Saudi Dollars and Jihad
Saudi Dollars and Jihad
By Rachel Ehrenfeld, FrontPageMagazine.com
Earlier this month, President George W. Bush finally declared that our war is with Radical Islam. He said: "In pursuit of their goals, Islamic Radicals are empowered by helpers and enablers¦They are strengthened by front operations" such as corrupted charities and those who aggressively fund the spread of Radical, intolerant versions of Islam. Defeating "the murderous ideology of the Islamic Radicals," he stated, is the "great challenge of our century." This plague cannot be eliminated by appeasement, dialogue, or negotiated solutions.
The religious and philosophical justifications for promoting Jihad "which means holy war" around the world, is found in the Quran, says Dr. Hussein Shehata, a leading Islamic scholar at al-Azhar University in Cairo. According to Dr. Shehata, the following terms in the Quran seek to justify the spreading of Jihad: in Arabic, Al-Jihad bil-Lisan, which means Jihad of the Tongue, and al-Jihad bil-Qalam, Jihad of the Pen, both combine to promote Jihad.
These commands are complemented by Al-Jihad bil-Mal "the Financial Jihad" which is raising and contributing money to support the Jihad warriors "known as the Mujahideen. The Islamists of al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hizballah" from Egypt and Saudi Arabia to Spain, England, Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada" vow to convert the world to Islam. As documented by Jonathan Dahoah Halevi, Director of Orient Research Group in Toronto, "if a country does not allow the propagation of Islam to its inhabitants, then the Muslim[s] ... would be justified in waging Jihad against that country."
President Bush declared repeatedly that, "money is the lifeblood of terrorist operations." Stopping the flow of money to the terrorists would stop the Financial Jihad which feeds the efforts to revive the Islamic Caliphate. It would also stop the financing of terror attacks, hate propaganda and education, and their undermining of democracy. In Israel, Financial Jihad has funded more than 26,000 terror attacks in the last five years, including 144 suicide attacks. This comes to at least 14 attacks a day in a country the size of Vancouver Island.
While acknowledging the dangers of Radical Islam, and the support its propagators receive from “authoritarian regimes – allies of convenience like Syria and Iran,” the President neglected to mention Saudi Arabia, and the illegal drug trade that provides major financial resources for Islamist and other terrorist organizations worldwide.
Despite the oil crisis, we can no longer pretend that the Saudis are our allies in the war against Radical Islam. Continuing to do so only sets us up for failure. [...]
Posted by Ted Belman at October 24, 2005 11:55 AM
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This is nonsense. The United States must continue to pretend that the Saudis are allies.
Without Saudi Arabia recycling petrodollars, the US Social Security program and the several medical programs would collapse.
An "oil crisis" cannot be wished away. Plus, now it's worse. The US dollar is too volatile. This last summer, PR China developed a new Yuan policy. This was leveraged against the US. It was pointed out that the US dollar is becomming less important for trade and investment in China. Saudi is thus more important to the US than before last summer.
At some point in time it must be accepted that the Seven Seas are really only one sea and the barbarians have funds to murder because of US domestic programs.
Kol tuv,
BobW
Posted by: BobW on October 24, 2005 05:44 PM
Saudi Dollars and Jihad
By Rachel Ehrenfeld, FrontPageMagazine.com
Earlier this month, President George W. Bush finally declared that our war is with Radical Islam. He said: "In pursuit of their goals, Islamic Radicals are empowered by helpers and enablers¦They are strengthened by front operations" such as corrupted charities and those who aggressively fund the spread of Radical, intolerant versions of Islam. Defeating "the murderous ideology of the Islamic Radicals," he stated, is the "great challenge of our century." This plague cannot be eliminated by appeasement, dialogue, or negotiated solutions.
The religious and philosophical justifications for promoting Jihad "which means holy war" around the world, is found in the Quran, says Dr. Hussein Shehata, a leading Islamic scholar at al-Azhar University in Cairo. According to Dr. Shehata, the following terms in the Quran seek to justify the spreading of Jihad: in Arabic, Al-Jihad bil-Lisan, which means Jihad of the Tongue, and al-Jihad bil-Qalam, Jihad of the Pen, both combine to promote Jihad.
These commands are complemented by Al-Jihad bil-Mal "the Financial Jihad" which is raising and contributing money to support the Jihad warriors "known as the Mujahideen. The Islamists of al-Qaeda, Hamas and Hizballah" from Egypt and Saudi Arabia to Spain, England, Africa, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada" vow to convert the world to Islam. As documented by Jonathan Dahoah Halevi, Director of Orient Research Group in Toronto, "if a country does not allow the propagation of Islam to its inhabitants, then the Muslim[s] ... would be justified in waging Jihad against that country."
President Bush declared repeatedly that, "money is the lifeblood of terrorist operations." Stopping the flow of money to the terrorists would stop the Financial Jihad which feeds the efforts to revive the Islamic Caliphate. It would also stop the financing of terror attacks, hate propaganda and education, and their undermining of democracy. In Israel, Financial Jihad has funded more than 26,000 terror attacks in the last five years, including 144 suicide attacks. This comes to at least 14 attacks a day in a country the size of Vancouver Island.
While acknowledging the dangers of Radical Islam, and the support its propagators receive from “authoritarian regimes – allies of convenience like Syria and Iran,” the President neglected to mention Saudi Arabia, and the illegal drug trade that provides major financial resources for Islamist and other terrorist organizations worldwide.
Despite the oil crisis, we can no longer pretend that the Saudis are our allies in the war against Radical Islam. Continuing to do so only sets us up for failure. [...]
Posted by Ted Belman at October 24, 2005 11:55 AM