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originally posted by: AlphaHawk
a reply to: DarknStormy
I think this link covers it nicely
now.mmedia.me...
Salafist jihadism (Arabic: السلفية الجهادية) is a jihadist movement or ideology among Salafi (from salaf, "ancestors") Muslims. The term was coined by scholar Gilles Kepel to describe the beliefs of Salafi who became interested in violent jihad starting in the mid-1990s. Practitioners are often referred to as "Salafi jihadis" or "Salafi jihadists". They are sometimes described as a variety of Salafi, and sometimes as separate from "good Salafis" whose movement is a "precursor" of Salafist jihadism.
The majority of Salafis are from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.[4] 22.9% of all Saudis are Salafis (concentrated in Najd).[4] 46.87% of Qataris[4] and 44.8% of Emiratis are Salafis.[4] 5.7% of Bahrainis are Salafis and 2.17% of Kuwaitis are Salafis.
ISIS
In 2013, ISIS emerged as the strongest opposition group in Syria outside Syrian Kurdistan (Rojova). This alarmed the West because the group’s anti-Western rhetoric was matched by a history of having fought against Western forces in Iraq and because of its unwillingness to submit to any outside sponsor, even Al Qaeda. The West encouraged the FSA brigades and those of the Nusra Front and the Islamic Front to unite against ISIS.
Many brigades, however, defected to ISIS, partly because of its success and also in response to perceived Western betrayal. Most of the predominantly Chechen foreign fighters who have gone to Syria, both veteran Jihadis and new recruits (including Westerners), joined Islamist groups and most are now in ISIS.
ISIS also gained a reputation for extreme violence, even by the standards of other participants in the Iraq and Syria conflicts. Partly due to its uncompromising Salafi ideology, it also reflected the brutalising effects of the conflicts. This ultraviolence was visible when ISIS swept back into Iraq in June, releasing videos of the mass execution of prisoners of war.
This invasion also revealed the weakness of the Iraq state. The Maliki regime was at the time trying to hang on to power following elections and as the ISIS forces swept southward they were welcomed by many in Sunni Arab communities alienated by the violent Shia sectarianism of the regime. Meanwhile, in Baghdad, Maliki deployed troops against attempts by rival Shia politicians to dislodge him.
originally posted by: DarknStormy
originally posted by: TinfoilTP
You need to take things in chronological order.
Assad slaughtered peaceful demonstrators with heavy handed tactics. This started off the comdemnation by other nations and started the Civil war there. The chemical weapons and 3 or 4 letter factions fighting Assad and each other came much later.
Oh yeah, so if the protests were peaceful, who shot dead 7 Police Officers and torched the courthouse? Are you suggesting the Police committed suicide and the courthouse mysteriously ignited itself?
the staged 'moral' indignation about the ISIS Atrocities is not in the WH universe but it is being played-out for the hearts of the Christian community in the USA...the Muslim & Muslim Brotherhood WH does not share in the outrage of ISIS inhumanity on a daily basis...it is only lip service, the only stuff you will hear from Øbama is that ISIS is a Cancer that needs removed, but never will he call them Evil
But, Al Zawahiri never intended to start a Caliphate, n
In a letter to Ayman al-Zawahiri in July 2005, al-Zarqawi outlined a four-stage plan to expand the Iraq War, which included expelling US forces from Iraq, establishing an Islamic authority—a caliphate—spreading the conflict to Iraq's secular neighbors, and engaging in the Arab–Israeli conflict.
originally posted by: AnAbsoluteCreation
the staged 'moral' indignation about the ISIS Atrocities is not in the WH universe but it is being played-out for the hearts of the Christian community in the USA...the Muslim & Muslim Brotherhood WH does not share in the outrage of ISIS inhumanity on a daily basis...it is only lip service, the only stuff you will hear from Øbama is that ISIS is a Cancer that needs removed, but never will he call them Evil
What? He will call them a cancer but not evil? Um... Cancer is the evilest thing imaginable. Please stop the semantics.
AAC
But, Al Zawahiri never intended to start a Caliphate, n
He didn't ?
Goals and umbrella organizations
In a letter to Ayman al-Zawahiri in July 2005, al-Zarqawi outlined a four-stage plan to expand the Iraq War, which included expelling US forces from Iraq, establishing an Islamic authority—a caliphate—spreading the conflict to Iraq's secular neighbors, and engaging in the Arab–Israeli conflict.
Okay, not sponsored then... Enabled. Armed. Empowered. Funded. Whatever.
A WikiLeaks released memo from the United States Secretary of State sent in 2009 asserted that the primary source of funding of Sunni terrorist groups worldwide was Saudi Arabia.[7
originally posted by: neo96
But, Al Zawahiri never intended to start a Caliphate, n
He didn't ?
Goals and umbrella organizations
In a letter to Ayman al-Zawahiri in July 2005, al-Zarqawi outlined a four-stage plan to expand the Iraq War, which included expelling US forces from Iraq, establishing an Islamic authority—a caliphate—spreading the conflict to Iraq's secular neighbors, and engaging in the Arab–Israeli conflict.
en.wikipedia.org...
He urged the "umma", or Muslim nation, to "wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, to restore its sovereignty and to revive its caliphate".