The leader of Daeech/ISIS was imprisoned by the US in Iraq but was set free because he was deemed to be a low level risk, which he likely was at that time, but there is no such thing as a low level risk when it comes to jihadists. He now leads a group that has conquered much of Syria and Iraq and was kicked out the the Al Qaeda network fro being too violent. His real name is unknown, but his alias Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi makes clear his desire to be Caliph (Khalifa) of a new Caliphate (Khilafa) situated in Iraq and Syria. Abu Bakr was the first Caliph following the death of Mohammed when the Caliphate system was created by the top level followers of Islam, Mohammeds military commanders and close confidantes, as a way to decide how to keep the religious, political, social, economic, and military empire building of Islam moving forward after the prophets death. Abu Bakr, Mohammeds father-in-law and father of Mohammeds child bride Aisha, was chosen as the first Caliph. It was during this period of the first four Caliphs following the death of Mohammed that the agenda of the jihadists from ancient times to the present began to be solidified in the Hadith, those being the Caliphate system and the system of Sharia law. Salafists, who make up a huge percent of jihadists are Muslims who believe that the only true Islam and the only acceptable form of government was exemplified in the first four Caliphates. Most Islamists and jihadists embrace most of the Hadith and look as much to various Caliphs and religious scholars for guidance as they do the Koran. Most reform minded Muslims are skeptical or outright dismissive of much or even all of the Hadith and see the Islamic empires as being corruptions of Islam. This is the theological division that divides moderate and liberal pluralist secular minded Muslims from those who demand Sharia and the reconquest of the Caliphate. From my perspective as an atheist, an anti-theist really, the Koran and the Christian and Jewish scriptures also embraced by Islam contain enough demands to suppress and kill non-believers, threaten people with hell fire, conquer in the name of god, oppress women, et cetera without even dealing with the Hadith. Yet I have to say I hope for the sake of this generation and the next that more Muslims will reject the Hadith, Sharia, and Caliphate even if they still embrace the Koran and the Bible.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:44:18 +0000
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