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March 12, 2007

New Zawahiri Video: Say What?

Topics: War on Terror

As suggested at Jawa Report, Zawahiri is in dire need of some fresh air and disparately needs to cut back on his poppy consumption:

A summary is provided at Centcom:

Focus is placed upon the Hamas government and its alleged neglect of Palestinian Muslims in particular and Islam in general as they have acquiesced to international diplomacy, giving "respect" to past peace accords with Israel. Zawahiri believes that Hamas has "sunk in the swamp of surrender", and has committed an act similar to deceased Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's reorganization of Israel to only maintain power in a "farcical" government authority. As Hamas has apparently abandoned its militant position, accepting bargaining over "martyrdom operation", Zawahiri calls upon Muslims to reject politics and engage in jihad against the enemy. He states: "they must continue their Jihad in Allah's path until the liberation of every land of Islam invaded by the infidels, from Spain to Iraq, and until the Word of Allah is supreme and the Caliphate returns to protect the sanctuary of Islam and spread its Shari'ah."

... Zawahiri argues within this appeal for physical jihad that American strength is waning and is suffering from defeats in Iraq and Afghanistan, and as such, "backtracking" in the jihadi project, such as he perceived Hamas to espouse, in impermissible. Confirming an American struggle in the fields of battle, Zawahiri also references the Baghdad security conference which may speed their withdrawal from Iraq. However, he reminds that to negotiate with the Iraqi government and Arab leaders is fruitless, for they are not the "real powers" in the Islamic world. Continuing to build a case against Western moral bankruptcy in its relationship with Muslims, Zawahiri cites hypocrisy in trials involving the International Criminal Court, particularly as it relates to genocide in Bosnia and war crimes in Darfur. He questions: "Who gave these murders the right to appoint judges to interfere in the affairs of Muslims?

As clearly evidenced by Zawahiri's comments, the concepts of state, citizen, nation, pluralism and tolerance are alien to Islamists.

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Posted by Abdul at March 12, 2007 12:06 PM

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