The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and theCrusades

of th os e Ch ri st ia ns an d ha s de po pu la te d th em by pi ll ag e an d

fi re , Th ey ha ve le d aw ay a pa rt of th e ca pt iv es in to th ei r ow n

co un tr y, an d a pa rt ha ve th ey ha ve ki ll ed by cr ue l to rt ur es.

Th ey ha ve ei th er de st ro ye d th e ch ur ch es of Go d or ap pr op ri-

at ed th em fo r th e ri te s of th ei r ow n re li gi on. Th eyde st ro y th e

altars, after having defiled them with their uncleanness. „. The

Just Like Today: Jihadists from all over

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As they have done throughouthistoryMuslim warriors travel long distances

in order to participate in the latest jihad5.In the 1990s. theBalkans became a

favored destination for veterans of the jihadwarsin Afghanistan and Chechnya. A

prominent jihad commander in Bosnia, AbuAbdel Aziz, explained that he went

there after meeting with several Islamic authorities in Saudi Arabia. They 'all

support," he said, "the religious dictum that-the fighting m Bosnia is a fight to

make the word of Allah supreme and protect the chastity of Muslims: It is because

Allah said (in his holy book). 'Yet, if they ask you forsuccoragainst religious

persecution, it isyourduty togive [them) this succor.' (Lit. 'to succor there in

religion:Qur’an, al-Arifa I.

I 814 It is then our (religi ous) duty to defend our Muslim brethre n whereve r

they are. as long as they are persecuted because they are Muslims and not

for any other reason."

Before, during, and after the 20D3 war in Iraq, jihadists streamedinto that

country from all over the world—including some unexpected places: a Ger-

man security official noted in late 2003 that 'since the end of the war. there

has been a large movement of people motivated by Islamic extremism from

Germany and the rest ofEurope toward Iraq."'