Thursday, September 4, 2003
You know, like Hitler did with Mein Kampf...and they, like him, laid out the program for anyone who cared to listen and simply believe what they read? Well, if all the Al Qaeda statements to date weren't enough, now there is a book, laying out the world-view for all who wish to read it. The ever important Amir Taheri describes it in today's New York Post. The author is Yussuf al-Ayyeri, "one of Osama bin Laden's closest associates since the early '90s."
This form of "unbelief" persuades the people that they are in charge of their destiny and that, using their collective reasoning, they can shape policies and pass laws as they see fit. That leads them into ignoring the "unalterable laws" promulgated by God for the whole of mankind, and codified in the Islamic shariah (jurisprudence) until the end of time.
The goal of democracy, according to Al-Ayyeri, is to "make Muslims love this world, forget the next world and abandon jihad." If established in any Muslim country for a reasonably long time, democracy could lead to economic prosperity, which, in turn, would make Muslims "reluctant to die in martyrdom" in defense of their faith.
He says that it is vital to prevent any normalization and stabilization in Iraq. Muslim militants should make sure that the United States does not succeed in holding elections in Iraq and creating a democratic government. "If democracy comes to Iraq, the next target [for democratization] would be the whole of the Muslim world," Al-Ayyeri writes.
The al Qaeda ideologist claims that the only Muslim country already affected by "the beginning of democratization" and thus in "mortal danger" is Turkey.
"Do we want what happened in Turkey to happen to all Muslim countries?" he asks. "Do we want Muslims to refuse taking part in jihad and submit to secularism, which is a Zionist-Crusader concoction?"...
Get it? They really do hate us because of who we are, and what we've accomplished. It burns them. Who's going to turn to their world of pain and self-denial if we make a world where life doesn't suck dead donkey dicks? Read the whole piece. Reading and actually believing what they themselves say helps explain so many of the seemingly irrational actions the fanatics take. They're not irrational - their perspective is simply so twisted that many of us in the West simply don't want to believe it. You can begin to understand why suicide bombers so often do NOT come of the wretched of the earth. There is a method and a goal to their madness, and basic intelligence and prosperity don't preclude its practice - far from it - as with many cult-like activities, intelligent upper-middle-class people with too much time on their hands are often the most vulnerable.
(Via Common Sense & Wonder)
Update: Ghost of a Flea has some interesting remarks.
