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Temporary peace treaties are renewable, but may not be applied to all enemies at once: the caliph must wage jihad at least once a year. He may not rest, or he will fall into a state of sin.
“To send an ambassador to the UN is to recognize an authority other than God’s.” This form of diplomacy is shirk, or polytheism, he argued, and would be immediate cause to hereticize and replace Baghdadi.
Even to hasten the arrival of a caliphate by democratic means—for example by voting for political candidates who favor a caliphate—is shirk.
Being a Shiite, as most Iraqi Arabs are, meets the standard as well, because the Islamic State regards Shiism as innovation, and to innovate on the Koran is to deny its initial perfection. (The Islamic State claims that common Shiite practices, such as worship at the graves of imams and public self-flagellation, have no basis in the Koran or in the example of the Prophet.)
That means roughly 200 million Shia are marked for death.
So too are the heads of state of every Muslim country, who have elevated man-made law above Sharia by running for office or enforcing laws not made by God.
originally posted by: Millions
a reply to: Klassified
Interesting post, Klassified.
I'm not sure what you're hinting at though. Where do you think the money is coming from? And what is the real agenda?
originally posted by: Klassified
a reply to: Kryties
IS keeps making enemies because that's what their benefactors are funding them to do. And those benefactors are about as Muslim as you and I are. Find out who is really funding them, and you'll find out what the end game is.
Why are they so damn crazy? I suspect that it is because 'Joe Six-Pack' does not yet hate Muslims quite enough.
originally posted by: Klassified
originally posted by: Millions
a reply to: Klassified
Interesting post, Klassified.
I'm not sure what you're hinting at though. Where do you think the money is coming from? And what is the real agenda?
Good questions. I won't pretend to know the answers, but a guess would be: the Saudi's, and Western world interests. I also see that our government and corporate interests in the states seem to always need a reason for us to be over there. IS is the perfect excuse. Among others, of course.
originally posted by: Kryties
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Kryties
Don't you mean the countless victims of aggressive wars waged in the region by the west?
You want to magnify the ISIS crisis just like the main stream media. You even cite their dogma.
Wow, you should change your medication mate it's making you see things that aren't there.
ISIS is a SMALL FRACTION of the Muslim world. A subset of deluded people who kill anyone who doesn't agree with their ideology - Muslim, Christian, Atheist, anyone.
Thats what this thread is about, not the agenda you are trying to bring into it.
It also makes the good point of saying that ISIS are not just going after a particular religious group or belief, but that the world as a whole is their enemy to be vanquished in the supposed upcoming "apocalypse".
originally posted by: grandmakdw
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Kryties
…or the countless beheaded Christians and Muslims would disagree with your assessment of ISIS being "victims".
Don't you mean the countless victims of aggressive wars waged in the region by the west?
You want to magnify the ISIS crisis just like the main stream media. You even cite their dogma.
Which is why the west should not get involved.
Look at your statement "countless victims of aggressive wars waged in the region by the west"
and your earlier statement "The whole Middle East has been victimized by the west"
That sentiment alone is quite telling
it gives the ultimate reason why the west
needs to not allow any of their citizens to enter the Middle East
to not send troops
to not engage remotely
and to only engage on their own soil in the west when issues arise
and to leave the region entirely and fully
until the Muslim countries themselves put an end to this.
This strong feeling you voiced is the very reason
the west should not send troops
and should disallow all travel by its citizens to the Middle East
(meaning if even a journalist goes, they are fully on their own
because they were told by the west that the Middle East is a
no go zone for all westerners)
until Muslims themselves
put an end to the evil Daesh Islamists.
I wrote it myself,
original work
original thought
originally posted by: Specimen
Maybe we should bomb them with porn magazines
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: MrSpad
I dont think you have thought this through.
If you are subtle and dont do insane things, sure recruitments are low, but you actually acheive your goal. Also you dont need as many recruits because you dont have multiple muslim (muslim nations that are respected and will slow recruits) nations bombing them into dust.
So no I dont think its for recruits. Its just the continued destabilzation of the mid east funded by Saudia Arabia and the US is probably involved, or at least have held their hands all the way up until they turned into ISIS.