Posted on 10/23/2006 7:58:27 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
.., I interviewed Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), al-Qa'eda's main ally in the region, and the group on which western attention is focused in the hunt for culprits.
... Scott Atran: "What are the conditions for Islam to be strong?"
Abu Bakar Bashir: "The infidel country must be visited and spied upon. If we don't come to them, they will persecute Islam. They will prevent non-Muslims converting."
Atran: "What can the West, especially the US, do to make the world more peaceful?"
Bashir: "They have to stop fighting Islam. That's impossible because it is sunnatullah [destiny, a law of nature], as Allah has said in the Koran. If they want to have peace, they have to accept to be governed by Islam."
Atran: "What if they persist?"
Bashir: "We'll keep fighting them and they'll lose. The batil [falsehood] will lose sooner or later. I sent a letter to Bush. I said that you'll lose and there is no point for you [to fight us]. This [concept] is found in the Koran." ...
Atran: "So this fight will never end?"
Bashir: "Never. This fight is compulsory. Muslims who don't hate America sin. What I mean by America is George Bush's regime. There is no iman [belief] if one doesn't hate America."
Atran: "How can the American regime and its policies change?"
Bashir: "We'll see. As long as there is no intention to fight us and Islam continues to grow there can be peace. This is the doctrine of Islam. Islam can't be ruled by others. Allah's law must stand above human law. There is no [example] of Islam and infidels, the right and the wrong, living together in peace."...
(Excerpt) Read more at thefirstpost.co.uk ...
You forgot - fight like hell. They have no idea what they are really up against. We have faced worse.
This is why I'm not enthusiastic about Iraq. What is the point of dying in a foreign country while your leaders work to colonize your country with the very enemy you are fighting against? It is "Vietnamization" come home.
I'm not sure we have faced worse. IMHO, when Eurabia becomes belligerent against us and in combination with the billion other Muslims who chant for our deaths, with willing help from North Korea, China and Russia, this may be the big one shaping up. I know that in the end, the followers of Mohammed will not prevail, but I fear that we are in for some very bad times ahead. At least I know which side I am on. Those countries which refuse to pick sides will be overrun, defeated by the ballot box and the womb.
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