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Source: http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/7674/hugging-terrorists
How Hard Is It to Understand that Radical Islamist Jihadis Have Declared War on the West?
(Gatestone Institute) Raheel Raza - The Islamists have pinpointed the West to be "Dar al Harb" (land of war), a concept that allows them to justify killing anyone on this land. You, me and everyone in between - from the USA across to Canada, the UK and Europe. These attacks are all the result of a dangerous, violent and sick ideology. Time and again, many of us concerned Muslims have highlighted the dangers of political Islam/Islamism which stems from one of three sources: the Muslim Brotherhood, Wahhabi-Salafism or Khomeinism. This ideology has been on the rise for 35 years while the West has been asleep at the wheel. This violence will continue and get much worse unless all of us stand up and denounce and condemn armed jihad as a seventh-century construct, not applicable in this day and age. Countering this armed jihad is our responsibility because the problem emanates from the House of Islam and the lives of our next generations are at stake here. The writer is president of the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow and founding member of the Muslim Reform Movement.