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Pajamas Media » Why Do Islamic Groups Fear Hearings on Islamic Radicalization?

The Light of Truth should always be welcome.  Why is inquiry thwarted unless to perpetuate ignorance?

From, http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/ksil477.pdf

In a recent  2006? intercepted message from al-Qaeda’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, to al-Qaeda’s new operational commander in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, these concepts are spelled out and can be extrapolated as ends, ways and means not just for al-Zarqawi in Iraq, but for the entire Islamic extremist movement. 

In the message al-Zawahiri details the plan for success in Iraq:

It has always been my belief that the victory of Islam will never take place until a Muslim state is established in the manner of the Prophet in the heart of the Islamic world, specifically in the Levant, Egypt, and the neighboring states of the Peninsula and Iraq… 

If our intended goal in this stage is the establishment of a caliphate in the manner of the Prophet, then the Jihad in Iraq requires several incremental goals: 

The first stage: Expel the Americans from Iraq. 

The second stage: Establish an Islamic authority or amirate, then develop it and support it until it achieves the level of a caliphate… 

The third stage: Extend the jihad wave to the secular countries neighboring Iraq. 

The fourth stage: the clash with Israel.

Radical Islam or Islamic extremism is propagated by individuals who see the world through a pan-Islamic prism. They view the world in terms of religious unity as opposed to nationalistic unity. They believe that all Muslims should implement Islamic law (the sharia) and they believe the use of violence is justified.

In an effort to understand Islamic extremism, it is essential to understand how it developed organizationally, what motivates and sustains it, and where its weaknesses lie. Al-Qaeda was the spark that provided the organization, leadership and operational successes that formed a networked force of Islamic extremism.