[Vision2020] The folly and danger of unscrutinizable religious belief: News Article from NY Times
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Explain to me one more time how this is a religion of peace...
PK
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April 26, 2004
Militants in Europe Openly Call for Jihad and the Rule of Islam
By PATRICK E. TYLER=20
and DON VAN NATTA Jr.
=20
UTON, England, April 24 - The call to jihad is rising in the =
streets of Europe, and is being answered, counterterrorism officials =
say.=20
In this former industrial town north of London, a small group of =
young Britons whose parents emigrated from Pakistan after World War II =
have turned against their families' new home. They say they would like =
to see Prime Minister Tony Blair dead or deposed and an Islamic flag =
hanging outside No. 10 Downing Street.
They swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden and his goal of =
toppling Western democracies to establish an Islamic superstate under =
Shariah law, like Afghanistan under the Taliban. They call the Sept. 11 =
hijackers the "Magnificent 19" and regard the Madrid train bombings as a =
clever way to drive a wedge into Europe.
On Thursday evening, at a tennis center community hall in =
Slough, west of London, their leader, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad, spoke =
of his adherence to Osama bin Laden. If Europe fails to heed Mr. bin =
Laden's offer of a truce - provided that all foreign troops are =
withdrawn from Iraq in three months - Muslims will no longer be =
restrained from attacking the Western countries that play host to them, =
the sheik said.
"All Muslims of the West will be obliged," he said, to "become =
his sword" in a new battle. Europeans take heed, he added, saying, "It =
is foolish to fight people who want death - that is what they are =
looking for."
On working-class streets of old industrial towns like Crawley, =
Luton, Birmingham and Manchester, and in the Arab enclaves of Germany, =
France, Switzerland and other parts of Europe, intelligence officials =
say a fervor for militancy is intensifying and becoming more open.
In Hamburg, Dr. Mustafa Yoldas, the director of the Council of =
Islamic Communities, saw a correlation to the discord in Iraq. "This is =
a very dangerous situation at the moment," Dr. Yoldas said. "My =
impression is that Muslims have become more and more angry against the =
United States."
Hundreds of young Muslim men are answering the call of militant =
groups affiliated or aligned with Al Qaeda, intelligence and =
counterterrorism officials in the region say.
Even more worrying, said a senior counterterrorism official, is =
that the level of "chatter" - communications among people suspected of =
terrorism and their supporters - has markedly increased since Mr. bin =
Laden's warning to Europe this month. The spike in chatter has given =
rise to acute worries that planning for another strike in Europe is =
advanced.
"Iraq dramatically strengthened their recruitment efforts," one =
counterterrorism official said. He added that some mosques now display =
photos of American soldiers fighting in Iraq alongside bloody scenes of =
bombed out Iraqi neighborhoods. Detecting actual recruitments is almost =
impossible, he said, because it is typically done face to face.
And recruitment is paired with a compelling new strategy to =
bring the fight to Europe.
Members of Al Qaeda have "proven themselves to be extremely =
opportunistic, and they have decided to try to split the Western =
alliance," the official continued. "They are focusing their energies on =
attacking the big countries" - the United States, Britain and Spain - so =
as to "scare" the smaller states.
Some Muslim recruits are going to Iraq, counterterrorism =
officials in Europe say, but more are remaining home, possibly joining =
cells that could help with terror logistics or begin operations like the =
one that came to notice when the British police seized 1,200 pounds of =
ammonium nitrate, a key bomb ingredient, in late March, and arrested =
nine Pakistani-Britons, five of whom have been charged with trying to =
build a terrorist bomb.
Stoking that anger are some of the same fiery Islamic clerics =
who preached violence and martyrdom before the Sept. 11 attacks.=20
On Friday, Abu Hamza, the cleric accused of tutoring Richard =
Reid before he tried to blow up a Paris-to-Miami jetliner with =
explosives hidden in his shoe, urged a crowd of 200 outside his former =
Finsbury Park mosque to embrace death and the "culture of martyrdom."=20
Though the British home secretary, David Blunkett, has sought to =
strip Abu Hamza of his British citizenship and deport him, the legal =
battle has dragged on for years while Abu Hamza keeps calling down the =
wrath of God.
Also this week, over Mr. Blunkett's vigorous objection, a =
35-year-old Algerian held under emergency laws passed after Sept. 11 was =
released from Belmarsh Prison. The man, identified only as "G," suffered =
from severe mental illness, his lawyers told a special immigration =
appeals panel, which let him out of prison and put him under house =
arrest.=20
Mr. Blunkett insisted that that should not be the final judgment =
on a man already found by one court "to be a threat to life and =
liberty."
In an interview on the BBC over the weekend, Mr. Blunkett =
advocated a stronger deportation policy, initially focused on 12 foreign =
terror suspects held without charge since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Despite tougher antiterrorism laws, the police, prosecutors and =
intelligence chiefs across Europe say they are struggling to contain the =
openly seditious speech of Islamic extremists, some of whom, they say, =
have been inciting young men to suicidal violence since the 1990's.=20
One chapter in Sheik Omar's lectures these days is "The Psyche =
of Muslims for Suicide Bombing."
The authorities say that laws to protect religious expression =
and civil liberties have the result of limiting what they can do to stop =
hateful speech. In the case of foreigners, they say they are often left =
to seek deportation, a lengthy and uncertain process subject to legal =
appeals, when the suspect can keep inciting attacks.
That leaves the authorities to resort to less effective means, =
such as mouse-trapping Islamic radicals with immigration violations in =
hopes of making a deportation case stick. "In many countries, the laws =
are liberal and it's not easy," an official said.=20
At a mosque in Geneva, an imam recently exhorted his followers =
to "impose the will of Islam on the godless society of the West."
"It was quite virulent," said a senior official with knowledge =
of the sermon. "The imam was encouraging his followers to take over the =
godless society."=20
While such a sermon may be incitement, recruitment takes a more =
shadowy course, and is hard to detect, a senior antiterrorism official =
said. "Believers are appealed to in the mosques, but the real =
conversations take place in restaurants or cafes or private apartments," =
the official said.=20
While some clerics, like Abu Qatada - said to be the spiritual =
counselor of Mohamed Atta, who led the Sept. 11 hijacking team - remain =
in prison in Britain without charge, others like Sheik Omar, leader of a =
movement called Al Muhajiroun, carry on a robust ideological campaign.=20
"There is no case against me," Sheik Omar said in an interview. =
Referring to calls by members of Parliament that he be deported, he =
added, "but they are Jewish" and "they have been calling for that for =
years."
Among his ardent followers is Ishtiaq Alamgir, 24, who heads Al =
Muhajiroun in Luton and calls himself Sayful Islam, the sword of Islam. =
He says there are about 50 members here but exact numbers are secret.
Most days, he and a handful of his followers run a recruitment =
stand on Dunstable Road much to the chagrin of the Muslim elders of =
Luton.=20
Mainstream Muslims are outraged by the situation, saying the =
actions of a few are causing their communities to be singled out for =
surveillance and making the larger population distrustful of them.
Muhammad Sulaiman, a stalwart of the mainstream Central Mosque =
here, was penniless when he arrived from the Kashmiri frontier of =
Pakistan in 1956. He raised money to build the Central Mosque here and =
now leads a campaign to ban Al Muhajiroun radicals from the city's 10 =
mosques.=20
"This is show-off business," he says in accented English. "I =
don't want these kids in my mosque."
Other community leaders look to the government to do something, =
if only to help prevent the demonization of British Muslims, or =
"Islamophobia," as some here call it.
"I think these kids are being brainwashed by a few radical =
clerics," said Akhbar Dad Khan, another elder of the Central Mosque. He =
wants them prosecuted or deported. "We should be able to control this =
negativity," he said.
In Slough, Sheik Omar spent much of his time Thursday night =
regaling his young followers with the erotic delights of paradise - =
sweet kisses and the pleasures of bathing with scores of women - while =
he also preached the virtues of death in Islamic struggle as a ticket to =
paradise.=20
He spoke of terrorism as the new norm of cultural conflict, "the =
fashion of the 21st century," practiced as much by Tony Blair as by Al =
Qaeda.=20
"We may be caught up in the target as the people of Manhattan =
were," he told them.=20
And he warned Western leaders, "You may kill bin Laden, but the =
phenomenon, you cannot kill it - you cannot destroy it."
"Our Muslim brothers from abroad will come one day and conquer =
here and then we will live under Islam in dignity," he said.=20
Patrick E. Tyler reported from Luton, Slough and London and Don =
Van Natta Jr. from London. Souad Mekhennet contributed reporting from =
Germany.
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<H5>April 26, 2004</H5><NYT_HEADLINE type=3D" " version=3D"1.0">
<H2>Militants in Europe Openly Call for Jihad and the Rule of=20
Islam</H2></NYT_HEADLINE><NYT_BYLINE type=3D" " =
version=3D"1.0"><FONT=20
size=3D-1><STRONG>By PATRICK E. TYLER <BR>and DON VAN NATTA=20
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<P><IMG height=3D33 alt=3DL=20
src=3D"http://graphics7.nytimes.com/images/dropcap/l.gif" =
width=3D24=20
align=3Dleft border=3D0>UTON, England, April 24 =97 The call to =
jihad is=20
rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered, =
counterterrorism=20
officials say. </P>
<P>In this former industrial town north of London, a small group =
of=20
young Britons whose parents emigrated from Pakistan after World =
War II=20
have turned against their families' new home. They say they =
would like=20
to see Prime Minister Tony Blair dead or deposed and an Islamic =
flag=20
hanging outside No. 10 Downing Street.</P>
<P>They swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden and his goal of =
toppling=20
Western democracies to establish an Islamic superstate under =
Shariah=20
law, like Afghanistan under the Taliban. They call the Sept. 11=20
hijackers the "Magnificent 19" and regard the Madrid train =
bombings as a=20
clever way to drive a wedge into Europe.</P>
<P>On Thursday evening, at a tennis center community hall in =
Slough,=20
west of London, their leader, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad, spoke =
of his=20
adherence to Osama bin Laden. If Europe fails to heed Mr. bin =
Laden's=20
offer of a truce =97 provided that all foreign troops are =
withdrawn from=20
Iraq in three months =97 Muslims will no longer be restrained =
from=20
attacking the Western countries that play host to them, the =
sheik=20
said.</P>
<P>"All Muslims of the West will be obliged," he said, to =
"become his=20
sword" in a new battle. Europeans take heed, he added, saying, =
"It is=20
foolish to fight people who want death =97 that is what they are =
looking=20
for."</P>
<P>On working-class streets of old industrial towns like =
Crawley, Luton,=20
Birmingham and Manchester, and in the Arab enclaves of Germany, =
France,=20
Switzerland and other parts of Europe, intelligence officials =
say a=20
fervor for militancy is intensifying and becoming more open.</P>
<P>In Hamburg, Dr. Mustafa Yoldas, the director of the Council =
of=20
Islamic Communities, saw a correlation to the discord in Iraq. =
"This is=20
a very dangerous situation at the moment," Dr. Yoldas said. "My=20
impression is that Muslims have become more and more angry =
against the=20
United States."</P>
<P>Hundreds of young Muslim men are answering the call of =
militant=20
groups affiliated or aligned with Al Qaeda, intelligence and=20
counterterrorism officials in the region say.</P>
<P>Even more worrying, said a senior counterterrorism official, =
is that=20
the level of "chatter" =97 communications among people suspected =
of=20
terrorism and their supporters =97 has markedly increased since =
Mr. bin=20
Laden's warning to Europe this month. The spike in chatter has =
given=20
rise to acute worries that planning for another strike in Europe =
is=20
advanced.</P>
<P>"Iraq dramatically strengthened their recruitment efforts," =
one=20
counterterrorism official said. He added that some mosques now =
display=20
photos of American soldiers fighting in Iraq alongside bloody =
scenes of=20
bombed out Iraqi neighborhoods. Detecting actual recruitments is =
almost=20
impossible, he said, because it is typically done face to =
face.</P>
<P>And recruitment is paired with a compelling new strategy to =
bring the=20
fight to Europe.</P>
<P>Members of Al Qaeda have "proven themselves to be extremely=20
opportunistic, and they have decided to try to split the Western =
alliance," the official continued. "They are focusing their =
energies on=20
attacking the big countries" =97 the United States, Britain and =
Spain =97 so=20
as to "scare" the smaller states.</P>
<P>Some Muslim recruits are going to Iraq, counterterrorism =
officials in=20
Europe say, but more are remaining home, possibly joining cells =
that=20
could help with terror logistics or begin operations like the =
one that=20
came to notice when the British police seized 1,200 pounds of =
ammonium=20
nitrate, a key bomb ingredient, in late March, and arrested nine =
Pakistani-Britons, five of whom have been charged with trying to =
build a=20
terrorist bomb.</P>
<P>Stoking that anger are some of the same fiery Islamic clerics =
who=20
preached violence and martyrdom before the Sept. 11 attacks. =
</P>
<P>On Friday, Abu Hamza, the cleric accused of tutoring Richard =
Reid=20
before he tried to blow up a Paris-to-Miami jetliner with =
explosives=20
hidden in his shoe, urged a crowd of 200 outside his former =
Finsbury=20
Park mosque to embrace death and the "culture of martyrdom." =
</P>
<P>Though the British home secretary, David Blunkett, has sought =
to=20
strip Abu Hamza of his British citizenship and deport him, the =
legal=20
battle has dragged on for years while Abu Hamza keeps calling =
down the=20
wrath of God.</P>
<P>Also this week, over Mr. Blunkett's vigorous objection, a =
35-year-old=20
Algerian held under emergency laws passed after Sept. 11 was =
released=20
from Belmarsh Prison. The man, identified only as "G," suffered =
from=20
severe mental illness, his lawyers told a special immigration =
appeals=20
panel, which let him out of prison and put him under house =
arrest. </P>
<P>Mr. Blunkett insisted that that should not be the final =
judgment on a=20
man already found by one court "to be a threat to life and =
liberty."</P>
<P>In an interview on the BBC over the weekend, Mr. Blunkett =
advocated a=20
stronger deportation policy, initially focused on 12 foreign =
terror=20
suspects held without charge since the Sept. 11 attacks.</P>
<P>Despite tougher antiterrorism laws, the police, prosecutors =
and=20
intelligence chiefs across Europe say they are struggling to =
contain the=20
openly seditious speech of Islamic extremists, some of whom, =
they say,=20
have been inciting young men to suicidal violence since the =
1990's. </P>
<P>One chapter in Sheik Omar's lectures these days is "The =
Psyche of=20
Muslims for Suicide Bombing."</P>
<P>The authorities say that laws to protect religious expression =
and=20
civil liberties have the result of limiting what they can do to =
stop=20
hateful speech. In the case of foreigners, they say they are =
often left=20
to seek deportation, a lengthy and uncertain process subject to =
legal=20
appeals, when the suspect can keep inciting attacks.</P>
<P>That leaves the authorities to resort to less effective =
means, such=20
as mouse-trapping Islamic radicals with immigration violations =
in hopes=20
of making a deportation case stick. "In many countries, the laws =
are=20
liberal and it's not easy," an official said. </P>
<P>At a mosque in Geneva, an imam recently exhorted his =
followers to=20
"impose the will of Islam on the godless society of the =
West."</P>
<P>"It was quite virulent," said a senior official with =
knowledge of the=20
sermon. "The imam was encouraging his followers to take over the =
godless=20
society." </P>
<P>While such a sermon may be incitement, recruitment takes a =
more=20
shadowy course, and is hard to detect, a senior antiterrorism =
official=20
said. "Believers are appealed to in the mosques, but the real=20
conversations take place in restaurants or cafes or private =
apartments,"=20
the official said. </P>
<P>While some clerics, like Abu Qatada =97 said to be the =
spiritual=20
counselor of Mohamed Atta, who led the Sept. 11 hijacking team =
=97 remain=20
in prison in Britain without charge, others like Sheik Omar, =
leader of a=20
movement called Al Muhajiroun, carry on a robust ideological =
campaign.=20
</P>
<P>"There is no case against me," Sheik Omar said in an =
interview.=20
Referring to calls by members of Parliament that he be deported, =
he=20
added, "but they are Jewish" and "they have been calling for =
that for=20
years."</P>
<P>Among his ardent followers is Ishtiaq Alamgir, 24, who heads =
Al=20
Muhajiroun in Luton and calls himself Sayful Islam, the sword of =
Islam.=20
He says there are about 50 members here but exact numbers are=20
secret.</P>
<P>Most days, he and a handful of his followers run a =
recruitment stand=20
on Dunstable Road much to the chagrin of the Muslim elders of =
Luton.=20
</P>
<P>Mainstream Muslims are outraged by the situation, saying the =
actions=20
of a few are causing their communities to be singled out for=20
surveillance and making the larger population distrustful of =
them.</P>
<P>Muhammad Sulaiman, a stalwart of the mainstream Central =
Mosque here,=20
was penniless when he arrived from the Kashmiri frontier of =
Pakistan in=20
1956. He raised money to build the Central Mosque here and now =
leads a=20
campaign to ban Al Muhajiroun radicals from the city's 10 =
mosques. </P>
<P>"This is show-off business," he says in accented English. "I =
don't=20
want these kids in my mosque."</P>
<P>Other community leaders look to the government to do =
something, if=20
only to help prevent the demonization of British Muslims, or=20
"Islamophobia," as some here call it.</P>
<P>"I think these kids are being brainwashed by a few radical =
clerics,"=20
said Akhbar Dad Khan, another elder of the Central Mosque. He =
wants them=20
prosecuted or deported. "We should be able to control this =
negativity,"=20
he said.</P>
<P>In Slough, Sheik Omar spent much of his time Thursday night =
regaling=20
his young followers with the erotic delights of paradise =97 =
sweet kisses=20
and the pleasures of bathing with scores of women =97 while he =
also=20
preached the virtues of death in Islamic struggle as a ticket to =
paradise. </P>
<P>He spoke of terrorism as the new norm of cultural conflict, =
"the=20
fashion of the 21st century," practiced as much by Tony Blair as =
by Al=20
Qaeda. </P>
<P>"We may be caught up in the target as the people of Manhattan =
were,"=20
he told them. </P>
<P>And he warned Western leaders, "You may kill bin Laden, but =
the=20
phenomenon, you cannot kill it =97 you cannot destroy it."</P>
<P>"Our Muslim brothers from abroad will come one day and =
conquer here=20
and then we will live under Islam in dignity," he said. =
</P><!--author id start -->
<P></P>
<P><EM>Patrick E. Tyler reported from Luton, Slough and London =
and Don=20
Van Natta Jr. from London. Souad Mekhennet contributed reporting =
from=20
Germany.</EM></P></NYT_TEXT><BR>
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