Iraqi Cleric Promotes Jihad on Saudi TV
Charles Johnson
Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 6:02 pm PST • Views: 272
On the new Saudi Arabian channel Al-Risala TV (a project of Saudi Prince Alwaleed ibn Talal), an Iraqi cleric promotes violent jihad for two reasons: to take revenge on the West, and spread Islam.
(Courtesy of MEMRI TV.)
Host: Dr. Ahmad, do you think that international treaties can resolve the West’s conflict with our Islamic nation?
Al-Kubeisi: The West’s conflict with Islam and the Muslims is eternal, a preordained destiny that cannot be avoided until Judgment Day - not before the sun and the moon are transformed. This is preordained, but there could be some kind of ostensible agreement that hides unimaginable negative feelings.
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In Islam, Jihad is conducted in order to spread its principles, justice, and views. This is exactly what America is doing today, when it spreads democracy. The means used by America - to which the world submits - in order to spread democracy - all the international organizations, all those peoples and nations, are the same means used by Islam when it spread monotheism, at the time when idols and people were worshipped. It is one and the same. What was said there is being said here. If that was correct, then this is correct. If that was a mistake, then this is a mistake.
Hence, we have reached the following conclusion: The term “violence” or “Jihad” - or you could call it “aggression” or “colonialism” - means that you take control of the resources of others, out of economic or political greed. On the other hand, Islam does this to bring people to worship Allah, and to instate justice among all people.
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