Book Review: Rise: In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom by Brigitte Gabriel

 

Brigitte Gabriel’s Rise is not a book, it’s a war cry. A searing call to arms for all who still believe that Western civilisation, built on the bedrock of Judeo-Christian values, is worth defending. It’s a sledgehammer swung against the cultural suicide of the West, and it’s about time someone did it with this much fire. Gabriel pulls no punches. She names names. She lights up the cowardice of our political class, the appeasement of Islamic extremism, the Marxist rot spreading through our schools, media, and institutions. This isn’t polite discussion, it’s a declaration of survival. And that’s exactly what’s needed. The Left has spent decades poisoning the well. They’ve demonised Christianity, mocked patriotism, erased history, and opened the gates to ideologies utterly incompatible with freedom. Meanwhile, the so-called “silent majority” stays silent, shamed into submission by identity politics and cries of “bigot” and “Islamophobe.” Gabriel is done with silence. She’s loud. She’s angry. And she’s right. She exposes the infiltration of Islamist agendas under the guise of tolerance. She obliterates the myth that all cultures are equal. She slams the suicidal multiculturalism that’s hollowed out the West’s spine. Most of all, she reminds us what’s at stake: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, individual rights, everything that makes Western civilisation the best and freest in human history. Rise is a battle manual, a slap to the face of every complacent Western citizen who thinks civilisation runs on autopilot. It doesn’t. Civilisation must be defended, tooth and nail, generation by generation. Gabriel has seen firsthand what happens when it isn’t, she survived the collapse of Lebanon from a free, Christian democracy into an Islamic hellhole. She’s warning the West: you are next. Critics will call it alarmist. Good. Let them. Alarm bells are supposed to be loud. This is not a time for nuance. This is a time to choose: civilisation or collapse. Judeo-Christian values or cultural Marxism. Strength or surrender. Gabriel has chosen. And if the West has any desire to survive, so must we. Verdict: Read this book. Get angry. Get organised. And rise.