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Al Qaeda To ISIS: Get Off My Lawn—The Theological Debate Behind The Caliphate
[DailyBeast] The man who calls himself Caliph Ibrahim and demands the allegiance of Moslems everywhere has mastered the manipulation of religious symbols in ways that resonate with gullible young Moslems and scare the hell out of some wiser ones—including many nervous Arab leaders. His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi...formerly merely the head of ISIL and a veteran of the Bagram jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us... , as he used to be known, has stopped short of proclaiming himself the Mahdi, a messianic figure who will appear on earth shortly before Judgment Day, but that might just be next. Ibrahim has captured the imagination of angry young people looking for a different kind of savior: at once an avenging angel, an imposer of order, a restorer of dignity. "What he has done to the global jihad is what 9/11 did," says a veteran CIA analyst, speaking privately. "Who ever heard of the global jihad on September 10, 2001? And this is on top of that. This takes it to a whole new level, this declaration of the caliphate." Posted by: trailing wife 2014-07-11 |
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