I have long argued that it is myopic to think that the problem we face is limited to Al-Qaeda, or that the Islamic jihad ideology is newly minted. Here, the leadership of the Indonesian jihadist group Jemaah Islamiyah boasts that it is older than Al-Qaeda. "Terror campaign started 50 years before bin Laden," from China's People's Daily, with thanks to Jeffrey Imm:
Before he was sentenced to death last year for orchestrating the Bali nightclub bombings in 2002, Mukhlas Imron boasted of his friendship with Osama bin Laden but fiercely denied that al-Qaida had played any role in the attacks.From the dock of an Indonesian court, the 43-year-old religious teacher insisted this was a homegrown operation by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which, he said, was capable of staging more atrocities.
The baby-faced Mukhlas ranted at the judges about JI's ambition to create a single, fundamentalist Islamic state in Southeast Asia which would embrace Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines and have a population of more than 400 million.
The leadership of JI has long argued that its campaign began more than 50 years ago, long before the world had heard of bin Laden. The leaders claim that al-Qaida copied their blueprint for a terror network, pointing out that bin Laden picked the brains of some JI veterans, who fought Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and were persuaded to join his terror camps.
Close ties still exist, but while al-Qaida concentrates its rhetoric and attacks on America and its Western allies, the focus for JI and its associates is targets closer to home. The weekend's bombings were, experts say, JI's way of proving it remains a danger to governments in its own region and that it does not need al-Qaida's money or its inspiration to operate....
Islam was first a rallying cry for resistance in Indonesia against Dutch colonization in the early 17th century, though the modern roots of JI go back to the end of World War II when the Darul Islam movement incited a rebellion to end European rule and establish an independent Muslim state.
Two clerics, Abdullah Sungkar and Abu Bakar Bashir, JI's present spiritual leader, revived the Darul Islam movement around 1969. They began modestly enough with a pirate radio station preaching to the poor and a boarding school set up in Java by the charismatic Bashir. He chose as a school motto, "Death in the way of Allah is our highest aspiration."
Actually they're wrong. The terror campaign started 1400 years ago with Mohammed and his followers.
And that's the thing. NO Western thinking / actions (especially American) brought this all about. It is just their latest excuse.
And in the same vein, NO one political group in America is to blame for the terrorist attacks of the past 30 years, however one may argue which side 'brought about' the more egregious attacks.
Cornelius, good response on the kj-Afghanistan/ Russia thing. I quite agree with your assesment.
He chose as a school motto, "Death in the way of Allah is our highest aspiration."
And I will bet it is. 'You love life, we love death'. What more do we need to know? Islam is a death cult. If someone does not like the word 'cult', then, Islam is a religion dedicated to death. Allah could have structured this differently, but he did not. Apparently He likes dead muslims. In fact He likes dead muslims so much that he has all those levels of paradise, just to make sure that no dead muslim gets left behind. Muslims are just dying to get in there. I have never been to Allahs Paradise Hotel, but if its dedicated to death and full of dead musims, I dont think I want to go...
Since ALL muslims dream of death to get to allah.
I donmt see why the muslim world minds when these islamic wakos are Killed..
After all ..
Following the logic of the Koran
If they all jump off a cliff in an attempt to kill infidels well they are guaranteed a first place at the head of the line to Mohammeds WHORE house in the SKY..
So following this vile logic from the Koran
The muslims should be THANKING US for sending them to ALLAH with a Bang..
Islam
the religion for Idiots and fools
"Terror campaign started 50 years before bin Laden?" Taqiyya duplicity. For terror comes in many forms. Violence in the name of Jihad has been the hallmark of Islam for more than 1350 years. Jihad is perpetual and will be never end as long as there are Muslims and non-Muslims.
Today's jihad campaign is another battle in the "Long War." Muslims have stated that peace will occur only where there is "an absence of enemies." That means that all non-Muslims will have been convert, subdued (and paying the jizya), or killed.
"Death in the way of allah is their highest inspiration," the Bin-donesians cry.
Good news: The American people will be happy to assist them in any way they can.
Welcome to the Republic of Bin-donesia!
Bin-donesia's new ummanational anthem could contain the following lyrics: "He's a bin-head! She's a bin-head! Don't you want to be a bin-head, too?!?"