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“nor can that religion be reformed”

This is the danger of Qaradawi. He is speaking of Islam as ‘progressing.’ As a Salafist, he embraces an almost mystical perspective on jihad, the ‘greening’ (AGW) version of Islam, social justice (crap), and so on. His fatwas and interpretations of the Qur’an, Hadith, Umma, and jurisprudence make way for the rabid framework of an Al Qaeda perfectly at home in a Sunni or Shi’ite environment. With the purposeful or moronic assistance of the present American Administration, nation states all around the Mediterranean are falling like dominos...to the MB, itself the progenitor of AQ. But we all know this now.

One of these days, we’re going to be up against this hard. It’s not just about Israel. I don’t have much tolerance anymore for those who don’t understand this. (Just a comment. Nothing about anything you’ve said here).

I am beginning, just beginning to think that with Libya, it’s about the money stash. And its oil. With other countries, it’s about the Suez and Gibralter, aka, trade and oil. And the Caliphate, of course.

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One wild card in all this is the number of groups who think they will sponsor the next caliphate. Obviously, Al Qaeda does. The Turks are doing some interesting politicking in the Muslim world. The Arabs never thought a Turkish Caliph was legit, so the Saudis and Syrians want in on the action. Iran never hosted a Caliph, but the birth of Shiism was their belief the heirs of Ali should be Caliph. Of course, there would be countries that decide they can do just fine on their own, thank you, and we don't need no stinkin' caliph.

There could be the makings of an interesting war here.