Pro-Jihad

Ramadan Shallah, PIJ secretary-general, June 2002

Date
Jun. 2002
Name of Author
Ramadan Abdullah Shallah
Body

“No one has the right to object to us giving away our souls and turning them into human bombs for a cause we consider more important and more sacred than our lives.” “Profile: Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” Fox News, February 20, 2003, http://www.foxnews.com/story/2003/02/20/profile-palestinian-islamic-jihad.

Rhetoric Category

Abul Ala Maududi, 1967

Date
1967
Name of Author
Abul Ala Maududi
Body

“But jihad in the Way of Allah is a much more comprehensive term than mere fighting in the Way of Allah. Jihad applies to all those efforts that are made to degrade the word of kufr and to exalt the Word of Allah and to establish the Islamic System of life, whether by propagating the Message of Allah in the initial stage or by fighting in the final stage of the struggle.”David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 58.

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Threat

Sayyid Qutb, Theologian, 1964

Author
Date
1964
Name of Author
Sayyid Qutb
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“Since the objective of the message of Islam is a decisive declaration of man’s freedom, not merely on the philosophical plane but also in the actual conditions of life, it must employ Jihaad.”David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 61.

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Threat

Dilkhayot Kasimov, Date Unknown

Date
Date Unknown
Name of Author
Dilkhayot Kasimov
Body

In an email:

“A pious man will get the (religious) education here and take off for jihad ... And may Allah help young guys who bought tickets too :)”John Marzulli, “Fourth suspect indicted in alleged plot by Brooklyn men to join ISIS,” New York Daily News, April 6, 2015, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/fourth-suspect-indicted-alleged-plot-join-isis-article-1.2175427.

Rhetoric Category

Dilkhayot Kasimov, Date Unknown

Date
Date Unknown
Name of Author
Dilkhayot Kasimov
Body

In electronic messages found on his phone:

“jihad is fard-ayn,” which translates to “jihad is obligatory.”Stephanie Clifford, “4th Brooklyn man indicted in plot to assist ISIS pleads not guilty,” New York Times, April 8, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/nyregion/4th-brooklyn-man-indicted-in-plot-to-assist-isis-pleads-not-guilty.html.

Rhetoric Category

Abul Ala Maududi, 1939

Date
1939
Name of Author
Abul Ala Maududi
Body

“Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it…It must be evident to you from this discussion that the objective of Islamic ‘Jihad’ is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish in its stead an Islamic system to State rule. Islam does not intend to confine this revolution to a single State or a few countries; the aim of Islam is to bring about a universal revolution.”Abul A’la Maududi, “Jihad in Islam,” April 13, 1939, 5, http://muhammadanism.com/Terrorism/jihah_in_islam/jihad_in_islam.pdf.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Abul Ala Maududi, 1939

Date
1939
Name of Author
Abul Ala Maududi
Body

“In reality Islam is a militant ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals. ‘Muslim’ is the title of that International Militant Party organized by Islam to carry into effect its militant programme. And ‘Jihad’ refers to that militant struggle and utmost exertion which the Islamic Party brings into play to achieve this objective.”Abul A’la Maududi, “Jihad in Islam,” April 13, 1939, 5, http://muhammadanism.com/Terrorism/jihah_in_islam/jihad_in_islam.pdf.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

Abul Ala Maududi, 1939

Date
1939
Name of Author
Abul Ala Maududi
Body

“Islamic ‘Jihad’ does not seek to interfere with the faith, ideology, rituals of worship or social customs of the people. It allows them perfect freedom of religious belief and permits them to act according to their creed. However, Islamic ‘Jihad’ does not recognize their right to administer State affairs according to a system which, in the view of Islam, is evil. Furthermore, Islamic ‘Jihad’ also refuses to admit their right to continue with such practices under an Islamic government which fatally affect the public interest from the viewpoint of Islam.”David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 57-58.

Rhetoric Category
Threat

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Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.

In Their Own Words:

We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].

Abu Ali al-Askari, Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) Security Official Mar. 2023
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