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October 23, 2005

al-Qaeda "will eventually launch an offensive war"

Since al-Qaeda always makes it clear that its only motivations are to fulfill the teachings of Islam, clearly, if and when the Islamic world is capable, it will eventually launch an offensive war. For the same infallible sources that instruct Muslims to wage defensive war also instruct them to launch an offensive war. Thus if Islam’s ubiquitous apologists tell us that jihadists like al-Qaeda misinterpret Islamic teaching about offensive war, then surely it must misinterpret Islamic teaching about defensive war.

In light of this fact, Westerners should always be cognizant of what al-Qaeda ultimately wants as they consider the long list of alleged wrongs the Islamic world has suffered at the hands of the West. In other words, if al-Qaeda’s demands are met — if Israel ceases to be, if the U.S. evacuates Iraq and Afghanistan, if the West keeps its nose out of the Islamic world’s affairs — will that be enough to satisfy al-Qaeda? Certainly, it would be a start. But based on their words and convictions that all injunctions of the Koran must be fulfilled, it seems that their jihad would merely shift from being defensive to being offensive.

The only reason there hasn’t yet been an offensive jihad is simply because the Islamic World is currently incapable of initiating one — not because they have consciously forfeited the command to establish Islam all over the world by any means necessary. The last time an Islamic people was capable, it fully engaged in conquest, as memories of the Ottoman Empire’s religiously sanctioned invasions and genocides attest.

"Al Qaeda’s Offensive Rhetoric: What Does Al-Qaeda Ultimately Want?" by Raymond Ibrahim, vdh Private Papers, October 5, 2005

Posted at October 23, 2005 05:09 PM | Categories: Terrorism

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