Wall Street firms have received briefings from US officials about a possible threat after a cover story in the most recent Inspire Magazine advocated that jihadis target banks and other institutional wealth centers.
The cover story, by Al-Awlaki, is "The Ruling on Dispossessing the Disbelievers wealth in Dar al-harb." It not only justifies taking the wealth of infidel Westerners, it says that taking wealth is better than earning it. Moreover, it says that when a jihadi steals their money, it can be distributed in the same way that wealth taken by force is.
Al-Awaki's concludes that Muslims should evade taxes and should avoid stealing from citizens if public opinion is "supportive of some Muslim causes." He says they should target government owned property, banks, global corporations, and wealth belonging to infidels. In the case of America, the wealth of private citizens is fair game because we vote for "war mongering governments." |