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| What Americans Need To Know About Jihad |
| 2007-02-22 |
| By Rober Spencer 20 page PDF file. Download it and read it at your leisure. via Front Page Magazine Jihad is not, as some Western apologists claim, simply a striving for individual perfection. Nor is jihad merely a series of unrelated clashes involving groups of Islamists, each with their own limited objectives. Rather, jihad is a radical, expansionist, totalitarian ideology that seeks to establish a global Islamic state ruled by Islamic law, or sharia. The adherents of this ideology are willing and able to commit acts of violence to bring about their goals. They also use the democratic freedoms in Europe and the U.S. to advance their objectives by stealth means—agitating for special rights as “aggrieved minorities.” These goals and motives of jihad are detailed in Islamic texts and by Islamic teachers. Osama bin Laden and other jihad leaders have repeatedly declared their intention to establish the Islamic social order globaly. As Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted: “The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.” South African Mufti Ebrahim Desai of South Africa explained recently that “one of the primary responsibilities of the Muslim ruler is to spread Islam throughout the world…. If a country doesn’t allow the propagation of Islam to its inhabitants in a suitable manner or creates hindrances to this, then the Muslim ruler would be justifying in waging Jihad against this country…” The fact that this jihad is justified by the Koran’s repeated exhortations for the faithful to do battle with the infidels renders negotiations with jihadis utterly useless. As Osama bin Laden’s lieutenant, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, stated in the summer of 2006: “War with Israel is not subject to a treaty, cease-fire, Sykes-Picot Treaty agreements, patriotism or disputed borders, but it is jihad for the cause of God until the entire region is for him only. Jihad seeks the liberation of Palestine, the entire country of Palestine and to liberate every land that used to be a territory of Islam, from Spain to Iraq.” Syed Abul Ala Maududi, founder of the radical Pakistani political party Jamaat-e-Islami, supported this view: “Islam is a revolutionary ideology and program which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals….Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it… ” Maududi envisioned a unified Islamic state that would steadily expand throughout the subcontinent and beyond: “The Muslim Party will inevitably extend invitation to the citizens of other countries to embrace the faith which holds promise of true salvation and genuine welfare for them. Even otherwise also if the Muslim Party commands adequate resources it will eliminate un-Islamic Governments and establish the power of Islamic Government in their stead.” This was, according to Maududi, exactly what Muhammad and the first caliphs did. “It is the same policy which was executed by the Holy Prophet (peace of Allah be upon him) and his successor illustrious Caliphs (may Allah be pleased with them). Arabia, where the Muslim Party was founded, was the first country which was subjugated and brought under the rule of Islam.”1 The restoration of the caliphate--the unified Islamic state governed by a caliph who leads the Muslim community as successor of Muhammad--is a key imperative for jihadists today because only the caliph is authorized to wage war against non-Muslim states to bring them under the rule of Islamic law. This idea is not an invention or fantasy of marginalized jihadists, but is part of traditional, mainstream Islamic law: for example, a manual of Islamic law that in 1991 was certified by the most influential institution in Sunni Islam, Cairo’s Al-Azhar University, defines jihad as “war against non-Muslims.”2 And it spells out the nature of this warfare in quite specific terms: “The caliph makes war upon Jews [and] Christians . . . until they become Muslim or pay the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya).” With the goal of world domination for the religion of Allah, jihad proceeds by any means necessary, and until the goal is won. Rest at link. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #11 As Osama bin Laden’s lieutenant, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, stated in the summer of 2006: “War with Israel is not subject to a treaty, cease-fire, Sykes-Picot Treaty agreements, patriotism or disputed borders, but it is jihad for the cause of God until the entire region is for him only. Jihad seeks the liberation of Palestine, the entire country of Palestine and to liberate every land that used to be a territory of Islam, from Spain to Iraq.” Well, well. If doc and too-tall want Europe, all the way to Iraq, then what are they doing in |
| Posted by: BA 2007-02-22 10:02 |
| #10 South African Mufti Ebrahim Desai of South Africa explained recently that “one of the primary responsibilities of the Muslim ruler is to spread Islam throughout the world… Borne out of the Protestant reformation of he 16th century, the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa does not share this view. Unfortunatly, the D.R.C. a predominately white congregation... is generally labeled as racist. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-02-22 08:56 |
| #9 This ideology is funded by Saudi which alongside Pakistan must be tackled after Iran!!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-02-22 07:00 |
| #8 "We will never deal with the Jihad until we deal with the enemy within. They know what jihad is, but they think they will still be elite after the West is destroyed. In reality, they will be among the first to be stood against the wall: radical feminists, homosexual activists, animal rights nuts, etc." Good call, Mr Blackbird. This is nothing new in boomer circles. It's similar to Charles Manson's ideas about a race war which blacks would win. But in the ultimate hypocrisy regarding beliefs in equality, Manson felt that blacks were, in fact, not equal or superior but would need (surprise!) a bunch of elite leftists like him and his followers to lead the blacks after they had taken out white "pigs" (read: Western civilization). Wretchard at Belmont Club wrote an article a couple of years ago entitled "The Ichneumon Wasp" which details the relationship and confluence of purpose between radical Islam and leftists living in the west better than anything I've ever seen. It's required reading. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2007-02-22 06:39 |
| #7 Most media swine refuse to comprehend the real meaning of jihad. We will never deal with the Jihad until we deal with the enemy within. They know what jihad is, but they think they will still be elite after the West is destroyed. In reality, they will be among the first to be stood against the wall: radical feminists, homosexual activists, animal rights nuts, etc. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2007-02-22 06:21 |
| #6 Well the real meaning above is waaaaayyy to long for their attention span! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-02-22 06:03 |
| #5 Most media swine refuse to comprehend the real meaning of jihad. |
| Posted by: Sneaze 2007-02-22 04:06 |
| #4 All one needs to know about Islam is that it's a "Religion" invented especially for people who believe that work is demeaning, and that the pinnacle of manhood it taking things from others by force. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-22 03:01 |
| #3 Preety sure thats the Koran. Its in there someplace near a verse about needing "lebensraum". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-02-22 02:50 |
| #2 Pardon my ignorance, but is not that a quote from Communist Manifesto? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-22 02:30 |
| #1 My favorite quote from the Koran: "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile" |
| Posted by: Sic_Semper_Tyrannus 2007-02-22 02:20 |