Global Jihad...Reality Or Myth

However, the policies of the United States doesn't explain the rising Jihad in countries like Thailand, India, Russian Provinces and colonies and various other nations not necessarily friendly to the United States. To a degree, they are correct but for the wrong reasons. (For a snap-shot view of terrorist activities across the globe we call Earth, check out the Global Incident Map. Most of the "incidents" involve Al Qaeda and associated groups.)

In August of 1996, Osama Bin Laden issued a declaration of war against the United States and few, if any, paid them serious attention.

"Fast and light forces must be used and must operate in absolute secrecy. All effort must be directed at this enemy; kill it, fight it, destroy it, break it down, plot against it, ambush it, God the Almighty willing, until it is gone.

The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies - civilians and military - is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it..."

In February of 1998, the following Fatwa was issued against the United States and Western Allies:

Text of Fatwa Urging Jihad Against Americans

Published in Al-Quds al-'Arabi on Febuary 23, 1998

Statement signed by Sheikh Usamah Bin-Muhammad Bin-Ladin; Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the Jihad Group in Egypt; Abu- Yasir Rifa'i Ahmad Taha, a leader of the Islamic Group; Sheikh Mir Hamzah, secretary of the Jamiat-ul-Ulema-e-Pakistan; and Fazlul Rahman, leader of the Jihad Movement in Bangladesh

Praise be to God, who revealed the Book, controls the clouds, defeats factionalism, and says in His Book "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)"; and peace be upon our Prophet, Muhammad Bin-'Abdallah, who said "I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that no one but God is worshipped, God who put my livelihood under the shadow of my spear and who inflicts humiliation and scorn on those who disobey my orders." The Arabian Peninsula has never--since God made it flat, created its desert, and encircled it with seas--been stormed by any forces like the crusader armies now spreading in it like locusts, consuming its riches and destroying its plantations. All this is happening at a time when nations are attacking Muslims like people fighting over a plate of food. In the light of the grave situation and the lack of support, we and you are obliged to discuss current events, and we should all agree on how to settle the matter...(read the rest)

If there is religious fanaticisms, the above fits the mold. For further details, one can visit AIJAC for the tip of the iceberg learning curve. The review is dated October 2001. We have learned much more since then but this review has data to begin an earnest study. Some of us began our studies of Islamic Jihad in 1974.

Studying Islam and the ruthless tenets therein, the ever importance of the 12th Imam is a belief or concept worthy of notice and study. For those not familiar with the 12th Imam, the Islamic Messiah, in a nutshell, this Imam will be revealed in the spring equinox of Mecca and then Medina. This person is expected to "conquer all of Arabia, Syria, Iraq, destroy Israel and then set up a "global government" based in Iraq."

Based in Iraq. The United States stands in the way. We don't need to be worrying about Global Warming or Global Orgasms. We need to be worried about or at least keeping a watchful out out on Global Jihad/Islam. At this point Jihad and Islam are one in the same, unfortunate as that may sound.

Others studying this are many and are considered as non-PC and that is a dangerous mind-set...similar to the mind-set of pre-1940. Hitler could have been stopped had the do-gooders been placed in check.

After [the Twelfth Imam's] uprising from Mecca, all of Arabia will submit to him and then other parts of the world as he marches upon Iraq and establishes his seat of global government in the city of Kufa. Then the Imam will send 10,000 of his forces to the east and west to uproot the oppressors. At this time, God will facilitate things for him and lands will come under his control one after the other. ... He will appear as a handsome young man, clad in neat clothes and exuding the fragrance of paradise. His face will glow with love and kindness for the human beings. ... He has a radiant forehead, black piercing eyes and a broad chest. He very much resembles his ancestor Prophet Mohammad. Heavenly light and justice accompany him. He will overcome enemies and oppressors with the help of God, and as per the promise of the Almighty the Mahdi will eradicate all corruption and injustice from the face of the earth and establish the global government of peace, justice and equity.

The Myth of Global Jihad is no Myth...it is real. The Caliphate once ruled from the Plains of Iberia to Indonesia.

180,000 +/- Muslims in Germany...6% of the Muslim population there, support violence in the name of Jihad.

In speeches in Saudi Arabia during his Hajj pilgrimage, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stated that the goal of Islam was to establish a global government. He said that Iran was opposed to the American hegemony in the world,...

This isn't going away no matter the political yammering and bluster. The United States could go into isolationism on Christmas Day and the Global Jihad will grow exponentially. The United States is all there is that stands in the way.

Former Palestinian foreign minister Mahmoud Al-Zahar said that Jerusalem will be the capital of the state of the Islamic Caliphate in Palestine.

Hopefully, cooler heads will prevail but it doesn't look all that promising.