“The Mahdi will rule the world from Jeruselem because Mecca will be Destroyed”.
“The flourishing state of Jeruselem will be when Medina is in ruins, the ruined state of Medina will be when The Great War comes."
Just as the term Christianity covers widely diverse interpretations, so does the concept of Islam. In a repeat of history, there were times when the Roman Catholic theocracy launched generation-long crusades against ‘heretics’ and the attacked would, in turn, launch counter-attacks against the “Whore of Babylon” in Rome.
In this ISIS screed and attack, they seem to be recapitulating the Byzantine Iconoclasm movement of the 7th thru 9th Centuries. The Iconoclast took the view that Christian Iconography, the visual depiction of Saints and other Christian memes was antithetical to the 2nd Commandment concerning the worship of graven or other images. We still have this battle, now un-bloody, going on in the Christian world. The clean and unadorned churches of various Denominations as opposed to those on the opposite spectrum that seem to have no unadorned space.
Except for the fact that in today’s high technology environment, a single fanatic can wreak devastation with the proper equipment, it would be nice to allow these RoP Jihadists to do the maximum damage to each other. However, given that there are nuclear powers involved and the world dependence upon the oil flows from that area, isolation does not seem to a viable course for long-term good outcome!
Well, finally they have a goal I can support.
Curious that ISIS (wife of Osiris and mother of Horus) would seek to destroy the Kaaba (a meteorite) which, according to the Osiris cult, is his frozen semen fallen from heaven.
Not worshipping stones makes them “moderate” right??
Angawi estimated that over the past 50 years at least 300 historical buildings had been leveled in Mecca and Medina, another Muslim holy city containing the prophet's tomb.
Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia's dominant doctrine which promotes a strict narrow interpretation of Islam, was largely to blame, he said.
“They (Wahhabis) have not allowed preservation of old buildings, especially those related to the prophet. They fear other Muslims will come to see these buildings as blessed and this could lead to polytheism and idolatry.”
http://www.islamicpluralism.org/467/dr-sami-angawi-on-wahhabi-desecration-of-makkah
However, the reason that ISIS want to destroy the Kaaba is that they believe that the end of times, Day of Judgement or Qiyamah is here. Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_eschatology
It is difficult to understand that they can believe in this, but they do, and they will kill for it.
When the army of the Islamic State arrives in Saudi Arabic, will the Saudi troops actually fight?
Go for it.