on [reading] the screenplay right now."
— Rabbi Aaron Parry, Los Angeles
¨"We should kill you for writing
this."
— Anonymous message to screenwriter
Charles Welty.
(Mr. Welty responds: "Stand in line. After all the death threats we have
received, there are 14,000+ ahead of you.")
Main Characters:
SHAHID RACHMAN, an exchange student; BOBBIE SUE FISHER, daughter in
Shahid's host family; ALFORD DICKINSON, a U.S. Congressman; DARRYL HARB,
IWN reporter; ABU KAREEM, Prison Chaplain; IBRAIM AZIZ, a Scout leader;
YUSEF ACHIM, runs an "al-Qaida style" wilderness camp; TARIG SAEG, a
school board candidate; ALI BIN-SALEM, wealthy industrialist; CAPTAIN
SCHLESSER, Captain of Bin-Salem's yacht
A Note on the Political Elements of Ameristan:
Toward the end of Act Two, a V.O. monologue from our fictional character
Abu Kareem underscores the political ambitions that drive Ameristan.
Briefly summarized, they are as follows:
1.
The Ameristan Movement draws its guidelines from Islam; derives
from it its thinking, interpretations and views about existence, life and
humanity; refers back to it for its conduct; and is inspired by it in
whatever step it takes.
2.
The basic structure of the Ameristan Movement consists of Muslims
who are devoted to Allah and worship Him.
3.
The Ameristan Movement welcomes all Muslims who share its beliefs
and thinking, commit themselves to its course of action, keep its secrets
and aspire to join its ranks in order to carry out their duty.
4.
The ultimate goal of Ameristan is Islam, the Prophet its model, the
Qur’an its Constitution. Its special dimension extends wherever on earth
there are Muslims, who adopt Islam as their way of life.
5.
Like Ameristan, Hamas is a distinct Palestinian Movement which owes
its loyalty to Allah, derives from Islam its way of life and strives to
raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.
6.
Allah is the goal of Hamas, the Prophet its model, the Qur’an its
Constitution, Jihad its path and death for the case of Allah its most
sublime belief.
7.
Like Ameristan, Hamas believes that the land of Palestine has been
an Islamic Waqf throughout the generations and until the Day of
Resurrection, no one can renounce it or part of it, or abandon it or part
of it. No Arab country nor the aggregate of all Arab countries, and no
Arab King or President nor all of them in the aggregate, have that right,
nor has that right any organization or the aggregate of all organizations,
be they Palestinian or Arab, because Palestine is an Islamic Waqf
throughout all generations and to the Day of Resurrection.
8. Peace
initiatives, the so-called peaceful solutions, and the international
conferences to resolve the Palestinian problem, are all contrary to the
beliefs of Hamas and Ameristan. There is no solution to the Palestinian
problem except by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International
Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility.
The
citations from the dialog of Ameristan were taken from
http://www.palestinecenter.org/cpap/documents/charter.html. Here are
the specific sources:
1. The first statement is a
word-for-word quote from Part
One—Knowing the Movement, Article One: The Ideological Aspects of the
official 1988 Charter of Allah: The Platform of the Islamic Resistance
Movement.
2. The second statement is a
word-for-word quote from Article
Three: Structure and Essence of the very same document.
3. The third statement is a
word-for-word quote from Article Four
of the very same document.
4. The fourth statement is a
word-for-word quote from Article
Five: Dimensions of Time and Space of the Hamas of the very same document.
5. The fifth statement is a
word-for-word quote from Article Six:
Peculiarity and Independence of the very same document.
6. The sixth statement is a
word-for-word quote from Article
Eight: The Slogan of the Hamas of the very same document.
7. The seventh statement is a
word-for-word quote from Part Three:
Strategies and Methods, Article Eleven: The Strategy of Hamas: Palestine
is an Islamic Waqf of the very same document.
8. The eighth statement is a
word-for-word quote from Part Three:
Strategies and Methods, Article Thirteen: Peaceful Solutions, Peace
Initiatives and International Conferences of the very same document.
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