Doubtless Hamas-linked CAIR’s Nihad Awad and Ibrahim Hooper are on their way now to visit Zawahiri and explain to him that jihad just means dropping off the kids at school and getting to the gym regularly.
“He goes on to identify the primary goal of al-Qaeda’s jihad as restoring the ‘rightly guided Caliphate’ and all of the lands once held by Muslims, extending from Jerusalem to Spain, noting that the territory is still ‘ours.’” Find out what the “rightly guided Caliphate” was really like, and why this is a genuine threat, in my forthcoming book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Preorder your copy here.
“Al-Qaeda Video: ‘Jihad’ Is ‘Effective Way’ to Defeat ‘America and Its Cheating Crusader Leader,’ Donald Trump,” by Edwin Mora, Breitbart, March 28, 2018:
Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, in a newly disseminated video, urges the group’s jihadi followers to “unite in confronting” the top enemy of all Muslims across the world, the United States and its “blatant crusader,” President Donald Trump.
He goes on to identify the primary goal of al-Qaeda’s jihad as restoring the “rightly guided Caliphate” and all of the lands once held by Muslims, extending from Jerusalem to Spain, noting that the territory is still “ours.”
Zawahiri’s declaration echoes Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s announcement when he established the now-dismantled worldwide caliphate in June 2014.
The U.S.-led coalition and its allies have diminished the Islamic State (ISIS) “caliphate” by 98 percent, but dangerous pockets remain.
The near single-eyed focus of that coalition in defeating ISIS has allowed al-Qaeda to grow stronger, particular in Syria, which reportedly houses the most active wing of the Osama bin Laden legacy group.
The Long War Journal acknowledges:
Zawahiri says “the goal of our jihad is the restoration of the rightly guided Caliphate” and all of the territory once controlled by Muslims from Jerusalem to Spain is still “ours.”
Of course, this doesn’t mean al Qaeda thinks Abu Bakr al Baghdadi’s Islamic State (ISIS) is the answer. Al Qaeda rejects Baghdadi’s caliphate project as illegitimate, and the two jihadist organizations have rivaled each other for power since 2014.
Zawahiri encourages extremists to rally up and try to mirror the attacks of 9/11 against the American homeland, saying:
The Mujahidin will defeat America – Allah permitting – for the sake of Allah, and the scholars working and the sincere makers of [worship] and the united Ummah [Muslim community] under the banner of Tawhid [monotheism]. Here is our Muslim Ummah so let us fight America everywhere as they transgress against us everywhere, let us unite in confronting it, and do not divide, and come together and not split up, and unite and not divide….
“The policies of America and its cheating crusader leader – without a doubt – clarified that the effective way in confronting its aggression is via the way of da’wah [proselytization] and jihad,” notes the al-Qaeda leader.
Citing late al-Qaeda leader bin Laden, the new jihadi chief stresses that the Muslim community’s (ummah) “first enemy is America,” which is “the head of the snake.”
Zawahiri went on to note that “religious hostility” is at the root of the animosity between the United States and jihadists across the world.
Many liberals, particularly under the administration of former President Barack Obama, sought to extinguish any religious references to the ongoing U.S. military conflicts against Islamic extremists, refusing to use radical Islamic extremism or any variation of the phrase.
Now, the top al-Qaeda leader himself acknowledges the conflict between jihadists and the United States is of a religious nature….
mortimer says
ISIS was the CALIPHATE. ISIS is a true expression of AUTHENTIC ISLAM applied with precision.
mortimer says
QUOTE: “Zawahiri went on to note that “religious hostility” is at the root of the animosity between the United States and jihadists across the world.”
Agree. He is PERFECTLY CORRECT… Islam direct HOSTILITY and HATRED towards dirty kafirs.
ISLAM HAS A DOCTRINE OF HATE: ‘AL BARAA’ = Islamic Apartheid, Shunning, Hostility, Be germ free
It is the HATRED of Kafirs ‘for the sake of Allah’…Al Bughoud or Al Mu’adaat (hatred) is the opposite of Al Muwalaat (love of Muslims), it is:
– To Hate
– To keep distance from
– To be enemy to
– To desert
– To decline to help
– To disrespect
– To put down
– Not to ally with
– Not to support
Allah ordered Muslims to have Baraa (to be cleansed) from the kufaar and from kufr and shirk.
-Imam Abdul-Latif ibn Abdur-Rahman Rahimullah said, “It is not possible for someone to realize Tawheed (Islamic faith) and act upon it, and yet not be HOSTILE against the mushrikeen (i.e. wrong worshippers). So anyone who isn’t HOSTILE against the mushrikeen, then it cannot be said that he acts upon Tawheed nor that he realizes it.” [ad-Durar as-Saniyyah 8/167]
-“The doctrine of al Walaa wal Baraa is the REAL IMAGE for the actual practice of this faith.” – source “Al Walaa wal Baraa According to the Aqeedah of the Salaf”, by Sheikh Muhammad Saeed al Qatani, authoritative Saudi Sharia lawyer and imam at the Abu Bakr and Al Furqan Mosques in Mecca. – https://islamfuture.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/al-wala-wal-bara-according-to-the-aqeedah-of-the-salaf-parts-123/
-Shaykh Ahmad ibn ‘Atiq said:
“There isn’t in the Book of Allah the Exalted – after the issue concerning the obligation of tawheed and the forbiddance of its opposite (kufr=wrong belief)- any issue which has as so many proofs, nor so clearly explained, than the issue of al-walaa’ and al-baraa’.”
Terry Gain says
Mortimer
Thank you.
wm1 says
“…the conflict between jihadists and the United States is of a religious nature….”
Of course the conflict is of a ‘religious nature.’ All conflict originates in the spiritual realm: God versus Satan, good versus evil.
This ancient conflict is between Yahweh and Allah. Yahweh (the God of the Judeo-Christian Bible and civilization) and Allah (the crescent moon god of the Middle East-who even in the Koran admits he’s really Satan).
Satan’s goal, since his rebellion, is to rule the earth (since he couldn’t rule heaven).
That conflict was birthed in Genesis 16: 9-12. And it won’t end until the world’s Messiah and Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ, puts down the satanic rebellion, judges His enemies before the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20: 11-15) and creates a new heaven and new earth. (Revelation Chapter 21)
So, in that regard, fallen humanity (particularly Islam/Satan/Allah) will be the source of religious and world conflict until the cessation of time and the dawn of eternity.
On that day “At the Name of Jesus every knee will bow in heaven, on the earth and under the earth, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2: 9-11)
gravenimage says
Not all conflict involves good versus evil. In some conflicts there are no good guys. Iran vs Iraq comes to mind; there are many others.
Japetto Danatelli says
Zawahiri went on to note that “religious hostility” is at the root of the animosity between the United States and jihadists across the world.
We aren’t fighting against religion, we’re fighting for human rights. America is enormously tolerant when it comes to religion, it’s muslim countries that kill for religious reasons. Not only is islam tolerated as a constitutionally protected religion in America it’s granted extraordinary accommodation at the expense of our safety and freedoms by politicians and media. This despite the fact that islam is an ideology filled with bigoted hate and war-like aspirations against us “unbelievers.” Our people have already been mass murdered for this ideology and practically every western nation is suffering terribly because of it. But still we let them in to recreate their dangerous socio-political infrastructure right under our noses, and then we’re told to stay quiet when they mass rape our kids and women “for the sake of diversity.” That’s why we’re so mad about islam and muslims, they are destroying everything we hold dear in life, including our loved ones who are defiled like captives in a savage war.
I think we’re all tired of our leaders trading our security and freedoms for a retarded and violence cult. We expect them to stand in defense of free speech and human rights when confronted with such evil, but instead they pander to it. This is not a difficult issue to understand. We have two choices, we can defend our best morals and aspirations or we can give in to a demonic cult that glorifies violence and supremacy for religious bigotry. The problem is, we have far too many leaders that value their own power more than the interests of the people he/she is supposed to serve. They are morally weak and want to please the wrong people for the wrong reasons. They don’t want us to be free, they want us to “submit.” We have to let them know, their days are numbered. We will not sit by idly while they destroy our nation(s) and culture while our kids get raped. We will do what all decent people in history have done when confronted with evil, defend ourselves and our principles with courage and conviction until the job is done. Only then can we say, “We have served god and humanity, we have done our best.”
Michael Copeland says
Well spoken.
Ralph says
The defense of our way of life and even our faith will soon begin with ourselves, as our leaders, politicians and police have all failed us.
Westman says
Ayman al Zawahiri, sagging face, long in the infested beard, speaks of, “let us unite in confronting it (America), and do not divide, and come together and not split up, and unite and not divide…”
Islam has proven itself incapable of unity for 1400+ years. Zawahiri will fade away, or be eliminated, as another old man who didn’t know when his time had passed. Allah is not willing.
Violent Jihad has become a disgusting, Quranic-allowed, way of life for mercenaries who refuse the responsibility of manhood and substitute the adrenaline rush of battle and booty.
The Quran and Sunnah provide the script for violent jihad. Petro-dollars, morality-deficient global corporations, and corrupt politicians have been paying the actors.
gravenimage says
He’s just hoping pious Muslims hate freedom even more than they hate each other.
Terry Gain says
I thank God every day that I do not have to listen to that harridan Clinton claim that [Al Qaeda] “has nothing to do with Islam”.
infidel says
Actually, it is not Hillary,.. but Huma Abedin who is the devil behind all the toxic moves and statements she made and continues to make. As I have said earlier, Muslims are masters in worming themselves to positions of enormous power in infidel lands thru sweet talk and deception and cheating.
esther says
The GOOD NEWS is that the BEST AND RIGHTLY guided way to deal with
any nation that is hostile ———is to murder the men, pillage the nation—and
enslave the women and children. DOING SO—is an emulation of AL NABI
(PBUH) ——-thus “allah” endorses the nuking of DA UMMAH << logic
mariam rove says
I am wondering who is harboring this SOB? How come he is not captured yet? m
mortimer says
MR, 15% of Muslims worldwide self-declare as supporters of a some terrorist organization. That gives you about 250,000,000 places to look.
The Pakistan MILITARY INTELLIGENCE was hiding Bin Laden beside its top military academy.
So where do you guess you would find Zawahiri?
I’m guessing that this time he is hidden INSIDE the military academy or at some similar spot owned by Pak military intelligence.
TKF says
It is way past time we droned this evil clown.
gravenimage says
Al-Qaeda top dog: “Jihad” is the “effective way” to defeat US, goal is to restore caliphate
…………………….
This is the purpose of Jihad–to establish and spread Islam.
infidel says
Look at the hatefilled face of this beast….
Lynn says
“It is the nature of islam to dominate, not to be dominated; to impose it’s laws upon all nations and to extend it’s power to the entire planet.” Hasan Al Banna founder muslim brotherhood
They make no bones about wanting to destroy the infidel’s safety and world.
Politicianophobia says
Osama bin Laden’s son, Hamza bin Laden, says “So do not waver, nor grieve…..weigh your affairs in the scales of the HEREAFTER, your difficulties will seem trivial to you.” Crazy perhaps.
Politicianophobia says
Imams worldwide are saying the same caliphate garbage, the Muslims are listening, now all we have to do is get the politicians to listen. “There are clear injunctions which define the limits of the Devine Law, The Shari’ah.”