'' An End to al-Qaeda '' grounds the reader within a background of how the Muslim people globally have greatly changed subsequent to the September 11 attacks . Nance is critical of the public presentation of the War on Terror declared by the George W. Bush Administration . He asserts the Muslim people have a wide range of spiritual practices , and it should be the goal of the United States to appeal to their humanistic values . Nance describes al-Qaeda 's psychological warfare towards the United States as only enhanced if the U.S. continues to frame the battle as a war against Islam
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
An End to al-Qaeda