The Hidden Agenda of Radical Islamic Fundamentalists
Guest posting by Mike DePinto
“It is the nature of war that each side must hide as much as can be hidden. The secrecy of this war goes deeper. More than in any other war I have studied, the true reasons for each side’s actions are hidden from view.” America’s Secret War by George Friedman.
The recent protesting and rioting by radical Islamists has a fundamental purpose and strategy designed to elicit a reaction from both the Muslim and Non-Muslim world. These protestors almost certainly have been organized or at least incited by enemies of the West. In doing so, the leaders of these extremist groups desire two results - to unify the Muslim population as an army against the all others and to convince Westerners that all Muslims are soldiers in the army sworn to destroy the West. Certainly, many Muslims abhor violence, but these Muslims have not risen up to decry it either. This leaves a huge opportunity for violent Islamic extremists and their leaders. By creating anger and prejudice among Non-Muslims against Islam, the extremists hope to alienate traditionally nonviolent Muslims from the mainstream of civilization. In doing so, they hope to gain support and strength from the entire Muslim population for their goal to resurrect the Caliphate.
In America’s Secret War, George Friedman argues that, “[i]n Al Qaeda’s view, an Islamic rising could occur only when there was hope of success and a clear sense that the Islamic world was under attack by the world’s major religions.” He goes on to say, “bin Laden’s (September 11, 2001) actions were a politico-military maneuver designed to generate pro-jihadist change in the Islamic world.” The recent, seemingly irrational, violence in the Middle East and Europe generates feelings of power among those participating in, and thoughts of disgust from those of us opposed to, the destruction. Both result in a win for those advocating a jihad.
Perhaps President Bush sees the danger in grouping all Muslims together as violent offenders of civilization when he (weakly) attempts to reach out to the world’s non-extremist Islamic population. At the very least, he recognizes the fallacy that all Muslims want to see America fall. If fanatical factions of Islam manage to recruit Muslims, who to this point have merely watched by idly, then Al Qaeda will have the troops they need to fight this war. Alienating the majority of Muslims that do not support these brutal actions serves only the objectives of the terrorists. The West must not dismiss all Muslims as extremists or soon they will be.
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02/10/06 @ 07:47:46 am
I think they do no fear us enough. I also do not believe that there are non-extremist Muslims. They may not be participating in their actions, but they adhere to a faith that explicitly divides the world into Dar-al-islam and Dar-al-har. (The world of Islam and the world of war). They revere a book as having come from gods lips to Mohammed's ears that explicitly calls for the violent subjugation of all peoples who are not Muslim.
The so called non-extremist Muslim not only tolerate, but participate in the active subjugation of women. (I am trying to think of one Islamic country that allows women to rise to the level of third class citizens)
Even with oil, name one economically successful Islamic country. Name one that has any intellectual innovation. Name one that has any freedom of conscious. Ross, in just about any Muslim country on the planet you are double dead. And atheist Jew is enough to make their heads explode. LITERALLY!!!
When it comes to evil, in the form of willing acquiescence to of the mild participation in, the average non-extremist follower of the "religion of peace" makes the average German under the Nazi's or Russian under the communists look like a piker.
It is in our best interest to define the terms of acceptable international behavior and then enforce it. Using means ranging from diplomatic isolation, economic punishment to active efforts to overthrow and secularize their governments. And always, in the back of Muslims feeble fucking mind, the absolute knowledge that only a misstep away is military action to horrible to contemplate. In short they behave like a spoiled retarded child, they must be managed like a spoiled retarded little child. Nothing less seems to work.
02/10/06 @ 01:01:17 pm
Christopher,
I am sure many people “do not believe that there are non-extremist Muslims.” Yet, with almost two billion Muslims in the world, that seems exceptionally unlikely to me. Just as all anti-abortionists do not support blowing up clinics or killing doctors, all Muslims do not approve or support the criminal actions of those who have burned down embassies or of those who murdered others with suicide attacks. However, way too many Muslims give the impression they support the actions of the violent radical fundamentalists with their complacency and inaction. Your definition of “extremist” seems to include treatment of women and/or economic success while mine comprises only the violent attributes that threaten us. I do not argue that certain Islamic groups endanger the world and eptomize the essence of evil. My post merely suggests that leaders of the violent Muslim movement want Westerners to dismiss all Muslims as violent extremists for the purpose of alienating them from civilized society. I agree econmic, diplomatic, and military punishments should be administered to those individuals and states that do not adhere to international laws but for their actions and not their religion.
02/11/06 @ 01:03:10 pm
It's a matter of terminology.
The so-called "moderate Muslims" are not Muslim at all. Christopher is right about what Islam stands for, and what it's meant -- historically -- to the rest of the world.
It's like saying that birth control is not considered a sin in the Catholic faith simply because most Catholics reject the teaching. Cafeteria Catholics are not Catholic and moderate Muslims are not really Muslim.
Have you read the Koran? Violent paranoid rave it is.
At the risk of blowing my own horn, check out the note I wrote some time back that Ross decided to post in the blog at http://rossputin.com/blog/index.php/a/2005/05/21/
BTW Mike, stop by Virginia sometime and we'll have some of these conversations live. I have good wine to go with them.