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Rome Will Be Conquered Next, Says Leader Of 'Islamic State'
[Telegraph] Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the 'Islamic State' stretching across Iraq and Syria, has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome as he called on Mohammedans to immigrate to his new land to fight under its banner around the globe.

Baghdadi, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, said Mohammedans were being targetted and killed from China to Indonesia. Speaking as the first Caliph, or commander of the Islamic faithful since the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, he called on Mohammedans to rally to his pan-Islamic state.

He also called on jihadi fighters to escalate fighting in the holy month of Ramadan, which began on Sunday. "In this virtuous month or in any other month, there is no deed better than jihad in the path of Allah, so take advantage of this opportunity and walk the path of you righteous predecessors," he said. "So to arms, to arms, soldiers of the Islamic s, fight, fight."

In a reflection of the havoc wreaked the past month by the Sunni insurgency led by the group, the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
 said more than 2,400 people were killed in Iraq in June, making it the deadliest month in the country in years.
More in the same vein at the link. But a historian friend pointed out an interesting tidbit about the use of Rome in the Muslim historical lexicon. She wrote, with regard to the headline above, "'Rome' in Muslim historical parlance should mean Istanbul. The country we now call Turkey was called, by Turks, Rum: the land taken from the Eastern Romans."


Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-04
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