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Osama bin Laden on Shariah Law
Muslims, and especially the learned among them, should spread sharia law to the world–that and nothing else. Not laws under the “umbrella of justice, morality, and rights” as understood by the masses. No, the sharia of Islam is the foundation.
They say that our sharia does not impose our particular beliefs upon others; this is a false assertion. For it is, in fact, part of our religion to impose our particular beliefs upon others.
Thus whoever refuses the principle of terror[ism] against the enemy also refuses the commandment of Allah the Exalted, the Most High, and His sharia.
- Osama bin Laden
In: In Their Own Words, Religion · Tagged with: freedom of religion, Osama bin Laden, Shariah law
Islam does not permit democracy in elections
“We hate democracy. We want the occupation of Islam in the entire world. Islam does not permit democracy in elections.”
- Sufi Muhammed (the leader of the pro-Taliban group Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed) to thousands of followers in Pakistan
In: In Their Own Words, Religion · Tagged with: democracy, Islam
Jihad with Money
“I like to call it jihad with money, because God has ordered us to fight enemies with our lives and our money.”
- Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi on Sharia finance
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: Muslim Brotherhood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Evil’s roots are in America?
“We are fighting to destroy the enemy. We are dealing with evil at its roots and its roots are America.”
- Jamaat ul-Fuqra (JuF) leader Sheik Muburak Gilani
JuF – aka Muslims of America – has established 35 terrorist training camps within the U.S., and is linked to almost 50 terrorist attacks on American soil.
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: Jamaat ul-Fuqra
‘Divine punishment’
“Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them – even though they exaggerated this issue – he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hand of the believers.”
- Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, senior leader in the Muslim Brotherhood
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: Muslim Brotherhood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi
‘Beware, we are coming’
“We want to inform Bush and our rivals about our real intentions. We will establish Islamic rule from Alaska and Chile to South Africa, and from Japan to Russia. Beware, we are coming.”
- Ibrahim Al-Maqdasi (a leader of al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked Somali terrorist group) on Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya television
In: In Their Own Words
‘We have the right to kill’
“We have the right to kill four million Americans-two million of them children… Furthermore, it is our right to fight them with chemical and biological weapons…”
- Suleiman Abu Gheith, spokesman for al Qaeda
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: al Qaeda
‘The Qur’an should be the highest authority in America’
“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Qur’an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth.”
- Omar Ahmed, Chairman of the Board of CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations), San Ramon Valley Herald, July 1998
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: CAIR
MSA Speaker: ‘We’re going to use force’
“If the only thing the Israelis and their mentors, and their sponsors and their superiors in Washington DC are going to understand is the use of force, than that’s the language we’re going to communicate with, we’re going to use force. And whatever was taken by force can only be retrieved by force.”
- Muhammad al-Asi, lecturing at a Muslim Students Association event at UC-Irvine in May of 2002 during “Zionist Awareness Week”
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: MSA
MSA President on bin Laden, polygamy, and Jihad
“War in Iraq or Afghanistan or Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein. Don’t ever compromise on Islam! And don’t ever compromise on your Muslim brothers and sisters in which you have no evidence. Osama bin Laden- I don’t know this guy. I don’t know what he did. I don’t know what he said. I don’t know what happened. But we defend Muslim brothers and we defend our Muslim sisters to the end. Is that clear? I am not saying support terrorist acts. I am not saying any of that. I am saying generally speaking. If a man comes and robs a store – if you’re going to rob the store, go ahead and rob the store, are we going to condemn him? No, you support your Muslim brothers whether it is right or wrong. When they do wrong you grab them and you slap some sense into them, you’re doing wrong. You see what I am saying.
“So you never compromise on your faith. You be confident in every aspect of life. In every aspect of Islam you are confident. Four wives? Yes men are allowed to have four wives within this context. Jihad? Yes Jihad! Jihad is the tightest thing in Islam. Don’t compromise on these little things. Be proud of it. Why? Because Islam is a perfect religion. If you sit here and you start saying, ‘Jihad is only an internal this and that,’ you are compromising on your faith.”
- Amir Mertaban, president of Muslim Students Association West, in a 2007 speech called “Methods of Da’wah.” The conference was held at UC-Berkeley. Audio
In: In Their Own Words · Tagged with: jihad, MSA, Osama bin Laden, polygamy
