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Al-Qaeda chief rejects nation states, UN as conflict mediator
 [Al Ahram] Al Qaeda's leader has rejected the notion of nation states and any United Nations...an idea whose time has gone... role in arbitrating solutions to conflict - along the pillars of international order - in a document outlining how Moslems should run their affairs. The statement by Ayman al-Zawahri, entitled "Supporting Islam" and posted by the jihadi bad boys' publishing arm on an Islamist website, also calls for the re-establishment of the medieval Islamic Caliphate to unite Moslems. While the document's proposals resembled the teachings of the late Osama bin Laden ... who no longer has to waste time and energy breathing... , the late founder of the Islamist bad boy group, Zawahri appeared intent on providing his own views on how Moslems should shape their public life. He urged Moslems to use sharia (Islamic law) to resolve disputes and "refuse judgment by any other principles, beliefs and laws", including the United Nations. The world body, he said, was controlled by the five permanent members of its Security Council - big powers the United States, China, Russia, Britannia and La Belle France. Zawahri called on Moslems to work to set up a caliphate that "does not recognise nation state, national links or the borders imposed by the occupiers, but establishes a rightly guided caliphate following in the footsteps of the Prophet Mohammad. "These are the objectives of the Document of Supporting Islam, and we call on all those who believe in them to call for them, support them and try to spread them in every way possible among the people of the nation," he said. Posted by: Fred 2012-11-14 |
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