My latest at the Geller Report:
Recently a Muslim spokesman in Tunisia named Said Khecharem, who is affiliated with the international pro-Sharia, pro-caliphate organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, declared (to delighted screams of “Allahu akbar” from his audience), that the “establishment of an Islamic state…requires the conquest of America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy – Rome and other infidel lands will be conquered, Allah willing.”
According to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Khecharem also said: “After the laws of Allah were abandoned, and the heretic regimes were imposed on the Muslims, the most important thing to do is to restore the rule of the Muslims, through the Quran and the Sunna, in order to renew Islamic life and to deliver the Islamic message to the world. My brothers, the implication of this today should be the establishment of an Islamic state over all the lands of the Muslims.”
And no call to restore the caliphate would be complete without a swipe at the Jews, whom the Qur’an designates (5:82) the worst enemies of the Muslims. Khecharem predicted that “this will happen, of course, after the elimination of the filthy Jewish entity, and after liberation of the lands under direct colonization, like Kashmir and others.”
If Said Khecharem were a non-Muslim saying that Muslims needed to destroy “the filthy Jewish entity” and conquer America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy, he would be accused of “Islamophobia” and “bigotry.” But no one will take any particular notice of this.
They should, however. Khecharem is not some deluded fanatic raving on a Tunisian street corner. He was speaking at Hizb ut-Tahrir’s International Caliphate Conference; although Hizb ut-Tahrir is banned in many countries, it still has an international presence, and recently held a conference in Chicago.
Nor is the desire to establish a global caliphate limited to Hizb ut-Tahrir alone. The word khalifa means “successor”; the caliph in Sunni Islamic theology is the successor of Muhammad as the military, political, and spiritual leader of the Muslims. As I show in my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, the great caliphates of history, from the immediate post-Muhammad period of the “Rightly Guided Caliphs” to the Umayyads, Abbasids, and Ottomans, as well as other Islamic states, all waged relentless jihad warfare against non-Muslims, subjugating them under the rule of Islamic law and denying them basic rights.
These weren’t the actions of a “tiny minority of extremists,” abhorred by the vast majority of peaceful Muslims for “hijacking” their religion. This was, for fourteen centuries, mainstream, normative Islam, carried forth by the primary authorities in the Islamic world at the time. The History of Jihad shows from the accounts of eyewitnesses and contemporary chroniclers through the ages that in every age and in every place where there were Muslims, some of them believed that they had a responsibility given to them by Allah to wage war against and subjugate unbelievers under the rule of Islamic law. And so it is today: Said Khecharem has enunciated that responsibility more clearly and directly than most Muslim spokesmen do these days, but he is by no means the only one who believes that it exists.
What is noteworthy also about The History of Jihad is something that it does not contain. As the jihadis move against non-Muslim states without any letup, pause, period of coexistence, period of tolerance, reformation, or reconsideration, there never appears any force of Muslims to oppose them. While it is undoubtedly true that not all Muslims in any given age have ever waged jihad, there has never been in Islamic history an Islamic entity or organization that was opposed to waging jihad and dedicated to stopping those who were waging it.
So it is today. Islamic groups in the West issue pro-forma condemnations after every jihad terror attack, but are doing little or nothing to try to prevent the next one. There is still no mosque or Islamic school in the United States that teaches young Muslims why they should reject the understanding of Islam taught by al-Qaeda, ISIS, and other jihad terror groups.
Meanwhile, Said Khecharem and other Islamic spokesmen openly call for Muslims to engage in jihad conquest. Western authorities should be pondering his words, and their implications, very carefully. Instead, if they have taken any notice of him at all, which is unlikely, they have dismissed him as an “extremist.”
They have yet to come to grips with the fact that “extremism” is and always has been so distressingly widespread in Muslim communities. But they will.
mortimer says
The movement to rebuild the Khilafah or the united states of Islam by uniting all the 57 or so Muslim countries in the world today and creating the world’s biggest and only Muslim country according to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam) is supported by a strong majority of Muslims worldwide.
According to a WorldPublicOpinion.org poll survey published in 2007, two-thirds or 66% of 1.5 billion plus Muslims in the world would like to “unify all Islamic counties into a single Islamic state or caliphate.”
Goals: Promoting Islamist Governance or Caliphate
The long-term goal for Islamist governance held out by al Qaeda’s ideology is “to unify all Islamic countries into a single Islamic state or Caliphate.” Seventy percent of Egyptians, 69 percent of Pakistanis, but only 35 percent of Indonesians said they agreed with this goal. In late 2006, 71 percent of Moroccans were in agreement.
Indonesians appear to have shifted significantly since 2007 on the subject of a Caliphate. Agreement with the goal has dropped 15 points, from 50 to 35 percent; disagreement has risen 10 points from 39 to 49 percent. In Egypt and Pakistan, however, there has no significant change.
Fifty-six percent of Egyptians, 61 percent of Pakistanis and 50 percent of Indonesians regard an eventual Caliphate as a goal of al Qaeda. In late 2006, 67 percent of Moroccans thought this as well. In Indonesia—where fewer agree with the goal than did before—fewer see it as an al Qaeda goal as well (this view has dropped 9 points). In Pakistan, on the other hand, the view that the Caliphate is an al Qaeda goal has gone up sharply since 2007, from 44 to 61 percent.
balam says
Mortmer: Very good analysis. Well done
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer: Muslim Leader Calls for Conquest of “America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy”
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Grimly, this is mainstream Islam.
Michael Copeland says
Exactly. So-called “extremism” is mainstream Islam.
gravenimage says
So true, Michael.
balam says
Muslims are delusional and mad to say the least like the one they follow .
Chuckles says
It looks like the muslim leadership have s desire to have a face-to-face with allah:-)
James Lincoln says
I wonder why the Muslim spokesmen did not include Poland or Hungary for conquest…
Jayell says
So islam is to ‘conquer America, Britain, Russia, France and Italy’, and we all ecstatically respond with ‘Allahu Akbar!’ Or should that be ‘Sieg Heil’?
Lloyd Miller says
Our ruling class colludes with the Islamic Powers. The solution is to dethrone our ruling class. Nothing else makes a difference.
Victory in Christ says
So what does the U. S. do about this? How come hungary,Poland Austria,Czech Republic, Russia,Israel and I add China are standing up against this infantile. perverted political power and the U. S. seems to still be analyzing the situation.
1) no islamist can run for office that puts him/her in Wash. D. C. Same for State and local government. I believe islamists should not be allowed in our military.
2) Sharia law must be understood to be abandoned by all that enter the U. S. Even by those just visiting.
3) Mosques no longer have any tax exemption as a religion. The U.S. must make clear that islam is not recognized as a religion by the U. S.
4) As Japan has done, the U. S. must develop a database for islamists in this country. A massive task but not impossible. We can get ideas from Japan.
5) the muslim brotherhood and hamas are recognized as terrorist organizations.
It is telling that no “moderate” or “liberal” sect of islam has ever stood up against the warrior and cultural jihadi group. The U. S. and other countries cannot look to them for help
Islamists living in the country as citizens can and must have protection under the law. This is the law of our land, constitution of the U. S. and laws of the individual States. For example, no female genital mutilation. No honor killings. No rapes as divine direction from Allah. These crimes are punishable by U. S. law and must be enforced
Chaz says
You are making the assumption that all these jokers are American citizens. They all just want the protections afforded citizens under the constitution. They will NEVER be Americans. God will deal with them in time.
J W. K. says
Good luck with that.
Chaz says
No luck involved. When enough folks in rural America have had enough, it will just like WWII mentality. All hell will break loose. I’m ready, are you?
j.W.K. says
Good luck with that.