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Africa, and in the 600 years of Moorish kingdoms • Convert non-believers to the one true religion. • Jihad is not a centrally-
even European Spain, where it enjoyed a cultural We can see that fundamentalist Islam does not wel- led pyramidal organiza-
and scientific flowering in mathematics, architecture, come democracy, which makes people exercise their tion. It has become a
and astronomy that still enrich us today. will over the will and commandments of Allah. spider web of smaller
We want to remember that for most of historical We must be careful, however, to distinguish between individual groups and
time religion was closely intertwined with statecraft. fundamentalists, who wish to work within govern- cells led by local thinkers
Christian nobles, knights, kings, and Popes began to ments and society to stem the attack of “irreligiosity’ or activists who sympa-
unite in a large effort of the ‘Reconquista’ of Spain. on their beliefs – and hyper-fundamentalists (adher- thize with the general
In the interim, Muslim (Arab) armies had overrun ents of violent jihad), who see no nonviolent path out mission and who seek to
the Byzantine Empire based in today’s Istanbul of the conflict with imported values. These values contribute to it by giving
(Constantinople). The complete Middle East had are promoted, as they see it, by the USA and its Sur- money or sponsoring ac-
been conquered. Byzantines (Greeks) changed into rogate, Israel. They are on the defensive in this war. tion. The outpouring of the Muslim exodus to Eu-
Turks. Sicily fell and so also fell what had been the In such a war even their own people if they are not rope began with the fall of the colonies. Millions of
Christian and the Jewish holy places in Jerusalem. for them are against them, and so can be sacrificed poor looked for a better life and came to build up a
In 1095 Pope Gregory VII called on Christiandom to the cause. laboring under-class for the expanding needs of the
to liberate by force the ‘Holy Land’ – and the first Of course, without doubt, Islam has its own group of prospering European Union.
Crusade had begun. The last one ended with the loss secularists, modern writers, thinkers, and teachers They were mostly from the poorer classes, whether
of Acre to the Muslims in 1291. who are open to Western thought and philosophy. It they were Algerians in France, Pakistanis in the UK,
The Spanish Inquisition set to work in 1478 to clean has world-knowledgeable business men and scien- Moroccans in Spain, or Libyans and Albanians in It-
Christian Spain conclusively and finally of ‘infidels’ by tists who want to build an Islamic society that can aly. The post-World War II generations came, settled,
torturing and burning many of them (including my be a successful member of the world community as worked hard, and tried to rise into the middle class.
ancestors, the Medinas of Andalucía). Arab or Jew, well as faithful Muslims! They had little education, much illiteracy, and could
it made no difference - if they did not follow the HOW DOES A GOOD MUSLIM THEN BE- not read the Koran themselves. They were not then
Catholic commandments they had to be converted COME A SUICIDE BOMBER? concerned so much with the philosophies of Islam.
to enter heaven. Either way, their earthly existence • A mix of real historical fact with a defensive nega- This under-class compared to African- Americans
would be ended by a martyr’s death. tive outlook makes him see himself as a victim of living during those same post-War years. They also
Notwithstanding Islam’s success in spreading East, Western aggression. met with difficulties, settled in ghettoes, formed
Islam later also experienced many defeats at the • He sees his own western-allied government, where strong bonds with each other, and found support
hands of the West. Just think of colonialism, which it exists as kings or presidents, as apostates that within the patriarchic family. They did not experi-
forced on the believers of Allah’s laws lifestyles serve foreign masters and are interested only in ence, however, the strong pull of leaders like Martin
they did not see as their own. While the periods their own power or wealth. Even when such rulers Luther King Jr., who exemplified the legal fight for
of ‘Renaissance’, ‘Reformation’, and ‘Enlightenment’ bring economic improvements, education, or better anti-discrimination, and so, theses immigrants’ so-
loosened the hold of the religious hierarchy on the living standards, this is conveniently ignored. Hezbol- cial rise was barred. Some thirty to forty years later,
nations of the West, no such movement ever took lah, the Taliban, Osama bin Laden, the Revolutionary however, their children, and children’s children, had
place in Muslim lands and society. For this reason Guard of Iran – those are the true defenders! become European citizens. Many of them had re-
secularization never occurred in orthodox Islam. • His morality is outraged by the influx of Western ceived university educations, became specialists, and
Islam has, and had, no Pope, but it has, and always culture, movies, television shows, music and habits. earned much more than their parents could ever
had, a close harmony between its many teachers, • He remembers the many verses of the Koran that, have dreamt of. They experienced first-hand the
Imams, and religious leaders and its faithful “believ- coming from earlier periods, demand conversion of ever more rapid secularization of their surrounding
ers”. A large majority of Muslims had and have their all non-Muslims, if necessary by force - or to at least society. Their parents’ patriarchic habits led to their
religion and its commands at the center of their be- subjugate them and make them pay taxes to the rejection of tradition. There were mixed marriages,
ing. The law of Allah does not leave its followers the victorious, conquering, Muslim armies. the old social fabric fell apart – but the new mid-
choice of another path. A fundamentalist good Mus- • He sees service to Allah and his life here on Earth dle class environment was not exactly welcoming
lim requires above all: as a prelude and his existence in heaven among the of their arrival. They possibly met discrimination in
• Devotion to Allah and love of Allah. (Shiite Kho- blessed as his proper goal. If he dies a hero’s death, housing, in schools, in unions, in the workforce, and
meini and Sunni jihadists are in agreement on this.) this is ordained, and he is automatically, immediately many also had no strong religion to turn to. Even
• It is your duty to follow Allah’s teachings because transported to Paradise. when they had some money and comfort some
obedience is your main virtue. • Feeling repressed and downtrodden, he would like of them did become lifelong discontents. Even like
• You must follow the Islamic law (Shariah). You must to be recognized as a hero. His moment of glory, other non-Islamic youths before them, they did not
be a loyal member of the Umma (Unity) of Islam while the television cameras roll, gives him center wish to patiently await the future. They became dis-
and foreswear disobedient individualism. stage. His message and purpose will be understood gusted and rebellious. They lived in certain sections
• You must pray to Allah in the approved fashion by his audience. Pity or compassion is not required of of big cities where they saw misery in unimproved
five times daily and you must make a pilgrimage to the hero. Sacrifice for the greater purpose is! (This “banlieues”. Dirt, crime, and neglect accompanied
Mecca at least once in your life, but preferably more purpose could be called protest!) their existence. Their news and television brought
often and whenever possible. If some of the foregoing explains some of the small to them the events in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Palestine,
• Be truthful and constant in your love for the Umma but virulent minority in the arc of countries from Chechnya, and Iraq. This period was one of incuba-
and Allah. Lebanon to Iran and Pakistan, why are there increas- tion of their feelings of victimization of “their kind.”
• Don’t eat pork or drink alcoholic beverages. ing numbers of supporters and fighters also in coun- This brought to them an open ear to jihadist mes-
• Do not follow Western evil influence, which believes tries of the Muslim Diaspora – principally in the sages in cyberspace.
in sexualism and sexual freedom and debases the countries of Europe? To understand: Bin Laden’s daring attack of the world’s “Great
purity of women by removing the veil, and thereby • We must credit certain weapons and forces that Satan Superpower” inspired pride - pride that was
tempts men and violates chastity. the hated Western culture has nonetheless present- sorely needed. The murder of Theo van Gogh, the
• Do reject the West’s culture of commercialism. ed to jihad. Dutch film maker, attacks in Madrid, and London
• Help your brother without charging interest and • The cyber war, not only used just by bin Laden – any demonstration of power of the ‘victimized’
give alms to the poor without avarice. with excellent expertise, has empowered jihad. There was cheering. Daring acts by a few martyrs provided
• Believe in Paradise, which is open to you if you were almost 5,000 sites identified as terrorist web- balm for these self-perceived Oppressed. A sense of
have followed Allah’s commandments on Earth. sites by 2006. reality was lost and a utopian construct took over
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