The Politically Incorrect Guide toIslam(and theCrusadeIf you failed thetest,don't worry. Afterall, thetwoparagraphs are
ext reme ly simi lar to eac h oth er—and tha t is no acc ide nt. Mode rn-jiha d
move ments cons ciou sly patte rn them selve s after the jiha d warri ors of
old , and fre que ntl y inv oke the ir memo rie s, "Du rin gthemon th of
Ramadan," Dr.FuadMukheimar, secretary-generalof the Egyptian Sharia
Association, wrotein. 2001, "agreat Muslim victorywaswonover the
Crusaders under the leadership of (Salah Al-Dint (Saladinl Al-Ayubi. His
adv iso rs cou nse led him to res t fro m the Jih ad dur ing the mon th of
fas tin g, bu t Sa la di n in si st ed on co nt in ui ng th e Ji ha d du ri ng
Ra ma da nbec aus e heknew. ...thatfas tin g hel ps to [ac hie ve] vict ory ,
beca use dur ingRama dan the Musli ms over come thems elve s.thro ugh
fasti ng, andtheirvictory overtheir enemiesiscertain.Fasting givesthem
determination,heroism, and willpower...Saladinreplied to his advisors.'Life
is short.' Allah learned of Saladin's loyalty and the loyalty of his soldiers
and gave them a decisive victory. They took the fortress of Safed. the
greatest of the Crusader fortresses, in the middleof the month of fasting.
Saladin conquered the lands of Al-Sham[GreaterSyria] andpurified
Jerusalemof the tyranny and defilementofthe Crusaders."' Mukheeimar
also referredto the Battle of Badr and other historic battles to try to rouse
modern-dayMuslimstoimitateMuhammad and Saladin and wage Jihad for
themselves.
This is a principal reason why jihad terrorists routinely referto
American troops as"Crusaders." In their view, the War on Terror, which
beganfor Americans on September 11, 2001,isonly the latest installment
in a conflictthathas continued for over a thousand years,
What are they fighting for?
Thi s con fli ct, in the ir vie w, is des tin ed to end wit h the
heg emo ny of Isla m. In the words of Osama bin Laden , jiha d
warr iors the wor ld over are fighting, "so that Allah's Word and
religion reign supreme.