Manifesto

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A Necessary Manifesto for Islamic Terrorism
The text of a letter found in the belongings of a suicide bomber

Yes. I am a Muslims and am proud of it.

Yes. I am a fundamentalist, if you so choose to call me, and I revel in the fact of it.

Yes, I am a terrorist, if you again prefer to brand me, and I glory in the glow of it.

I accept all these appellations without the slightest hesitation on my part. Because I know I am in the right, and all those who differ from me, who disagree with me, are clearly in the wrong and are surely condemned to suffer the fires of hell and the worst of fate.

For I walk in the Path of God, and my hand forever lies in shadow of His Hand. What I do, thus, falls squarely within the real of his forever wise and just exhortations. I d His Will on Earth. I bring about the earthly fulfillment of His wishes and desires. For that is what I am chose for, even if should, occasionally, lead top bloodshed ad terror. In fact, especially when it leads to bloodshed and terror, this being the true test of my faith.

Terror is a legitimate and religiously sanctioned means towards a noble end – the bringing about of the final fulfillment of God’s Plan for the human race. Terror is a moral imperative for the Muslim today, even if its victims are the so-called civilians. In fact, especially when its victims are civilians – men, women and children, for there are no innocent bystanders in a terror campaign. For what is the use of terror if such are exempt?

Yes. Terror is sanctioned in Islam.

Yes. Terror is a moral imperative.

And yes. Terror is the way of the Prophet approved by God from the highest heaven.

For wasn’t it the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may the blessings and prayers of God forever shower his very soul, so noble, so pure, so tranquil, that commissioned the assassination of many of his staunches opponents? And wasn’t the head of one of them, at one point, thrown into his appreciative lap as a proof of a courageous act well accomplished? And didn’t he promise Paradise to those who carried out this act?

And wasn’t he who condoned the massacre of all adult men of an entire Jewish tribe? All while their women and children were being enslaved and their property confiscated? And didn’t the Prophets reward himself for all that with one of the beautiful women as a concubine?

And wasn’t he himself, may the salutations of God descent upon him, who ordered the destruction of a mosque in Medina, this happening for the very first time in Islam, because it was build by his opponents? Shouldn’t that teach us that not even Muslims are to be exempt from Islamic terror when there exists reasonable doubt as to the true nature of their faith?

And wasn’t it God Almighty Himself who condoned fighting between Muslims should a group of them stray from the Right Path? Didn’t He say in the Qur’an: “If two factions of the faithful should fight against each other, make amends between them. But, should one of them oppress the other, fight against the oppressing one until she returns to the Command of God?”

But if Muslims are allowed to war against each other, wouldn’t the use of all the tools of war be legitimate? Wouldn’t assassinations be legitimate? Wouldn’t massacres? Wouldn’t the destruction of mosques be legitimate?

And how the throwing of acid in the faces of unveiled women who so openly defy the commands of God and allow the devil to work through their bodies? And how about the persecution of those who alter the words of God, misinterpret them so willingly and give them the meanings they want? And how about the fate of the atheists, those who dare deform the very instinct that God planted in the human soul, in the human gene, those who abase the human to the ranks of the unthinking animal? What should the fat of all those be but complete and utter annihilation? Wouldn’t the purification of the Muslim Human Community of such parasites be desirable and laudable?

There was a time when the Muslims truly understood and employed the power of terror, giving the world the word “assassin” itself as one of their most important legacies. They understood how terror can beget results and how it ca beget respect. The much needed respect. Why can’t we understand that now having seen how civilians can easily made victims, and how other peoples have no compunction about using terror, against themselves and against us?

We need to be respected today, we need to be feared. Fear of us will teach the current leaders of the world how to take us into account when they fill the most important details of their plans and schemes. We need t be feared, if we are going to be counted, if we are to amount to anything in this world, and if we truly want to show to the world that we are the chosen instrument of God, the Greatest Schemer of them all, and not them, and that ours is the Manifest Destiny.

Bloodshed in the name of God cleanses the soul of all impurities of self-deceit and hypocrisy. Terror in the name of God elates her no ending. War in the name of God encompasses everything that is noble and pure in life. Indeed, for the true faithful, it is the only legitimate worldly delight.

Terror keeps women in their proper place. Terror keeps the hypocrites in their proper place. Terror keeps the weak of faith in their proper place. Terror keeps all people in their proper place. Terror works, hence the allure of it and its ultimate justification.

And terror teaches discipline. Above all, terror teaches discipline. Terror is the greatest teaching instrument that has even been invented. Terror works. It works for the adult and the child. It works for the fortunate ad the orphan, for the father and the mother, for the master and the slave. Terror works for God and the entirety of his creation. Terror stimulates. Terror educates. Terror regulates all the affairs of the truly faithful. The validity of terror is beyond doubt. God and History justify yet.

Teach your children the meaning of terror, and you will have put them on the path to perfection and salvation. Terror is a way of life.

February, 1998

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