Hi All,
In May, the Monitor ran an interesting article entitled
"The Caliphate: One nation, under Allah, with 1.5 billion Muslims" focusing on Hizbt Ut-Tahrir, one of the many Islamist groups dedicated to establishing a worldwide Islamic Caliphate. Perhaps the most interesting thing is that this is one of the more
moderate of the various groups and outwardly eschews immediate terrorist action and prefers establishing the Caliphate in the Dar-El-Islam
before moving on to taking over the rest of the world. Here is what one of the activists said about their long term strategy:
Hizb ut-Tahrir takes a more gradual, long-term strategy for spreading the territory under Muslim rule.
"Islam obliges Muslims to possess power so that they can intimidate - I would not say terrorize - the enemies of Islam," says Abu Mohammed, a Hizb ut-Tahrir activist. "In the beginning, the Caliphate would strengthen itself internally and it wouldn't initiate jihad."
"But after that we would carry Islam as an intellectual call to all the world," says Abu Mohammed, a pseudonym. "And we will make people bordering the Caliphate believe in Islam. Or if they refuse then we'll ask them to be ruled by Islam."
And after that? Abu Mohammed pauses and fiddles with his Pepsi before replying.
"And if after all discussions and negotiations they still refuse, then the last resort will be a jihad to spread the spirit of Islam and the rule of Islam," he says, smiling. "This is done in the interests of all people to get them out of darkness and into light."The Caliphate: One nation, under Allah, with 1.5 billion Muslims So as you can see, since 1953, or 634 depending on your perspective, its all been about nationalist outrage over the election of evil Neo-cons in America and the occupation of Iraq. And if we'd just leave the Middle East and abandon Israel the crocodile might just eat us last.
