I am pleased to announce the 2016 General William E. DePuy Special Topics Writing Competition. The theme of this year’s competition is “Educating the Force: What is the right balance between training and education?” With the tremendous success we had in the 2015 competition, I’m eagerly looking forward to this year’s submissions. To submit, see the instructions in the advertisement on page 1 of this issue and on our website.
This edition of Military Review includes articles that will shed light on the actions of the Islamic State (IS) and help readers better understand the enemy we face.
Maj. Theresa Ford posits that we must first understand the complexity of the domain of deen, an Arabic word that means faith or religion, before we can “degrade and ultimately defeat” Daesh (a term coined by some Muslims to describe IS). She demonstrates that words are the weapons of Daesh and shows how words can help defeat them.
Retired British naval officer David Kibble adds to the discourse with a revealing discussion on how IS justifies its brutal actions. He examines the dialogue offered by IS in its online magazine, Dabiq, and then provides the perspective of the majority of Muslims, who have condemned IS actions as abhorrent and un-Islamic.
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