She's got a right in the U.S. to say whatever she wants. And we should pay attention, because although some might try to say she's on the extreme edge, she probably speaks for a lot of Muslims. See Linda Sarsour Calls for ‘Jihad’ Against Trump Administration. She said this in an address to the Islamic Society of North America, “the largest umbrella group of Muslims in North America.”
We would do well to remember some passages from James Mitchell's book, "Enhanced Interrogation" in which he recounted some of his conversations with detained terrorists. Beginning on page 180 he describes the four types of jihad, to wit:
They [KSM, Abu Zubaydah, and the other detainees] told me there are four kinds of jihad: jihad by the heart, jihad by the tongue, jihad by the hand, and jihad by the sword. ...
They said that each True Muslim man was obliged to take up the sword to defend Islam and that deception to distract one's enemies or put them off guard or gain some other fighting advantage was permissible.
They said that those who cannot take up the sword are obliged to promote Allah's will through jihad by the hand. Usually this refers to acts other than fighting. Again deception is acceptable. One could, for example, conduct jihad by the hand by using money collected for charity to fund jihadist terror attacks or by establishing outreach programs that are intended to promote Islam but also radicalize fighters. A third example would be establishing mosques that promote their brand of Islam in infidel territory.
Deception in jihad by the tongue can entail pretending to promote acculturation into Western democracies while behind the scenes promoting the establishment of Sharia law. KSM told me he could see Muslim brothers after 9/11, condemning the terror attacks in the media while celebrating in their hearts.
Finally, KSM said, deception also has a place in jihad of the heart. Individuals who because of adverse circumstances must say and do things that are contrary to their true beliefs and cannot engage in any of the other forms of jihad can practice jihad of the heart by struggling to keep faith with Allah while surrounded by enemies of faith.
That chapter ended on this terrifying note:
He said the terror attacks were good, but the practical way to defeat America was through immigration and by outbreeding non- Muslims' He said jihadi-minded brothers would immigrate into the united states, taking advantage of the welfare system to support themselves while they spread their jihadi message. They will wrap themselves in America's rights and laws for protection, ratchet up acceptance of Sharia law, and then, only when they were strong enough, rise up and violently impose sharia from within. He said the brothers would relentlessly continue their attacks and the American people eventually would become so tired, so frightened, and so weary of war that they would just want it to end. "Eventually," KSM said, "America will expose her neck to us for slaughter."
Linda Sarsour was calling out to the troops. And while she appeared to target Donald Trump, she's probably merely hoping to take advantage of the anti-Trump mania we're seeing in the media. More likely, she would wage that jihad against the whole of the United States. We should appreciate her honesty, after all, deception is an acceptable jihadi tactic. But we should also be mindful of her warning and endeavor to guard against the Sharia oppression she would so happily inflict on us.
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