Jihadi forces have replaced the Soviet Union to alter the balance of world power and China, the European Union and Russia could also put their weight behind jihad, said Justice (r) Javed Iqbal, while addressing the launch of Maulana Samiul Haqâs book âCrusade Terrorism and Islamic Worldâ on Wednesday. Supporting the idea of suicide attacks, he said Muslim youth would continue to wage jihad against the neo-imperialism of the US; they would blow up their own bodies with bombs.
| I have no objection, as long as they don't do it around us. Somehow, I don't think that's what Sami has in mind, though... |
He questioned whether the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington had been planned by the US itself with the motive to create hostility for Muslims. Most of the other speakers at the occasion favored jihad and concluded that it was the only way to âdefeat infidels, including Jews, Christians and Hindusâ.
| "Negotiations don't work, an we obviously can't compete on an intellectual level..." |
âWhen Allah says in the Quran make ready your horses, it means in the current scenario that we should make atomic bombs to defeat infidels,â said the editor of an Urdu daily newspaper, Majeed Nizami.
| Yeah. Sure. I saw that right away... |
âThe media in the west is wicked and lies and propagates against Islam,â said Maulana Sami. He said that it was the first time in history that the entire âinfidelâ world had come up against the Muslim Ummah. âEarlier on, some infidel forces had still sided with the Muslims, but now the Muslims are looking at the crusade alone.â The book launch, arranged by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, turned into a public meeting when participants started raising anti-US and pro-Taliban slogans as speakers made emotional speeches. One emotional participant stood up and demanded a decree be issued right there and then to declare President Musharraf a âkafirâ, because he had (reportedly) said that Mullah Omerâs Islam was not the real Islam. |