The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades

Acc ord ing to a sur vey con duc ted in Pakistan

in 2004 by thePew Resear ch Center,'6 5 pe r ce nt

fa vo re dOs am a an d th at pl uralities of 47 per cent

believed Palestinian suicide attacks on Israelis were

justified. Forty-six per cent thought attacks on West-

erners in Iraq were justified.'

Restoration of Muslim unity

Oneof the chie f ills Hizb ut-Tahr ir bemoa ns is

the lack of unity among Muslims; in the good old

da ys of th e ca lip hat e, th e Mus li m umma

(co mm un it y)"w asno t di vi de d as we se e

today by borders drown up by the Kafir

colonialists," jihadists see this unity as paramount

partlybecause Saladin's victories over the

Crusaders came after he was able to unite

mostof the Muslim world, Before Saladin,

theCr us ad er s ha d be en ab le to pl ay th e

Su nn iAbbasids of Baghdad offtheShi’ite

Fatimids of Cairo and even entered into

perfidiousalliances with one against the other.

Butin 11 71 , Sa la di n al lo we d th e ca ll to

pr ay erto res ound thr oug h Cair o in the name

th e Abb asi d Cal iph ; th e Fat imi ds wer e

overthrownand theIslamic world reunited.'

Some of the most resounding victoriesover the

Crus ader s onl y beca me pos sib le on the bas is

of this unity, and. today's jihadists have not

forgotten this lesson.

ABook You're Not

Supposed to Read

Milestonesby Sayyid Qutb; Mother

MosqueFoundation. n.d. In this slim and

hard-hittingbook. Qutb (191)6-1966) makes

it plain: "Ifwe look at the sources and

foundations ofmodern ways of living, it

becomes clear thatthe whole world is

steeped in Jahiliyyah[ignorance of the

divine guidance]. ThisJahiliyyahis based

on rebellion against God'ssovereignty on

earth. It transfers to man oneof the greatest

attributes of God. namelysovereignty, and

makes some men lords overothers:"

Islam, says Quth, in response to this

wrongful deification of human beings.

must-proclaim the authority and

sovereignty of God" and thereby-eliminate

all human kingship and to announce the

rule of the Sustainer of theuniverseover

the entire earth,In the words of the Qur'an:

'He alone is Godin the heavens and in the

earth.' (43:84) 'Thecommand belongs to

God alone.He commands you not to

worship anyone except HimThis is the

right way of life: (12:40)"-' In other

words , Musli ms must wage waruntil

Islamic law reigns supreme all over the

world.