Kuanguka kwa kituo kikubwa cha biashara cha dunia cha Wall Street na kuanguka kwa taasisi kubwa za kifedha za Wall Street kunaibua kwa namna ya kushangaza picha mbili za Uislamu: picha inayoeneza hofu na kubeba tishio; na picha inayong'aa kwa uhai na ustawi. Mashambulizi ya kigaidi yaliyoliangusha kituo cha biashara cha dunia tarehe 9/11/2001 yamefanya iwe vigumu sana kuonyesha mtazamo halisi wa Kiislamu kuhusu dunia. Licha ya wito uliorudiwa na wanasiasa, wanafalsafa na wanafikra wa kutofautisha kati ya Uislamu kama dini na wale wanaotekeleza mashambulizi hayo, upotoshaji wa taswira ya Uislamu ulikuwa mkubwa sana. Baada ya miaka saba tangu kuongezeka kwa vita dhidi ya ugaidi, soko la fedha la Wall Street lilianguka, lakini safari hii magaidi walikuwa wachumi, walitoka ndani ya mfumo wenyewe, na hawakuwa Waislamu. Matokeo yake, umma umekwama kati ya mitazamo miwili na picha mbili; moja inaonyesha Uislamu kama tishio na nyingine kama faida. Sehemu hii ya kitabu inashughulikia mkanganyiko huu. Si nia ya sehemu hii kujadili kwa urefu suala la ugaidi; hilo litashughulikiwa katika chapisho jingine. Litajadiliwa tu ndani ya mipaka na upeo wa kitabu hiki.

The collapse of the Wall Street’s giant world trade center and the collapse of Wall Street’s giant financial institutions spectacularly raise two images of Islam: An image that spreads fear and carries threat; and an image that shines with life and prosperity. The terrorist attacks which demolished the world trade center on 9/11/2001 have made it very difficult to portray the true Islamic view of the world. Despite the repeated calls by politicians, philosophers, and thinkers to distinguish between Islam as a religion and those who carry the attacks, the distortion of the image of Islam was quite significant. Seven years after heightening the war on terrorism, wall street financial market collapsed, but this time the terrorists were economists and were from within the system, and were not Muslims. As a result, the public is stuck with two views and two images; one portrays Islam as a threat and the other one as a benefit. This part of the book addresses this dilemma. It is not the intention of this part to discuss the issue of terrorism at length; this will be dealt with in another publication. It will only be discussed within the limits and the scope of this book.