The way al-Qaeda tells it, the West is locked in an existential war with Islam. And now it has found a Westerner to back them up — top Trump adviser Steve Bannon. It also claimed that Bannon believes that the struggle is really between Christianity and Islam, not just Islam and the West. It plays entirely into their narrative that they were right about the West’s war on Islam all along,” Kendall said. On Election Night, Muslim extremists around the world celebrated Trump's win, suggesting that it might usher in a civil war.

Source: Washington Post March 03, 2017 19:37 UTC