Zawahri Raves, Seethes
Charles Johnson
Sat Feb 12, 2005 at 1:46 pm PST • Views: 218
Islamic fascist xenophobia melds with radical socialist cant in the latest audiotape released by Egyptian pediatrician Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda number two hits out at US in new audiotape.
An audiotape purportedly of Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri hit out at the US concept of freedom, saying it was a cloak for spreading corruption and injustice in the Islamic world.
Liberty as construed by the Americans was based on “usurious banks, giant companies, misleading media outlets and the destruction of others for material gain,” charged the voice in the recording aired by Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera.
Real freedom was “not the liberty of homosexual marriages and the abuse of women as a commodity to gain clients, win deals or attract tourists,” said the voice.
“It is not the freedom of Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib,” it said, referring to US-run prisons in Cuba and Iraq where serious allegations of torture have been levelled.
“Our freedom … and the reform that we are seeking depends on three concepts — the rule of sharia (Islamic law) … freeing Islam from any aggressor … and liberating the human being.”
In the Islamic world, the people had the “right to choose its leader, hold him to account, criticise him and isolate him,” said the audiotape, in a clear response to US calls for democratic reforms in the Arab and Muslim worlds.
“I do not think that we can achieve reform while we are under American and Jewish occupation.”
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