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Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Religion Other.

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NRC / Alexander Weissink: Jihad in verwarring

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Religious and Political Radicalization.

Jihad in Verwarring door Alexander Weissink

Sayyid Imam, spijtoptant van de terreur

Een belangrijke ideoloog van de gewelddadige jihad verwerpt de activiteiten van Al-Qaeda en roept op tot een ‘eind aan het wereldwijde bloedbad’. Maar: is hij oprecht?

In de Tora-gevangenis in het zuiden van de Egyptische hoofdstad is de Egyptische emir Sayyid Imam Abdulaziz al-Sharif (57) op andere gedachten gekomen – of misschien: gebracht. Een belangrijke ideoloog van de internationale jihad roept op een einde te maken aan het wereldwijde bloedbad en verwerpt de activiteiten van Al-Qaeda. „Het is ons door god verboden agressie te begaan, zelfs als de vijanden van islam dat wel doen”, stelt Sayyid Imam in zijn herziening onder de titel Rationalisering van de jihad in Egypte en de wereld. „Vech t in godsnaam tegen degene die jou bevechten, maar overtreed de grens niet, want god houdt niet van overtreders.”

Het pleidooi voor vreedzaam verzet lijkt een spectaculaire ommekeer in de opvattingen van de man die direct na de aanslagen op New York en Washington op 11 september 2001 nog zei dat terrorisme een plicht is zolang de Verenigde Staten een land van ongelovigen zijn. Dagelijks verschijnt een passage uit het honderdenelf pagina’s tellende document van zijn nieuwe gedachtegoed in Masri al-Youm (Egypte Vandaag), de grootste onafhankelijke krant van Egypte.

Sayyid Imam, opgeleid als chirurg en ook bekend onder zijn nom de guerre Dr. Fadl (Edelmoedige Doctor), is de grondlegger van de Egyptische Islamitische Jihad, een islamitische terreurbeweging die dood en verderf zaaide in de jaren tachtig en negentig. De Islamitische Jihad was verantwoordelijk voor diverse bloedige aanslagen, waaronder de moord op president Anwar Sadat in 1981 en een mislukte aanslag op president Hosni Mubarak tijdens een bezoek aan Ethiopië in 1995.

Sayyid Imam was de eerste emir, ofwel de ideoloog, geestelijk leider en commandant van de Islamitische Jihad. Zijn theoretische beschouwing met de titel Basisprincipes in de voorbereiding op jihad werd wereldwijd het handboek voor gewelddadige jihadisten en dient tot de dag van vandaag als blauwdruk voor Al-Qaeda. In de gedachtewereld van deze extremisten is iedereen, moslim of niet, die het niet met hun fundamentalistische doctrine eens is, een ongelovige en verdient daarom de dood. De geestelijk leiders claimen het gezag over ‘takfir’, ofwel excommunicatie. (more…)

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Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional

There are at least six million reasons why Dejagah would be better off not identifying with German history and culture when it comes to contemplating a visit to Israel. But, for the time being, here are just two. First, he will find a far less murderous recent history of antisemitism in his Iranian heritage than he will in his German. Second, if any nation exemplifies the limits of integration without a vigorous culture of anti-racism it is Germany – the European nation where Jews were most assimilated and almost found themselves wiped out.

The point is not to handcuff the likes of Pofalla to their history but to liberate them from self-delusion. No competition between Iran and Germany to see who has hated Jews least can produce a winner anyone can be proud of. But in Pofalla’s case it illustrates that when you live in a street full of glass houses everybody should think twice about what they throw and who they throw it at.

This is not a lesson confined to Germany. It has become a Europe-wide habit to refer to Muslims in particular and migrants in general as though they are barbarians who must either be civilised or banished, before they pollute the egalitarian societies in which they were either born or now live. Lacking all sense of humility, self-awareness and historical literacy, Europe’s political class acts as though these communities not only manifest homophobia, sexism, antisemitism, political violence and social unrest, but also as though they invented them and introduced them to an otherwise utopian continent.

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Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Guardian Unlimited | Comment is free | To believe in a European utopia before Muslims arrived is delusional

There are at least six million reasons why Dejagah would be better off not identifying with German history and culture when it comes to contemplating a visit to Israel. But, for the time being, here are just two. First, he will find a far less murderous recent history of antisemitism in his Iranian heritage than he will in his German. Second, if any nation exemplifies the limits of integration without a vigorous culture of anti-racism it is Germany – the European nation where Jews were most assimilated and almost found themselves wiped out.

The point is not to handcuff the likes of Pofalla to their history but to liberate them from self-delusion. No competition between Iran and Germany to see who has hated Jews least can produce a winner anyone can be proud of. But in Pofalla’s case it illustrates that when you live in a street full of glass houses everybody should think twice about what they throw and who they throw it at.

This is not a lesson confined to Germany. It has become a Europe-wide habit to refer to Muslims in particular and migrants in general as though they are barbarians who must either be civilised or banished, before they pollute the egalitarian societies in which they were either born or now live. Lacking all sense of humility, self-awareness and historical literacy, Europe’s political class acts as though these communities not only manifest homophobia, sexism, antisemitism, political violence and social unrest, but also as though they invented them and introduced them to an otherwise utopian continent.

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Ijtema » To my Neighbour

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: Multiculti Issues.

Ijtema » Blog Archive » To my Neighbour
To my Neighbour
Written by Faraz on December 17, 2007 – 12:15 am –

I don’t blame you for having a skewed image of me. Every day, it seems like there’s another story that undoubtedly affects your perception of the Muslim community. Whether it be the ridiculous response to offensive cartoons, or the nearly daily attacks that take place in our war-torn countries, it must be difficult for you not to think we’re just a little bit suspicious. The murder case here at home, which has dominated headlines this past week, certainly does not help our case.

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SufiStication – Ayan Hirsi Ali in the NY Times: Where are the Moderate Muslims? « SufiStication

Posted on December 23rd, 2007 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Ayan Hirsi Ali in the NY Times: Where are the Moderate Muslims? « SufiStication

Dear Ayan Hirsi Ali,

As a “moderate” Muslim I will tell you where I am.

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