Are poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunities and dictatorship the causes of Islamic revolt?

This is simply laughable. Show me one single Islamic terrorist who is poor and who lacked opportunities. Talking of Dictatorship? Islamic countries had always been ruled by dictators. Muhammad himself was the greatest dictator of them all. All the Caliphs that followed him were also dictators and uncouth tyrants. The Qur’an exhorts the Muslims to follow exactly the examples of Muhammad (3:132, 33:21), and obviously this also includes emulating his dictatorial disposition. Let us just imagine that all those current Muslim dictators are gone. Do you think the Islamic terrorists will lay down their arms and surrender to democratic institutions? Here are a few examples about what the Islamists are doing: Bangladesh , the world’s third largest Muslim country is not currently ruled by a dictator, why then Bangladesh has become a ‘cocoon’ of Islamic terror? Indonesia , the world’s largest Muslim nation got rid of General Suharto, another dictator. But why Indonesia is now in greater danger from the Islamic terrorists (remember the Bali bombing, the Mariott bombing and the Australian embassy bombing?) than when Suharto was in power? And I could cite a few more examples. The bottom line is: The excuse of Islamic dictatorship is just a propaganda strategy of the Islamists. I can assure you that even when all the dictators in the Islamic Paradises are removed, the Islamists will not lay down their sword. They will simply take this as an opportunity to have a field day celebrating their victory. They will then be completely free to advance their agenda—to globalise Islam. When not in power, the Islamists love Western-style democracy, as this gives them the right opportunity to germinate and thrive and prosper. But once they rise to power, they will surely kill the very democratic environment that nurtured them. We must understand that the Islamists use the Western values of democracy, tolerance, freedom of thought and modern western technology as weapons to demolish the Western society. It is a guerrilla warfare, in which the guerrillas capture the weapons of the strong army and use them to fight the enemy. The Islamists are guerrillas too—they are using exactly the same strategy as the armed guerrillas use in a combat. When we fully understand this clever technique of the Islamists, we can formulate correct policies to defeat them.

How and when all this will end?

Islamic terrorism is not going to end soon—not at least before a few more 9/11, Madrid, Bali, 7/7 take place. Its demise will depend upon how resolute the world becomes in the coming days. As long as there are PC politicians and as long as the world depends upon the so-called moderate Muslims to extinguish this menace, nothing will happen, rest assured on this. The world must not follow the path of least resistance. This method will only ensure the defeat in the hands of the clever and cunning Islamist terrorists and their supporters. Why? You see, it is so simple to understand that America , UK , Australia , the forefront nations in the fight against terror have limited resources. They are spending billions of dollars to face this challenge. This cannot go on forever. These nations will soon get tired, their money exhausted, their population will soon rebel and refuse to send their children to join in the army and be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan for a cause that has very little to do with their lives. Soon, there will be loud voices in these nations to pull out. The same situation forced the Soviet Union to retreat from Afghanistan . The Islamists are just waiting for this moment. Their war on the unbelievers cost them next to nothing. Mind you, life is so cheap in Islam. With one suicide bomber they kill hundreds and thousands of people. Do your math and you will realise why the Islamists are capable of carrying out their act for decades, if not for centuries. We must recognize that the real enemy is not the terrorists. Rather, it is Islam. As long as the world does not internalise and comprehend this truth and as long as wrong, PC policies are pursued this war will continue and the defeat of the non-believers is guaranteed.

The bottom line is: The main focus of war should be shifted from Iraq or Afghanistan to Islam. No doubt, it is necessary to fight this war militarily but it should also be fought doctrinally. So far, nothing has been done to extinguish Islam ideologically. The world must launch this war immediately The PC politicians, so far, have lied to their people by saying that Islam means peace. Let the entire world rise up against Islam. This will force the so-called vast majority of the not-so-good Muslims to discard Islam—at least the violent part of it. They would remain contented with the ritual part of Islam, like prayer, fasting etc. These rituals do not harm others. When this happens the Jihadists will find it extremely difficult to recruit new suicide bombers and Islamic killers. That is how Islam should be fought. The first step for the world leaders will be to speak the truth and speak it forcefully. They must set aside all their differences for the sake of saving the humanity from the looming catastrophe, that is, a victory of Islam by exploding atom bombs on infidel lands. Only an imbecile dunce will doubt this capability of the Islamists. When the entire infidel world unites solidly to combat Islam you will see how fast Islam recedes to its cave. For this to occur, the world must be prepared to face another oil shock. But this had to be endured if we want a world free of Islamic terrorism.

Is this the beginning of the World War III?

As I mentioned before, Islam is at perpetual war with the infidels. This war started when Muhammad took a pledge (known as the pledge of Aqaba) from the Jihadists to fight all infidels until the entire world succumbed to Islam. This war is an ongoing one. Sometimes it slows down; sometimes it even pretends to be in recession or remains dormant. But as far as Islam is concerned, nothing has really changed. Now that the Arabs/Islamists have the oil money, this war has resurged with full vigour and hostility. If anyone desires to call it a World War III, be that so. But we must keep in mind that the war with Islam is never-ending, until the genie is forced inside the bottle.

Is our civilization in danger? 

Yes, of course. The Islamists surely want to replace the current world order with their own set of Bedouin values (Islam) and Bedouin laws (also known as Sharia). You don’t have to believe me just listen to any Islamist or an Imam in a mosque. They are very candid about what they want and that is the domination of the world.

Can Islamic terrorism be defeated? If yes…how? If no…what should be done?  

The answer is yes. How? I did mention previously some of the strategies that we must adopt to combat this peril. This can be summed up thus: The world must identify Islam as its number one enemy; wage an unrelenting media campaign exposing the barbaric nature of Islam. At the same time, military operations should continue to eliminate the terrorists who want to murder us. Meanwhile, we must reward the vast majority of the not-so-good Muslims for discarding the violent parts of the Qur’an. They should be asked to compile a new version of the Qur’an which will abandon all those murderous and hateful verses. Needless to say, the Qur’an will then only be a few pages thick. But, this must be done. And I can assure that this will be a litmus test for those who preach to be ‘moderate’ Muslims and claim that all those verses preaching violence against the non-Muslims are contextual and should not be currently acted upon. This strategy is known as carrot-and-stick approach. This method always works, and it will work this time too.  The cost to adopt such measures will be a fraction of billions of dollars that is now wasted only to save Islam and give it a new life. The world should go after Islam—it will be cheap and fruitful. Muslim migrants in Western countries must sign a declaration that they are not Islamists, do not support Pan Islamism and that they would be immediately deported if they are found to be the supporters of any such Islamic group. If they become citizens of non-Muslim countries they must be warned that their citizenship will be revoked if they are found to be advocating world Islamism and are engaged in preaching the conversion of non-Muslims into Islam. Converting to Islam should be made illegal or those who desire to convert to Islam must get approval from security authorities. After all, in all the Islamic Paradises, leaving Islam and converting to another religion is a serious offence, sometimes punishable by death. We must play this game of Islam. We must get even and tough on conversion to Islam. This is a bit harsh, no doubt. But desperate times require harsh measures. These steps worked fantastically well in keeping the communism away from the USA and Western Europe . It will work again, believe me.

Ali Sina:
Thank you Abul Kasem.  Your insight into Islam is extremely valuable. I hope the friends who read this send this interview and those of other pundits that participate in this symposium to their politicians and their Media wherever they live. Unfortunately few people understand the nature of this beast or have any clue how to deal with it. Our politicians are no exceptions. I am going to continue interviewing more experts and I urge everyone to spread these interviews as much as they can. If we want to win this war we have to shift our paradigm. I hope at the end of this symposium we will all have a better understanding of the problem we are facing, grasp the gravity of the situation and have a better insight into how to tackle it.

Abul Kasem:
Thank you for the interview.

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