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| Writing about Wahabism and Salafi-Islam, could fill | | | | rule of Allah....Allah ordered his Prophet to execute the |
| many books. I will however in this article, try to | | | | commands given to him and forbade him to follow |
| make clear why it is of tremendous importance in our | | | | the emotions of the nation, the masses, and the |
| time. Both movements are considered as the origin | | | | people." |
| of Islamic terrorism. A lot of recent Islamic terrorists | | | | 2. "Democracy is the rule of the masses or the rule |
| such as Osama Bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and | | | | of paganism, which is conducted according to a |
| Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, have been inspired by | | | | constitution and not according Allah's |
| Wahabism. | | | | laws....Democracy has become the mother of laws |
| Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703 - 1792 ) was an | | | | and is considered by as a holy book. The religion of |
| Arab theologian born in Saudi Arabia and can be | | | | democracy has no relation to Quranic verses or the |
| considered as the founder of Wahabism. Wahab is | | | | Prophet's way of life and it is not possible to legislate |
| considered by many to be a great reformer of Islam, | | | | according to them unless they are compatible with |
| and at the same time as the "father of Islamic | | | | the holy book (the constitution)." |
| terrorism. Iwill not go deeply into his teachings, but | | | | 3. "Democracy is an outcome of despicable secularism |
| expose the teachings of two of his contemporary | | | | and its illegitimate daughter, since secularism is a |
| followers. | | | | heretical school striving to separate religion from |
| Salman bin Fahed al-Auda, in his book "The End of | | | | state and government." |
| History", asserts that the solution to Islamic distress , | | | | Al-Maqdisi concludes: "Democracy is a religion that is |
| that may bring about the fall of America and the | | | | not Allah's religion....It is the rule of paganism...it is a |
| Western world, "exists in one word which is Jihad". | | | | religion which includes other gods in its belief...the |
| According to al-Auda, the meaning of jihad is much | | | | people represented in the religion of democracy by |
| broader than fighting with a sword. Appealing to | | | | its delegates in the parliament...who are actually |
| Muslims throughout the world, he wrote: "We should | | | | standing idols and false gods placed in their chapels |
| not simplify this issue and narrow its meaning to a | | | | and their pagan fortresses, namely, their legislative |
| restricted military battle in one of the Islamic regions | | | | councils. They and their followers rule according to |
| or even to an all-out war against the West, which is | | | | the religion of democracy and the constitution's laws |
| possible and predicted and we assume is arriving... Life | | | | upon which the government is based, and according |
| as a whole is a battlefield. The weapons are not only | | | | to the paragraphs of their legislation....Their master is |
| the rifle, the bullet, the airplane, the tank, and the | | | | their God, their big idols who approve or reject |
| cannon. Not at all! Thinking is a weapon, the economy | | | | legislation. He is their emir, their king, or their president |
| is a weapon, money is a weapon, water is a weapon, | | | | Wahabism (together with the related |
| planning is a weapon, unity is a weapon, and so there | | | | Salafi-movement), is not representing the majority of |
| are many types of weapons." In "The End of | | | | Islam. Actually, it is however the most aggressive |
| History", al-Auda concluded that the West by itself | | | | teaching and it act as if it represents all Muslims. Many |
| was already in an advanced state of decay: "T!he | | | | terrorist groupings such as Hamas, the Egyptian |
| West, and above all the United States, and Western | | | | Islamic Jihad, Al Quaida, Abu Sayyaf...,are followers of |
| culture, in general are undergoing a historical process | | | | Wahabism (or Salafi). Enormous quantities of money |
| that is deterministic. This process leads to its total | | | | are funneled through Charity organisations to these |
| collapse, sooner or later." His jihad was intended to | | | | terrorist groups. Most of the money is distributed by |
| accelerate that collapse. During the 1990's, he was | | | | the Saudi Monarchy. The U.S. has already blocked |
| regarded as the most influential preacher in Saudi | | | | many of these channels. New ways for financing the |
| Arabia and Osama Bin Laden often cites out of his | | | | radicals, will however always be found. |
| work. | | | | The only way to stop terrorism is eradicating its |
| Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, lin his book "Democracy is | | | | roots and these roots are the teachings of |
| a Religion", denies the traditional protection given by | | | | Wahabism and the Salafi movement.These intolerant |
| Islam to Jews and Christians. For al-Maqdisi, | | | | teachings have to be stopped. The House of Saud |
| democracy is a prohibited innovation that contradicts | | | | that has been connected to Wahabism since |
| Islamic values and embodies a new heretical religion. | | | | Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, must with the help of |
| Its followers are "infidels" and "polytheists," even if | | | | the moderate Muslims, renounce and forbid the |
| they consider themselves as Jews or Christians by | | | | Wahabi teachings and if necessary, banish the |
| religion. Al-Maqdisi based his claim on the following | | | | terror-preaching clergy. This is however an internal |
| arguments: | | | | Muslim problem. The question is: has the moderate |
| 1. "Democracy gives legitimacy to the legislation of | | | | Muslim-world the wil and the strenght to realize this. |