Posted on 08/07/2008 2:03:03 AM PDT by Schnucki
Al-Qaeda's violent methods and tactics have been coming under mounting criticism this year from Islamist scholars who once supported it.
One by one they have been coming out in public to denounce the organisation's actions as being counterproductive.
But at the same time, a leading British de-radicaliser says the number of young British Muslims attracted to violent extremism is growing - and, he claims, the UK government is partly to blame.
In the living room of his London home, the Libyan former jihadist Nu'man Bin Othman reads out part of the open letter he sent recently to al-Qaeda's no 2 and chief strategist, Dr Ayman al-Zawahiri.
He tells him that al-Qaeda's tactics have been a failure and - most damningly - its methods un-Islamic.
He even questions its very claim to speak for Muslims.
Comrades in arms
What is so striking about this is that Bin Othman is no armchair commentator, he is a former comrade-in-arms of Osama Bin Laden.
Together they fought the communists in Afghanistan in the 1990s and as recently as the summer of 2000 he attended the al-Qaeda leader's 'summit' of jihadists in Afghanistan.
Yet now, while like many Muslims he still deeply disapproves of western policies and actions in the Middle East, Bin Othman is telling his former allies that al-Qaeda's strategy of apparent indiscriminate killing is wrong.
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This is great. We need these people. we really need them.
‘Bout d... time! Long overdue. Will hold back the hope and wait for some REAL progress from these jerks!
We've made them so much money, they can build islands full of unoccupied houses in the sea and indoor ski resorts in the desert!
An absolutely sinful waste of resources!
We should sic Gore on 'em.
I will agree that the UK government should listen to Muslims. They should listen to the Imams speeches and sermons and if they speak against the UK’s laws or call for Jihad against the UK they should be deported back to their home country.
The UK should also immediately tighten their laws on immigration and asylum. Those laws should be written to tighten the rules against immigration from countries known to be terror exporting.
I agree with you.
The US has handed al Qada their a$$ while only half trying. The Islamists are not happy that Islam is now seen as weak.
Of course to a religious fundamentalist if your endeavor did not work it was not supported by God and it therefore could not be Islamically correct.
They finally noticed AQ is not very nice?
The UK government IS to blame. By bending over backwards to appease Muslims every complain, young Muslims might draw the conclusion that they can win the culture war. If so, why not go the final step and be one of the Islamic victors enjoying the Dhimmi spoils? On the other hand, if the Government would stop this PC nonsense and deport these radical Imams (and jail terrorist wannabees) this whole problem could be solved in one generation. As the Japanese say, you hammer down the nail that sticks up.
They may disagree with al-Qaeda to a degree, but the ultimate goal of their supremacist agenda is real. They may say they disagree with the violent tactics, but they are quieting critics through the law, ACLU and establishing a sub-culture within the world. Footbaths, employers adjusting schedules for Islamic prayer time, separate dorm facilities...people do not be deceived...Islamization is here
They don’t agree Al Qaeda because the method reveal who they are, and put these ‘moderates’ in a difficult position to spread Islam in democratic countries.
And if the nail can not be hammered down you cut off its head.
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