A week after ISIS terrorists killed 130 people in Paris, the celebrity TV presenter criticized world leaders for “not understanding” what the terror group wants.
Writing in the Rupert Murdoch-owned Sun newspaper, Clarkson said if Britain drops bombs in countries with a strong ISIS presence, jihadists will “become angry and send people over here to blow us up in shopping centers.
“This will make us angry so we’ll drop more bombs, which will cause them to send more people over to Europe to blow up, and so on and so on.
“If they really want to make a difference they have to send in ground troops and they won’t do that, not after what happened last time.
“To make matters worse, our leaders don’t seem to understand what [ISIS] is or what it wants or even what it’s called.
“They tell us it doesn’t follow the teachings of Islam, but it does, actually. In the same way that those mad, shouty churches in America follow the principals of Christianity.”
In September, Islamic State’s chief spokesman Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani ordered his followers to find an infidel and “smash his head with a rock, run him over with a car or destroy his crops.”
An infidel is a person who does not accept the Islamic faith or someone who has no religious faith.
Commenting on al-Adnani’s remarks, Clarkson said: “He means any Shi’ite Muslim. He does not, however, necessarily mean Christians or Buddhists or Jedi Knights like me.”
“He will just about tolerate us lot so as long as we basically leave him and his organization alone.
“But can we do that? Can we sit back and let [ISIS] get on with its butchery?”
“So just let them murder and cause mayhem, is that what you mean?” another user asked.
US President Barrack Obama said overcoming fear was the “most powerful tool” to defeat ISIS.
Earlier this month, it emerged the senior BBC producer Clarkson punched during a fracas over hot food is suing the ex-Top Gear presenter and the BBC for alleged racial discrimination.