Islamic State’s Plans/Justifications: “DABIQ” Magazine & Its Strategic Outlook, An Assessment.
SUN TZU, a Chinese general, is considered one of the greatest military strategists of all times. And even though he lived in the 6th century, his classic treatise, The Art of War, was epoch-making.
HAVING studied his works during (geo-political) coursework in college, rest assured, little has been forgotten. It is with this knowledge base in mind that certain assessments have been made at this site. A preponderance have been on target. Tragically so.
YET for those who are convinced that 7th century barbarians can’t beat the west, well, you are sorely mistaken. Indeed, please regard this clash of civilizations under a simple parameter: which side has a better chance of prevailing, the wishy-washy one (hence, their tepid and incoherent strategies), or their opponents, who will stop at NOTHING to impose their will?
AND for a glimpse into their diabolical world, a preview, the following should serve as foretastes from the latest issue of the Islamic State’s magazine, DABIQ! Its Chapter Titles can be found below…currently the mag is “unavailable” to link in full. But never mind…
THE BURNING OF THE MURTADD PILOT
ADVICE FOR THE LEADERS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF THE SWORD NOT PACIFISM
RESPONDING TO THE DOUBTS
ISLAMIC STATE REPORTS
AMONG THE BELIEVERS ARE MEN
TO OUR SISTERS
IN THE WORDS OF THE ENEMY
THE EXTINCTION OF THE GRAYZONE
THE GOOD EXAMPLE OF ABŪ BASĪR AL-IFRĪQĪ
INTERVIEW WITH ABŪ ‘UMAR AL-BALJĪKĪ
THE ANGER FACTORY – JOHN CANTLIE
AN EXPLICIT ULTIMATUM TO THE APOSTATES
The spark has been lit here in Iraq, and its heat will continue to intensify – by Allah’s permission – until it burns the crusader armies in Dābiq. – Abū Mus’ab az-Zarqāwī
Thus, the Islamic State not only followed the footsteps of Allah’s Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) in his harshness towards the disbelievers, but also emulated the example of his righteous Sahābah (radiyallāhu ‘anhum) by punishing with fire in retaliation, and for the purpose of terrorizing the murtaddīn and making examples out of them. We ask Allah to take revenge for the Muslims and the mujāhidīn, and rain fire and destruction upon the kuffār and murtaddīn wherever they are……(blogger’s note: this is in relation to the burning of the Jordanian pilot)
Al-Muhallab said, “You must use deception in war, for it is more effective than reinforcements.” Some methods of deception include: a. Planting spies. b. Reconnaissance. c. Feigning an intent to attack an area other than the actual target, for when the Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) wanted to attack one area, he would give his army the impression they were going to attack another. “If a man’s chest is too narrow to hold his own secret, then the chest of the one with whom he stores the secret is even narrower” [Poetry]. And be on guard against your enemy at all times so that he doesn’t: a. Pounce on you from near. b. Assault you from far. c. Ambush you when you’re inattentive. d. Or follow you when you’re returning home. [18] ……
ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF THE SWORD NOT PACIFISM
There is a slogan repeated continuously by apologetic “du’āt” when flirting with the West and that is their statement: “Islam is the religion of peace,” and they mean pacifism by the word peace. They have repeated this slogan so much to the extent that some of them alleged that Islam calls to permanent peace with kufr and the kāfirīn. How far is their claim from the truth, for Allah has revealed Islam to be the religion of the sword, and the evidence for this is so profuse that only a zindīq (heretic) would argue otherwise.
‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib (radiyallāhu ‘anh) said, “Allah’s Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was sent with four swords: a sword for the mushrikīn, {And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the mushrikīn wherever you find them} 1 Pacifism was first propagated in the Muslim world by dajjālīn (liars claiming prophethood) who called to a nullification of jihād.
The most notorious of these dajjālīn was Ghulām Ahmad Qādiyānī. Their calls were supported by the British crusaders, as the British knew that jihād was a threat to the stability and expansion of their empire. These calls were later followed by modernist “reinterpretations” of jihād. The modernists called to the abandonment of violence and terrorism. They censured jihād against the apostates. They censured defensive jihād by claiming the Ummah was in the Makkī era. They distorted offensive jihād to mean “pre-emptive” defensive jihād…
Some of these “reinterpretations” eventually found their way into the language of jihād claimants including Husām ‘Abdur-Ra’ūf (current member of the central al-Qā’idah top leadership and author of the infamous book “If I Were in the Place of Morsi and Sat on the Kursī [Throne]”), as he said, “It is necessary to change the name of the [Egyptian] Department of Defense because Islam does not recognize defensive jihād alone, but rather it is sometimes necessary to attack and wage a pre-emptive war to bury transgression alive while it’s still in the cradle. So let its name be the Department of War and Peace” [Law Kuntu Makāna Mursī]…..
[At-Tawbah: 5], a sword for Ahlul-Kitāb, {Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Book – [fight them] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled} [At-Tawbah: 29], a sword for the munāfiqīn, {O Prophet, fight against the kuffār and the munāfiqīn} [At-Tawbah: 73], and a sword for the bughāt (rebellious aggressors), {Then fight against the group that commits baghy (aggression) until it returns to the ordinance of Allah} [Al-Hujurāt: 9]” [Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr]. He also revealed the sword against the apostates, {O you who have believed, whoever of you should revert from his religion – Allah will bring forth a people He will love and who will love Him [who are] humble toward the believers, mighty against the disbelievers; they strive in the cause of Allah and do not fear the blame of a critic} [Al-Mā’idah: 54].
This verse is a fundamental basis for the obligation to fight against the apostate parties. At-Tabarī reported in his tafsīr that amongst the Salaf, ‘Alī Ibn Abī Tālib, Qatādah, al-Hasan al-Basrī, ad-Dahhāk, and Ibn Jurayj said this verse encompassed Abū Bakr (Allah’s sword against apostasy), his companions (radiyallāhu ‘anhum), and their war against the apostates – the followers of Musaylamah al-Kadhdhāb and those who resisted the obligation of zakāh. Allah (ta’ālā) also sent down iron alongside the revelation to consolidate His religion by the sword forged with iron. He (ta’ālā) said, {We have sent Our messengers with clear evidences and sent down with them the Scripture and the balance that the people may maintain [their affairs] in justice. And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those believing in the unseen who support Him and His messengers. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might} [Al-Hadīd: 25]….
It is clear then that salām (peace) is not the basis of the word Islam, although it shares the same consonant root (s-l-m) and is one of the outcomes of the religion’s sword, as the sword will continue to be drawn, raised, and swung until ‘Īsā (Jesus – ‘alayhis-salām) kills the Dajjāl (the Antichrist) and abolishes the jizyah.
Thereafter, kufr and its tyranny will be destroyed; Islam and its justice will prevail on the entire Earth. “Then, it will be said to the earth, let your fruits grow and yield your blessings. On that day, a group will eat from a single pomegranate and take shade under its bowl-shaped peel. Milk will be blessed so much so that the young female camel will suffice a very large group of people, and a young female cow will suffice a tribe of people, and a young female sheep will suffice a clan of people” [Reported by Muslim on the authority of an-Nawwās Ibn Sam’ān]. “The sky will be permitted to pour its rain and the land to yield its plants, so even if you were to plant a seed on a stone, it would spring. There will be no rivalries, no envy, no hatred, to the point that a man will pass by a lion yet it won’t harm him, and step on a snake yet it won’t harm him” [Reported by ad-Diyā’ and ad-Daylamī on the authority of Abū Hurayrah]. “And the venom of every venomous creature will be removed, to the point that a newborn boy will place his hand in the mouth of a snake and it will not harm him. A newborn girl will make a lion flee and it will not harm her. The wolf will be amongst sheep like their guard dog. The Earth will be filled with peace just as a jar is filled with water. The word will be one – no one will be worshipped but Allah. And war will lay down its burdens” [Reported by Ibn Mājah on the authority of Abū Umāmah]. Thereafter, swords will rest from war only to be used as sickles [Reported by Imām Ahmad on the authority of Abū Hurayrah]. But until then, parties of kāfirīn will continue to be struck down by the unsheathed sword of Islam – except for those who enter into īmān (Islamic faith) or amān7 – for there will always be a party of Muslims fighting parties of kāfirīn until there is no more fitnah and the religion is completely for Allah alone….
REVENGE FOR THE MUSLIMS PERSECUTED BY THE COPTIC CRUSADERS OF EGYPT
And so, five years after the blessed operation in Iraq, Allah (ta’ālā) granted the Islamic State expansion to Libya, Sinai, and elsewhere, allowing it to easily capture the Coptic crusaders – the followers of the dead Shenouda and the supporters of the tāghūt Sisi – as the Salaf said, “The reward for a good deed is another good deed.” And thus, the Islamic State strikes terror directly in the hearts of the Copts after striking terror in the hearts of their Catholic allies before, while the jihād claimants and hizbiyyīn sit back and deliberate – in vain – on what they can do to prevent the further expansion of the Khilāfah… Finally, it is important for Muslims everywhere to know that there is no doubt in the great reward to be found on Judgment Day for those who spill the blood of these Coptic crusaders wherever they may be found…
This revival of the Khilāfah gave each individual Muslim a concrete and tangible entity to satisfy his natural desire for belonging to something greater. The satisfaction of this desire brought life back to the zeal latent in Muslims’ hearts and when this entity embodying them was threatened by the crusaders, attacks were immediately carried out by the zealous Muslims in different kāfir lands in a way uniquely different to all attacks before.
For years, different jihād organizations had called for individual attacks to be carried out against the crusader homelands, but their calls were met with minimal response. After the revival of the Khilāfah, numerous attacks were carried out in a period of months. This is something that the crusaders should deeply reflect over… Europe was struck by attacks that killed multitudes more of kuffār than those killed in the recent Paris attacks.
The 2004 Madrid operation and the 2005 London operation together killed more than 200 crusaders and injured more than 2000. Europe also witnessed an attack against “free speech” when a mujāhid assassinated Theo Van Gogh for mocking Allah (ta’ālā), His verses, His religion, and His Messenger (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
So why was the reaction to the recent attacks much greater than that of any previous attack? It is the international atmosphere of terror generated by the presence of the Islamic Khilāfah…
It is the lively words contained in the Khilāfah’s call. When its spokesman Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-‘Adnānī ash-Shāmī (hafidhahullāh) made his call to Muslims everywhere, ordering them to carry out attacks against the crusaders wherever they may be found, his call was answered immediately, with different individual operations executed within hours…
And of those who answered the call recently was the brave mujāhid Abū Basīr al-Ifrīqī (Amedy Coulibaly – rahimahullāh). It was the address “Indeed Your Lord Is Ever Watchful” that moved him most. He had given his bay’ah to the Khilāfah beforehand – immediately upon its announcement – and sat in wait for instructions from its leadership, while never traveling to Iraq nor Shām. It was the living and breathing entity of Islam, which he pledged allegiance to, that inspired his soul. He met with the Muslims and mujāhidīn in France, calling them to give bay’ah and defend the Khilāfah, while refuting the doubts spread against it. He provided others – including the two mujāhid brothers, Cherif and Said Kouachi (rahimahumallāh) – with money and weapons so as to call to jihād under the banner of the Khilāfah. And thus, the time had come for another event – magnified by the presence of the Khilāfah on the global stage – to further bring division to the world and destroy the grayzone everywhere…..
AGAIN, reading (in full) DABIQ’s “marching orders” is akin to stepping into the depths of hell fire, if you dare imagine. Yet the gravest error is to dismiss the goals of many millions (countless are scattered across America, the entire west, including Israel) of Muslims who pledge allegiance to the “ummah”. And just like in any war, there are front-line soldiers and supportive actors. Guaranteed, Islamists who operate “behind the scenes” (from all walks of life) merit as many watchful eyes as possible, PC phobia be damned.
EVEN so, what makes the struggle particularly incendiary (and alarming) is the fact that the leader of the free world is in league with the enemy. Coupled with this unparalleled state of affairs belies another fact: too many well-meaning westerners refuse to take the requisite time to STUDY the enemy.
HEREIN lies the skewed calculus. On the one hand, Islamic jihadists understand the main Achilles heel(s) of the west. Yes, they do. The fact that they are backward in too many ways to cite, doesn’t obviate one truth: they are way ahead of their enemy, and they know how to charge forward and tip the “balance of power.” Simply put, they run circles around the west, regardless that their lives are stuck in long-gone centuries.
ON the other side of the spectrum, a large segment of westerners are mired in a PC multicultural (mindset) trap. In effect, it stifles their ability to conduct due diligence, obviating a proper muscular response.
MOST significantly, if the aforementioned wasn’t accurate, then surely the heretofore leader of the world’s super power would have realized that demanding the disarming of vaunted Marines in Yemen – before turning tail, thus, handing control to Iran’s proxy arm, Shia Houthis – would have been a non-starter. Such a display of surrender would have been unthinkable, if the Jihadi-in-Chief knew that a serious backlash from millions of citizens was a real possibility.
THAT’s a fact. A wrap. Now,
CHOOSE A SIDE!
Source:: Adina Kutnicki
(re-blogged at Islam Exposed)
For more information on Adina Kutnicki visit her blog or read her full bio here.
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