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[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Barack Obama bowing to King Abdullah, Custodian of the Islamic Holy Places - April 2009'''.]]

[[Image:Obamabow.jpg|thumb|right|250px|'''Barack Obama bowing to King Abdullah, Custodian of the Islamic Holy Places - April 2009'''.]]

In the hope and optimism at the close of the [[Cold War]], which some naively labeled "the end of history", former [[Carter administration]] adviser [[Samuel P. Huntington]] wrote in his book, ''Clash of Civilizations'', that wars in the coming millennium would not be fought between ideologies like [[capitalism]] and [[communism]], but between civilizations, and that Islamic terrorism would be the biggest threat to [[Western civilization]]. Huntington wrote,

In the hope and optimism at the close of the [[Cold War]], which some naively labeled "the end of history", former [[Carter administration]] adviser [[Samuel P. Huntington]] wrote in his book, ''Clash of Civilizations'', that wars in the coming millennium would not be fought between ideologies like [[capitalism]] and [[communism]], but between civilizations, and that Islamic terrorism would be the biggest threat to [[Western civilization]]. Huntington wrote,

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<center><big>{{Cquote|"Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards."}}</big></center>

When the [[9/11 attacks]] first occurred, Huntington was hailed as a prophet by some. But the [[US State Department]] was quick to tamp down the phrase mindful of the futility of winning a "clash of civilizations" against one-quarter of the planet. The [[Bush administration]] spent the next eight years isolating Islamic extremism, defined as a minority of Muslim males, 12 to 28 years old, susceptible to radicalization and recruitment to perform [[Shaheed|suicide attacks]].

When the [[9/11 attacks]] first occurred, Huntington was hailed as a prophet by some. But the [[US State Department]] was quick to tamp down the phrase mindful of the futility of winning a "clash of civilizations" against one-quarter of the planet. The [[Bush administration]] spent the next eight years isolating Islamic extremism, defined as a minority of Muslim males, 12 to 28 years old, susceptible to radicalization and recruitment to perform [[Shaheed|suicide attacks]].

[[Image:Teralzawahiri.jpg‎|thumbnail|right|250px|thumb|'''The leader of al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri'''. Zawahiri's uncle was the leading candidate for Caliph at the 1926 Caliphate Conference in [[Cairo]] which failed to pick a successor and re-establish the Caliphate.]]

[[Image:Teralzawahiri.jpg‎|thumbnail|right|250px|thumb|'''The leader of al Qaeda, Ayman Zawahiri'''. Zawahiri's uncle was the leading candidate for Caliph at the 1926 Caliphate Conference in [[Cairo]] which failed to pick a successor and re-establish the Caliphate.]]

Meanwhile, [[Ayman Zawahiri]], the leader of [[al Qaeda]], gave an interview in 2005 to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' magazine outlining the global jihad:<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html What al-Qaida Really Wants], By Yassin Musharbash, ''Der Spiegel'', 8/12/2005</ref>  

Meanwhile, [[Ayman Zawahiri]], the leader of [[al Qaeda]], gave an interview in 2005 to ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' magazine outlining the global jihad:<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-future-of-terrorism-what-al-qaida-really-wants-a-369448.html What al-Qaida Really Wants], By Yassin Musharbash, ''Der Spiegel'', 8/12/2005</ref>  

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*'''2000 – 2003''' “The Awakening Phase” in which the West will be provoked (via 9/11) into war with the Islamic world.<ref>Excerpt from [http://islamic-world.net/papers/jihad.htm ''The Final Jihad''] posted on a scholarly Salafi (''Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam'ah'') website in 2001. "The leaders of the Western world have already specifically identified Islam as the most powerful remaining threat to their way of life since the fall of communism, and have proclaimed this belief to their people. How often are the citizens of Western nations told that Muslims are fanatical terrorists, who have spread Islam across the world by the sword; and, how seldom do they hear the wondrous Truths of Islam, of the Mercy and Compassion of Allah? Let there be no doubt, the goal of the leaders of the Western world is to destroy the power of Islam. <br>Of course, they are partly right. Islam is the only real threat that exists to their way of life, to the [[Satan|''shaitanic'']] aspects of their culture. Nothing else in this world has any chance of stopping the power of Western secular materialism. Allah gave the people of the world Islam as their religion. (Ed. note: Religion, in this context, means 'government'). Islam is the only way to stop the power of ''shaitan'' to rule this world.<br>Allah gave us as our responsibility the role of [[Caliph|kalifah]] in this world. The primary role of the kalifah is to fight against the influence of ''shaitan''. This obligation has three parts; we are to perfect ourselves according to the Will of Allah, we are to perfect all society according to the Will of Allah, (Note: the rape of non-Muslim women who refuse to wear the [[hijab]] is part of the process of "perfecting all society to the Will of Allah"), and we are to perfect the physical environment according to the Will of Allah." (Note: "perfect the physical environment" means to overthrow the House of Saud and seize control of the assets of Saudi Aramco, the oil reserves of the Arabian Penninsula, and control of the Holy Cities of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] under a Caliph. It can also be seen as forging temporary alliances with [[climate change]] advocates who likewise are waging war on "Western secular materialism").</ref>

*'''2000 – 2003''' “The Awakening Phase” in which the West will be provoked (via 9/11) into war with the Islamic world.<ref>Excerpt from [http://islamic-world.net/papers/jihad.htm ''The Final Jihad''] posted on a scholarly Salafi (''Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jam'ah'') website in 2001. "The leaders of the Western world have already specifically identified Islam as the most powerful remaining threat to their way of life since the fall of communism, and have proclaimed this belief to their people. How often are the citizens of Western nations told that Muslims are fanatical terrorists, who have spread Islam across the world by the sword; and, how seldom do they hear the wondrous Truths of Islam, of the Mercy and Compassion of Allah? Let there be no doubt, the goal of the leaders of the Western world is to destroy the power of Islam. <br>Of course, they are partly right. Islam is the only real threat that exists to their way of life, to the [[Satan|''shaitanic'']] aspects of their culture. Nothing else in this world has any chance of stopping the power of Western secular materialism. Allah gave the people of the world Islam as their religion. (Ed. note: Religion, in this context, means 'government'). Islam is the only way to stop the power of ''shaitan'' to rule this world.<br>Allah gave us as our responsibility the role of [[Caliph|kalifah]] in this world. The primary role of the kalifah is to fight against the influence of ''shaitan''. This obligation has three parts; we are to perfect ourselves according to the Will of Allah, we are to perfect all society according to the Will of Allah, (Note: the rape of non-Muslim women who refuse to wear the [[hijab]] is part of the process of "perfecting all society to the Will of Allah"), and we are to perfect the physical environment according to the Will of Allah." (Note: "perfect the physical environment" means to overthrow the House of Saud and seize control of the assets of Saudi Aramco, the oil reserves of the Arabian Penninsula, and control of the Holy Cities of [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]] under a Caliph. It can also be seen as forging temporary alliances with [[climate change]] advocates who likewise are waging war on "Western secular materialism").</ref>

*'''2004 – 2006''' “The Opening Eyes Phase” in which jihad would become a social movement and experience a huge recruitment drive. The [[Iraq#Insurgency|Iraq insurgency]] became the operational center for a burgeoning army of foreign jihadis.

*'''2004 – 2006''' “The Opening Eyes Phase” in which jihad would become a social movement and experience a huge recruitment drive. The [[Iraq#Insurgency|Iraq insurgency]] became the operational center for a burgeoning army of foreign jihadis.