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More on the Iraqi Democracy Thing
Amir Taheri tells why in the New York Post:
"It is not the American war machine that should be of the utmost concern to Muslims. What threatens the future of Islam, in fact its very survival, is American democracy." This is the message of a new book, just published by al Qaeda in several Arab countries.
The Saudi Royal Family has cried "Havoc" on this one and is actively supporting a lot of discord in Iraq.
The author of "The Future of Iraq and The Arabian Peninsula After The Fall of Baghdad" is Yussuf al-Ayyeri, one of Osama bin Laden’s closest associates since the early ’90s. A Saudi citizen also known by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad, he was killed in a gun battle with security forces in Riyadh last June. . . .
Too bad. So sad. Now rot, sucker.
What Al-Ayyeri sees now is a "clean battlefield" in which Islam faces a new form of unbelief. This, he labels "secularist democracy." This threat is "far more dangerous to Islam" than all its predecessors combined. The reasons, he explains in a whole chapter, must be sought in democracy’s "seductive capacities."
Such as free speech, money for the middle class and rights for women.
This form of "unbelief" persuades the people that they are in charge of their destiny and that, using their collective reasoning, they can shape policies and pass laws as they see fit. That leads them into ignoring the "unalterable laws" promulgated by God for the whole of mankind, and codified in the Islamic shariah (jurisprudence) until the end of time.
So the mullahs get to skim a little cream off the top and live with their toy boys and silk robes.
The goal of democracy, according to Al-Ayyeri, is to "make Muslims love this world, forget the next world and abandon jihad." If established in any Muslim country for a reasonably long time, democracy could lead to economic prosperity, which, in turn, would make Muslims "reluctant to die in martyrdom" in defense of their faith.
Seems like we've been saying the same thing here. Only he says it like it's a bad thing...
Seems that this jihad thing is an end to itself. It is a pretty tough religious doctrine that requires you to be killed in battle to go to heaven.
He says that it is vital to prevent any normalization and stabilization in Iraq. Muslim militants should make sure that the United States does not succeed in holding elections in Iraq and creating a democratic government. "If democracy comes to Iraq, the next target [for democratization] would be the whole of the Muslim world," Al-Ayyeri writes.
He's just dead, not dumb. That's the whole idea...
I think that Iraq is the focus and maybe it will be the killing ground for these sociopaths for a while.
What was that again about Iraq having nothing to do with terrorism?
Just another bit of info that seems to point the finger for the recent Mosque attacks at the Fundementalists in Saudi
Posted by: SOG475 2003-09-05
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=18351