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2004-02-26

African Muslims being recruited for holy war

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-26 2:05:37 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Just wondering, but can Sufis declare "jihad" on these rat bastards? Is that allowed?

Posted by Lil Dhimmi 2004-2-26 12:23:11 PM|| 2004-2-26 12:23:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Some Sufis have declared Jihad against khafirs in the past, notably the Mahdi of Sudan in the 1880's who was a Sufi follower. Not sure if they Sufis believe in Jihad against fellow muslims, as the Wahabis do. IIUC thats one of the distinctive things about the more radical Wahabis - there willingness to declare fellow muslims as apostates, and thus Khafirs, and thus subject to jihad, all for political reasons. I rather doubt the Sufis go in for that.

More likely they will simply rely on the states they live in to protect them from Wahabi jihadis. In Kenya that is problematic, given problems with the competence of the local coppers. Not sure about Tanzania.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-26 1:30:44 PM|| 2004-2-26 1:30:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 It is all fueled by money from Saudis. The sooner we cut off the money, the less of this crap we will deal with because the missionaries and the madrassas will not have the resources to keep going. Got to get out of the PC mode.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-2-26 1:39:29 PM|| 2004-2-26 1:39:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 " A moderate Muslim leader in Tanzania says most older clerics try to warn their congregations that the extremists distort Islam. Most people in Zanzibar follow a mystical form of Sufi Islam, which emphasizes peace and harmony, so they tend to reject the missionariesâ fiery rhetoric. "

These people ARE the front line in the WOT. this war is winnable PRECISELY because,whether islam is a ROP or not, these people think it is. And they refuse the call of global jihad. We need more of them, and fewer of the other kind of muslims.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-26 3:56:06 PM|| 2004-2-26 3:56:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 This is why I'm a Christian, long after I accepted it on the faith of my parents words alone.

Christians missionaries teach Christian values - Muslim missionaries teach hate. Hmmm...which one is superior to the other? Tough choice.

Posted by B 2004-2-26 4:20:40 PM|| 2004-2-26 4:20:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Some christian missionaries have taught hate at various points. Just read Packenham's "Scramble for Africa" - Protestant missionaries taught hate for papists, Catholic missionaries taught hate for heretics. Uganda had a little civil war between the Wa-Fransa Catholics and the Wa-inglese Protestants - oh and the muslims and the pagans too, of course.

Posted by liberalhawk 2004-2-26 5:10:11 PM|| 2004-2-26 5:10:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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