The United States Federal Code defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” By this definition, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) forms the apex of terrorist threats to the United States. However, the activities of ISIL don’t simply threaten the functioning of a single government. Rather, they threaten the effectiveness of every government in the world, thereby creating a global threat.
Every time such a powerful and violent force has come into the larger context of international politics, leaders and whole countries have come to question its creation. As the group has caused an undeniable degree of destruction, it becomes important to consider certain realities about the organization’s existence: Why and how did it come into being? What causes its continuation? Was the destruction caused by it avoidable? While it is important to ensure such organizations meet their end, and soon, it is also essential to consider the aforementioned questions, as to prevent a similar threat from becoming a menace in the future. Further, contemplating such facts can actually provide answers to the pressing question: How do we stop them?
“A tendency to monopolize the means of violence makes a government’s claim to provide protection … more credible and more difficult to resist.” This sentence perfectly summarized Charles Tilly’s first argument in his essay, “War Making and State Making as Organized Crime,” which was published in the book Bringing the State Back In. Tilly represents the state as an all-powerful organization in the business of organized crime. Because the state has a monopoly over legitimate use of violence, it essentially becomes the only institution that can protect individuals from illicit violence being inflicted upon them.
What Tilly is trying to describe can also be seen as the existence of a hegemon in the context of international politics. This hegemon, like the state, has a monopoly over the use of force, not by legal charter or election but because of its military superiority. Thus far, the hegemon has presented itself mostly in the form of a single state. The United States became a perfect example of a hegemon after the end of the Cold War with the downfall of the Soviet Union. This country’s military “ability” gives it a monopoly on violence, which further feeds it with a sense of freedom to ensure security for humans in any manner possible. The primary method to ensure “security,” if that’s what one chooses to call it, is the practice of unimaginable violence on anybody or anything that may present itself as a potential threat. A perfect illustration would be the functioning of Guantanamo Bay where prisoners are made to endure nothing short of barbarism.
The second astute observation that Tilly makes is the creation of “bandits” through the support of the state. “States often commissioned privateers, hired sometimes bandits to raid their enemies and encouraged their regular troops to take booty,” he writes. “When demobilized, they commonly continued the same practices, but without the royal protection; demobilized ships became private vessels.”
This is reflected in the conception and existence of 21st century terrorist organizations, namely ISIL (originating from Al-Qaeda). Supplemented by both Western as well as local governments, these organizations began by doing the states’ bidding. Emerging with the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda served as a way for America to fight off the Soviets without directly being involved in the war. Once their assigned task was completed, however, they developed a mind of their own and questioned problems that caused their creation. After its creation in the Soviet-Afghan war, Al-Qaeda, in its crudest form, developed an enmity towards the United States when the Saudi monarch opted for the United States over Osama Bin Laden to fight off Iraq in Kuwait.
Al-Qaeda, now a “private vessel,” meandered away from the Western ideals. A Sunni organization, they began to form roots in most parts of the Middle East. The members of the extremist organization took it upon themselves to ensure that their ideas of social justice and composition prevailed. They began by threatening the very states that shaped them. Challenging everything Western civilization stood for became their motto in a manifesto grounded in the creation of a new world order. Terror became the propaganda used to make people adhere to their ideals. These ideals and the ideals of most of the world governments were at opposing ends of a spectrum in which only one end could exist. There was no question of the possibility of co-existence of the creator and its creation. What was once a solution now became the problem.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) became an organization intended to end the sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni in the worst manner: by seizing power in the central and western areas of the country and forming a Sunni Islamic State. In October 2006, the AQI allied with seven other Sunni factions under the umbrella name Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). Its constant need of approval from Al-Qaeda resulted in the common belief that ISI was born out of Al-Qaeda. However, later on Al-Qaeda completely disowned and severed all ties with ISI.
During the Gulf War, the United States and other members of the “coalition of the willing,” an alliance between the strongest nations outside of the United Nations peacekeeping force, sought to free Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. After Kuwait had been freed, Western troops advanced into Iraq but declared a ceasefire soon thereafter. However, these troops once again invaded Iraq in 2003 under Operation Iraqi Freedom. This time there was no ceasefire. Constant bombarding under the guise of search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq resulted in mass destruction across the nation and the ultimate removal of Saddam Hussein. This creation of a vacuum presented ISIL, a remodel of ISI that now included members of the freshly split Nusra, with an opportunity, one it could not and would not compromise at any cost. The United States and its allies withdrew from a situation in which their purpose had been achieved. Taking advantage of this withdrawal, ISIL initiated political advancements.
ISIL gained momentum, once again, during the resistance against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and against the Shiite government in Iraq. This event provided ISIL with a chance to expand and establish its violent superiority in Syria as well as Iraq. The Western powers turned a blind eye toward the ISIL’s resistance against Assad and the violence imposed by them on innocent Syrians, particularly the Shiites. With the downfall of regimes present in Syria and Iraq, ISIL began taking substantial political control and also went after the oil fields in the Kurdish region of Syria. But their threat was being felt at the grassroots as well. From beheadings of people from across the globe for ransom to the immolation of a person of a different faith, its activities went from being violent to straight out demonic. Western governments could no longer turn a blind eye to one of the greatest threats to them in the 21st century.
ISIL now presents itself as a multi-headed beast that cannot be slain. In such a situation, the only possible means to bring the terrorists down is through war, at least according to Charles Tilly.
“But surely part of the answer goes back to the central mechanisms of state making,” he writes.
If applied to the current scenario of ISIL, Tilly’s idiom would mean encouraging the creation of coalitions among great states to overcome the threat. Alliances have been the key to defeating a supranational danger in the past and will continue to be so in the future. However, these allies need to realize something after the downfall of such a danger. It is something that they missed after the demise of Osama Bin Laden, and it is something they may miss again.
The provision of guns and ammunition by Western countries for the furtherance of their causes around the globe is the actual culprit. It may seem plausible in the short run to solve problems of local terror and violence. But in the long run, there is rise of a “gun culture,” especially among the uneducated, unemployed citizens of politically and economically unstable countries. While these guns may do the bidding of the most powerful nation for a while, it is difficult to say where the gun will point next.
Pranati Kohli is a College freshman from New Delhi, India.
“A perfect illustration would be the functioning of Guantanamo Bay where prisoners are made to endure nothing short of barbarism.”
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This statement says more about you than it does about reality. But more than that for you to conflate Guantanamo – a maximum security facility for Islamists who both Bush & Obama have deemed dangerous – to ISIL is disgusting.
America is far from perfect. Far from it. But to insinuate it resembles ISIL in any way, shape of form is despicable. Maybe you should move to the Arab Middle East to better appreciate this night-and-day difference.
“The provision of guns and ammunition by Western countries for the furtherance of their causes around the globe is the actual culprit.”
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No it isn’t. Islam is the problem. Islam’s tenets of violent jihad. Islam’s tenets of supremacism over all non-Muslims. Islam’s core tenets of fighting – in any way possible – in the goal of building worldwide caliphate.
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Long before America existed and long before modern weapons existed a man named Mohammed lived in Meca and then Medina. During and after his birth he and his men, and subsequently his followers, violently conquered the following areas all in the name of Allah.
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They conquered most of the Middle East through brute force and using swords and the like. They conquered most of North Africa in their initial jihadist push into Africa. They conquered huge section of Asia. From there they conquered Spain, Portugal, southern France and Sicily.
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Of course these violent jihadist attacks continue today – not because of western armaments or because of western policies (imperfect as they may be) – but because Islamic core tenets insist that Muslims do so. Today and within the last thirty years Muslims have killed 300,000+ Animists and Christians in the Sudan and taken over that country in their jihadist push to expand the Muslim caliphate. Muslims are currently doing the exact same thing in Nigeria. They are pushing into Kenya – once a safe haven in Africa, but now a country one cannot visit safely. Muslims continue to kill of what little remains of the Hindu population in Pakistan, and they have killed 5,000+ Buddhists in southern Thailand as the Muslims push their way northwards up the Malay peninsula. Muslims are committing violent jihad in NW China and in southern Russia. Muslims are threatening to destroy Israel and Kashmir too. Muslims are calling for the overthrow of Europe and of America too.
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This is the realty: A history of Islam’s violence against all religious groups and even of those who choose no religion at all. Your ill-founded rationalizations and evil insinuations miss the 800 pound gorilla in the room and its name is Islam.
Pranati,
To the best of my knowledge your embrace of these false memes is not your fault so much as it is the fault of an education system that propagates these lies; and this includes Emory. Garbage in, garbage out.
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Let me also make clear my beef is not with Muslims it is with their religion. Islam is a supremacist, cruel and individual crushing ideology; and Muslims are, in fact, Islam’s first victims. Islam destroys their ability to embrace the freedoms we in America take for granted. To be different, to listen to indie rock or Brahms, to kiss that person one has a crush on without fear of being killed, to make mistakes and to learn from them, to be free.
While it is true western governments have a love affair with using muslim proxies that turn on them, so does Russia, in the form of backing the Shiites, namely Iran and Hezbollah. The main problem though isn’t the big powers love affair with arming muslim proxies, the problem is islam itself, and the ideology it teaches. Simply look at who the founder of islam was. This man was a warlord, a sociopath by every definition of the word, a slave owner which included the ownership of s*x slaves as well as bl*ck slaves, he participated in mass executions and beheadings, he at the age of 54 had a child bride Aisha who was 6 years old. He engaged in a practice known as thighing then had intercourse with her when she was 9 years old. He also beat this poor girl.
There are hadiths that say he even engaged in very sick behavior with young boys. He also engaged in piracy,robbery, extortion, and yes mass murder as I stated above. There are other things written about him that say he might have also engaged in other sorts of unsavory behavior. This man the founder of this religion islam is considered the perfect man according to islam, and all muslims should aspire to be like him. mohammad also commanded his followers to wage eternal warfare against unbelievers until the world was under islamic rule.
This is fact not conjecture or the opinions of a biased individual. True I am biased since I see islam as one of the greatest threats against seeing humanity advance and evolve, since their ideology is steeped in hared, intolerance, and warfare, and what’s worse a whole lot of people believe in this ideology, but nothing I said can’t be proven. Throughout it’s 1400 years of existence islam has been engaging in massive warfare against non muslims in the name of islam, and this still continues today on a large scale all over the world. When was the last time a Christian burnt a witch? Also I know people will throw up the Crusades, but what about the centuries of muslim conquest that happened before the first crusade began?
The first Crusade began in 1096 A.D, but muslims almost over ran Europe in 732 and were defeated at Poitiers, by Charles Martel. Remember the Crusades were meant to reclaim formerly Christian lands. How were those Christian lands turned muslim? By the fire and the sword. As we speak all over the globe there is a massive war going on, and this is because of what the koran says. What’s worse the religion of islam (which is 80% politics 20% religion) encourages people to engage in the worst most amoral behavior, and gives moral sanction and rewards such behavior. There have been numerous polls out that are very alarming regarding muslim support for jihad, or Sharia What is Sharia, Sharia is a total system, it encompasses everything from government, to the way society conducts itself on a daily basis. Things like women being forced to veil themselves, for instance. We really need to have an honest discussion about what islam is and what islam stands for. As it stands now we are losing this global war on several fronts, and the more we deny reality the worse and worse this global conflagration will get. You can deny reality all you wish because it goes against your preconceived notions of the world, or makes you feel uncomfortable, and you would rather believe in unicorns, rainbows, and a global village singing songs around a fire, but you can’t deny the consequences of denying reality. 270-300 million human beings have already learned this lesson, at the cost of their lives, not to mention the countless others forced to live under a system straight out of the darkest of the dark ages.
Every Emory student should read this. This will teach them about both Islam and false memes. The false meme being the incorrect understanding of Islam they were force-fed up until this point.
Sadly as Robert Spencer. Pamela Geller and a whole host of other very intelligent people have proved, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Far too many people would rather live in their fantasy land because to delve into reality would make them feel uncomfortable. I have witnessed this first hand in my discussions with people in person, the body language itself speaks volumes. I’m sick of eating steak I’d rather know what the Matrix is, this isn’t just regarding islam either.
The even worse part is these legions of politically correct people are used by the enemy as useful idiots, to conduct a form of warfare that the western world has no counter or defense against at the moment, and that is stealth jihad. As far as We tepidly counter only one form of stealth jihad and that is when one of the many shell corps of islam gives money to some jihadist group.
The enemy is waging civilizational jihad on a grand and global scale, while it is true there are different factions in the Ummah, and sometimes they even fight each other, they are still out for infidel conquest. I know conspiracy theory Dr. Evil stuff right? Wrong, I can pull up court documents and also give it to you straight from the horses mouth. I know it seems silly to be so worried about this, when our own governments in the west by and large are so busy selling us out for 30 pieces of silver that due to supply and demand it’s been reduced to 10 pieces of silver, but this is a very real threat.
If the infidel world actually was countering many of their tactics and strategies I wouldn’t be too concerned, but they aren’t, and in many cases we are cheering on or supporting those who want us destroyed. Look no further than the muslim brotherhood, one of the largest jihadist groups in the world, and what’s worse they don’t field a modern army like we are used to, at least not in the western world. In the west they are engaging in a form of jihad that we don’t seem to be able to counter, and they are winning, actually at this point I would call it a rout. What’s worse the U.S and most western governments refuse to call the muslim brotherhood what it is, a jihadist organization.
This organization has managed to infiltrate and penetrate our government deeply, and no one seems to even care. Don’t take my word for it since due to being the internet I could be some conspiracy nut barking at the moon, take court documents in the Holy Land trial, the words of a four star retired admiral, and a three star general, who have said as much. You also have another insidious organization called the OIC, Organization of Islamic Cooperation also engaging in world wide jihad. Our own Islamic State Department while not busy recruiting muslim brotherhood members at a muslim brotherhood conference, are busy working with the OIC to criminalize telling the truth about islam.
Obama also invites members of a group named in a federal court document to the White House. We also backed the muslim brotherhood in Egypt. At this point in time I am sure anyone reading this is saying ya well you said you could cite evidence, so if you got this far in your reading, you want me to put up or shut up. So without further ado, I bring you mountains of evidence. I hope this website’s server can take the strain, I tried to post all of the violent passages in the koran at once on Breitbart’s sever and it couldn’t handle that much data at once. Actually I’ll make another post for the sources due to this one being so long.
Indeed.
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There are two kinds of Jihad: terrorism, and slow penetration of Western institutions subverting Western laws and customs from within.
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There are two basic camps of Muslims:
~ the “jihadist”, who wants to hack our heads off.
~ the “moderate”, perfectly content with the jihadist hacking our heads off.
There is a third camp, but getting accurate numbers is difficult. The third camp are the muslims who are muslim in name only. How big this third camp is, is the real question. I forgot to put into my long presentation some examples of the alarming poll data, that has come out in various western nations, of the % of muslims who support jihad. Some places it was as high as 80%. The third camp I mentioned though has no real power usually in muslim society, if they were honest they would be labeled apostates and risk death or imprisonment. I also argue that the poll data is most likely even higher, since who would honestly tell someone I support jihad openly.
I agree again. It is the job of non-Muslims to help create ways that Muslims can leave their evil and suffocating religion without suffering punsihment from devout Muslims.
ICM Poll: 20% of British Muslims sympathize with 7/7 bombers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1510866/Poll-reveals-40pc-of-Muslims-want-sharia-law-in-UK.html
NOP Research: 1 in 4 British Muslims say 7/7 bombings were justified
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06
http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvYPeople-Press: 31% of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq.
http://people-press.org/report/206/a-year-after-iraq-war
YNet: One third of Palestinians (32%) supported the slaughter of a Jewish family, including the children:
http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/06/32-of-palestinians-support-infanticide/
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4053251,00.htmlWorld Public Opinion: 61% of Egyptians approve of attacks on Americans
32% of Indonesians approve of attacks on Americans
41% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on Americans
38% of Moroccans approve of attacks on Americans
83% of Palestinians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (only 14% oppose)
62% of Jordanians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (21% oppose)
42% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (45% oppose)
A minority of Muslims disagreed entirely with terror attacks on Americans:
(Egypt 34%; Indonesia 45%; Pakistan 33%)
About half of those opposed to attacking Americans were sympathetic with al-Qaeda’s attitude toward the U.S.
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
Pew Research (2010): 55% of Jordanians have a positive view of Hezbollah
30% of Egyptians have a positive view of Hezbollah
45% of Nigerian Muslims have a positive view of Hezbollah (26% negative)
43% of Indonesians have a positive view of Hezbollah (30% negative)
http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
Pew Research (2010): 60% of Jordanians have a positive view of Hamas (34% negative).
49% of Egyptians have a positive view of Hamas (48% negative)
49% of Nigerian Muslims have a positive view of Hamas (25% negative)
39% of Indonesians have a positive view of Hamas (33% negative)
http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
Pew Research (2010): 15% of Indonesians believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified.
34% of Nigerian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified.
http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
16% of young Muslims in Belgium state terrorism is “acceptable”.
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1275/Islam/article/detail/1619036/2013/04/22/Zestien-procent-moslimjongens-vindt-terrorisme-aanvaardbaar.dhtml
Populus Poll (2006): 12% of young Muslims in Britain (and 12% overall) believe that suicide attacks against civilians in Britain can be justified. 1 in 4 support suicide attacks against British troops.
http://www.populuslimited.com/pdf/2006_02_07_times.pdf
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
Pew Research (2007): 26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.
35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).
42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).
22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).
29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
Pew Research (2011): 8% of Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (81% never).
28% of Egyptian Muslims believe suicide bombings are often or sometimes justified (38% never).
http://www.people-press.org/2011/08/30/muslim-americans-no-signs-of-growth-in-alienation-or-support-for-extremism/
Pew Research (2007): Muslim-Americans who identify more strongly with their religion are three times more likely to feel that suicide bombings are justified
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60
ICM: 5% of Muslims in Britain tell pollsters they would not report a planned Islamic terror attack to authorities.
27% do not support the deportation of Islamic extremists preaching violence and hate.
http://www.scotsman.com/?id=1956912005
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist.html
Federation of Student Islamic Societies: About 1 in 5 Muslim students in Britain (18%) would not report a fellow Muslim planning a terror attack.
http://www.fosis.org.uk/sac/FullReport.pdf
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
ICM Poll: 25% of British Muslims disagree that a Muslim has an obligation to report terrorists to police.
http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Poll%20Nov%2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Nov04.asp
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
Populus Poll (2006): 16% of British Muslims believe suicide attacks against Israelis are justified.
37% believe Jews in Britain are a “legitimate target”.
http://www.populuslimited.com/pdf/2006_02_07_times.pdf
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
Pew Research (2013): At least 1 in 4 Muslims do not reject violence against civilians (study did not distinguish between those who believe it is partially justified and never justified).
http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
Pew Research (2013): 15% of Muslims in Turkey support suicide bombings (also 11% in Kosovo, 26% in Malaysia and 26% in Bangladesh).
http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
PCPO (2014): 89% of Palestinians support Hamas and other terrorists firing rockets at Israeli civilians.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/08/poll-89-of-palestinians-support-jihad-terror-attacks-on-israely
Pew Research (2013): Only 57% of Muslims worldwide disapprove of al-Qaeda. Only 51% disapprove of the Taliban. 13% support both groups and 1 in 4 refuse to say.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/09/10/muslim-publics-share-concerns-about-extremist-groups/
http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/09/10/muslim-publics-share-concerns-about-extremist-groups/
See also: http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Muslim_Statistics_(Terrorism) for further statistics on Islamic terror.
Violence in Defense of Islam 40% of Indonesians approve of violence in defense of Islam.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailweekly.asp?fileid=20060728.@03
Pew Global: 68% of Palestinian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
43% of Nigerian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
38% of Lebanese Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
15% of Egyptian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
13% of Indonesian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
12% of Jordanian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
7% of Muslim Israelis say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
http://cnsnews.com/node/53865 (Pew Global Attitudes Project September, 2009)
Center for Social Cohesion: One Third of British Muslim students support killing for Islam
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340599/WikiLeaks-1-3-British-Muslim-students-killing-Islam-40-want-Sharia-law.html
http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/IslamonCampus.pdf
Policy Exchange: One third of British Muslims believe anyone who leaves Islam should be killed
http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/ShariaLawOrOneLawForAll.pdf
NOP Research: 78% of British Muslims support punishing the publishers of Muhammad cartoons;
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06
http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY
NOP Research: Hardcore Islamists comprise 9% of Britain’s Muslim population;
Another 29% would “aggressively defend” Islam;
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06
http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY
Pew Research (2010): 84% of Egyptian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam
86% of Jordanian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam
30% of Indonesian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam
76% of Pakistanis support death the penalty for leaving Islam
51% of Nigerian Muslims support the death penalty for leaving Islam
http://pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
ICM Poll: 11% of British Muslims find violence for religious or political ends acceptable.
http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Poll%20Nov%2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Nov04.asp
http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/07/more-survey-research-from-a-british-islamist
Terrorism Research Institute Study: 51% of mosques in the U.S. have texts on site rated as severely advocating violence; 30% have texts rated as moderately advocating violence; and 19% have no violent texts at all.
http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/sharia-adherence-mosque-survey/html
Pew Research (2013): 76% of South Asian Muslims and 56% of Egyptians advocate killing anyone who leaves the Islamic religion.
http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
Pew Research (2013): 19% of Muslim Americans believe suicide bombings in defense of Islam are at least partially justified (global average is 28% in countries surveyed).
http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
Pew Research (2013): 39% of Muslims in Malaysia say suicide bombings “justified” in defense of Islam (only 58% say ‘never’).
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/extremism-in-the-name-of-islam-and-malaysian-muslims-joshua-woo
Die Presse (2013): 1 in 5 Muslims in Austria believe that anyone wanting to leave Islam should be killed.
http://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/survey-on-islam-in-austria-18-of-muslims-support-death-sentence-for-apostasy-21-9-oppose-democracy/
Motivaction Survey (2014): 80% of young Dutch Muslims see nothing wrong with Holy War against non-believers. Most verbalized support for pro-Islamic State fighters.
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/11/young-dutch-turks-radical-views-worry-mps-call-for-more-research.php/
BBC (2015): Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, 27% of British Muslims openly support violence against cartoonists. Another 8% would not say, meaning that only 2 of 3 surveyed would say that the killings were not justified.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31293196
I also think this poll data is actually higher, since as I stated a lot of people wouldn’t openly admit that they support jihad. Even despite that the poll data is alarming.
I agree with you. The polling data is likely skewed because, as you suggest, many Muslims are likely to not answer honestly for the obvious reasons.
Check the data out of France.
Jack Moore reports for International Business Times, Aug. 26, 2014,that a new poll by ICM Research found that almost a sixth (16%) of the
French population have a favorable disposition towards the jihadist
group ISIS or ISIL (now known as the Islamic State). That’s 16% of the entire population, broken down into muslims what % of the total muslim pop would that be?
http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/08/30/france-submits-to-islam-70-expect-country-to-become-islamic/
80% of London Muslims Support ISIS
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dgreenfield/80-of-london-muslims-support-isis/
Yes indeed. The facts are there for anyone to see.
Yet our universities embrace being PC more than they do educating students with the facts.
When being PC is more important than truth then our universities are failing us.
I disagree we need to deport ours, I know this solution sounds harsh, but it’s going to eventually come down to us or them in some countries especially in Europe. All one needs to do is study what happens when the muslim percentage grows, eventually they will take over the host country, this has happened every time. A good canary in the coal mine is Lebanon, but if you enjoy history like I do, you can go further back to find other great examples.
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:
United States — Muslim 1.0%
Australia — Muslim 1.5%
Canada — Muslim 1.9%
China — Muslim 1%-2%
Italy — Muslim 1.5%
Norway — Muslim 1.8%
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:
Denmark — Muslim 2%
Germany — Muslim 3.7%
United Kingdom — Muslim 2.7%
Spain — Muslim 4%
Thailand — Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply.
France — Muslim 8%
Philippines — Muslim 5%
Sweden — Muslim 5%
Switzerland — Muslim 4.3%
The Netherlands — Muslim 5.5%
Trinidad & Tobago — Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris — car burnings, etc.). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam — Mohammed cartoons).
Guyana — Muslim 10%
India — Muslim 13.4%
Israel — Muslim 16%
Kenya — Muslim 10%
Russia — Muslim 10-15%
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
Ethiopia — Muslim 32.8%
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:
Bosnia — Muslim 40%
Chad — Muslim 53.1%
Lebanon — Muslim 59.7%
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
Albania — Muslim 70%
Malaysia — Muslim 60.4%
Qatar — Muslim 77.5%
Sudan — Muslim 70%
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
Bangladesh — Muslim 83%
Egypt — Muslim 90%
Gaza — Muslim 98.7%
Indonesia — Muslim 86.1%
Iran — Muslim 98%
Iraq — Muslim 97%
Jordan — Muslim 92%
Morocco — Muslim 98.7%
Pakistan — Muslim 97%
Syria — Muslim 90%
Tajikistan — Muslim 90%
Turkey — Muslim 99.8%
United Arab Emirates — Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of “Dar-es-Salaam” — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
Afghanistan — Muslim 100%
Saudi Arabia — Muslim 100%
Somalia — Muslim 100%
Yemen — Muslim 99.9%
Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.
I cited all of my evidence and the site says pending? Why is the post pending it doesn’t have links to anything bad. Strange.
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Sources backing up my claims in my previous post:
Let’s begin with the origins of the muslim brotherhood.
I highlighted one section here since it really stands out, read the rest in the link.
Muslim Brotherhoodhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/muslimbrotherhood.html
According to founder al-Banna, “It is the nature of
Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all
nations and to extend its power to the entire planet.” Therefore, the
Muslim Brotherhood opposes secular tendencies
of Islamic nations and wants a
return to the precepts of the Qur’an. The Brotherhood firmly rejects all notions of Western influences in addition to rejecting extreme Sufism as well.
Brotherhood members organize events from prayer meetings to sport clubs for socializing.
The organization’s motto: “Allah
is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.”
This link delves deeply into the Holy Land Foundation court case and talks about the various organizations named. You will recognize some big names like CAIR and ISNA (which I will show in a link below he invited members of to the White House)
http://counterjihadreport.com/tag/clarion-project/
Who Are the Muslim Brotherhood-Linked Leaders Obama Met?
http://m.clarionproject.org/taxonomy/term/1639/0/feed
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Strategic Plan For America – Court Document
The
following is the official document from a 1991 meeting which outlines
the Muslim Brotherhood’s strategic goals for North America. The document
was entered as evidence in the 2008 Holyland Terror Funding Trial.
Federal investigators found the document in the home of Ismael
Elbarasse, a founder of the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque in Falls Church,
Virginia, during a 2004 search. Elbarasse was a member of the Palestine
Committee, which the Muslim Brotherhood had created to support Hamas in
the United States.
http://www.clarionproject.org/Muslim_Brotherhood_Explanatory_Memorandum#
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Strategic Plan For America – Court Document
The original document in Arabic follows the English translation.
We
have highlighted in yellow the following quotes which are of particular
significance. The page numbers noted below correspond to the page
numbers in the center of the bottom of each page in the document).
Page 4:
“Enablement of Islam in North America, meaning: establishing an
effective and a stable Islamic Movement led by the Muslim Brotherhood
which adopts Muslims’ causes domestically and globally, and which works
to expand the observant Muslim base, aims at unifying and directing
Muslims’ efforts, presents Islam as a civilization alternative, and
supports the global Islamic State wherever it is.”
Page 5:
“…the
Movement must plan and struggle to obtain “the keys” and the tools of
this process in carry out [sic] this grand mission as a ‘Civilization
Jihadist’ responsibility.”
Page 7:
“The process of settlement is a ‘Civilization-Jihadist Process’
with all the word means. The Ikhwan [Muslim Brotherhood] must understand
that their work in America is a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and
destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its
miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers…”
“[W]e must possess a mastery of the art of ‘coalitions’, the art of ‘absorption’ and the principles of ‘cooperation.’”
Page 18:
“A list of our organizations and the organizations of our friends” –
This is where the Muslim Brotherhood listed its front groups in the
U.S.. Note that prominent organizations like CAIR, ISNA, ICNA and others
are named here.
US Department of State Recruited at Muslim Brotherhood Convention
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/12/01/us-department-of-state-recruited-at-muslim-brotherhood-convention/
Four Star Admiral: Muslim Brotherhood Has Penetrated ALL of U.S. National Security Agencies Under Obama
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/four-star-admiral-muslim-brotherhood-has-penetrated-all-of-us-national-security-agencies-under-ob/question-4704264/
Three Star General: Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated Our Government
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2012/09/26/three-star-general-rep-bachmann-was-right-muslim-brotherhood-has-infiltrated-our-government/
This should answer a lot of questions anyone has about the muslim brotherhood. Now Let’s talk about the (OIC) Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and its Role in Enforcing Islamic Law.
This brief was written and delivered by Maj. Stephen Coughlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-TRpkUiPI
After watching that I know it’s lengthy but please take into consideration this is a Major giving this presentation and not Glenn Beck.
International Effort by the OIC to Criminalize Criticism of Islam
http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/international-effort-oic-criminize-criticism-islam
The link below talks about OIC resolution 1618, and how the Islamic State Department is working closely with them, also named is Hitlilary Clinton, and Obama meeting with ISNA members, now if you read up to this point you recognize the ISNA being named on a federal court document in a terrorism trial.
http://pjmedia.com/blog/obamas-national-security-not-top-10-of-2011/2/
7) Hillary Clinton backs plan by Islamic countries to criminalize “defamation of Islam” (July-present)
Fulfilling the decade-long wishes of the 57 countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Obama administration has backed an international OIC effort to criminalize “defamation of religion,” namely Islam, in the name of religious tolerance over the expressed objections of human rights, religious freedom, and free speech advocates.
The first step was taken with the passage of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18 back in April. Among the members of the UNHRC are some of the worst human rights abusers in the world, including Libya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, and Cuba.
The next stop was a meeting with the OIC and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton back in July as part of the “Istanbul Process,” where Clinton vowed “to use some old-fashioned techniques of peer pressure and shaming so that people don’t feel that they have the support to do what we abhor.” Clinton failed to explain where the State Department, or any arm of the U.S. government, derives its power to “name and shame” any U.S. citizen. Clinton and OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu issued a joint statement promising U.S. cooperation in implementing Resolution 16/18.
Earlier this month, OIC officials and Hillary Clinton met in a closed-door three-day meeting in Washington, D.C. Rather than gathering to discuss the stated topics of intolerance and violence, the official OIC media center characterized the meeting as an effort to enact its “defamation of religion” agenda spelled out in the OIC’s annual Islamophobia Observatory. Just this week, Ihsanoglu told Turkish reporters that these efforts are intended to “refrain from exploiting freedoms” and that similar meetings between the OIC and EU bureaucrats, similar to those conducted with Hillary Clinton, are planned in the near future.
Eager to capitalize on the Obama administration’s joint efforts with the OIC, leaders of several prominent U.S. Islamic organizations met with Justice Department officials in October to push to redefine discrimination laws to include criticism of Islam. During the meeting one of the most vocal advocates for the change in definitions was Muslim lawyer and Huffington Post columnist Sahar Aziz. Mohamed Magid, one of the Obama administration’s closest Muslim allies and president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), said that “teaching people that all Muslims are a threat to the country … is against the law and the Constitution.” Not coincidentally, I’m sure, when Obama hosted the annual White House Iftar dinner, the official guest list omitted Magid’s name as one of the attendees. The relationship is so close, though, that Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough was dispatched to give a speech at Magid’s mosque back in March.
http://counterjihadreport.com/tag/resolution-1618/