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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State stretching across Iraq and Syria, has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome as he called on Muslims to immigrate to his new land to fight under its banner around the globe.
Baghdadi, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, said Muslims were being targetted and killed from China to Indonesia. Speaking as the first Caliph, or commander of the Islamic faithful since the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, he called on Muslims to rally to his pan-Islamic state.
"Those who can immigrate to the Islamic State should immigrate, as immigration to the house of Islam is a duty," he said in an audio recording released on a website used by the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.
"Rush O Muslims to your state. It is your state. Syria is not for Syrians and Iraq is not for Iraqis. The land is for the Muslims, all Muslims.
"This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10939235/Rome-will-be-conquered-next-says-leader-of-Islamic-State.html
Of course Shi'as, Sufis and secular moderates need not apply.
RandySF
(66,636 posts)Boomerproud
(8,258 posts)Some people are on the wrong drugs.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Coventina
(27,636 posts)Coventina, the self-proclaimed leader of Coventinastan has vowed to lead the conquest of the Thunderdome as she called on Tina Turner worshipers to immigrate to her new land to fight under its banner around the globe....
"Rush, O fellow Coven-members, to your state! It is your state. The Thunderdome is for Coven-members, all Coven-members. This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer the Thunderdome and own the world, if Tina wills!"
clarice
(5,504 posts)etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)If I remember correctly Osama Bin Laden also attempted to establish a caliphate (Bin Laden had his followers .... but only a minute fraction of the 1.5 Billion Muslims)
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Iraq has the tacit assistance of the most advanced superpower in the world. Syria is one of the most brutal and ruthless regimes. Yet, ISIS seems immoveable, if not actually winning.
If ISIS shows itself to be a viable contender the mere fact they are winning will draw more adherents. That is how these things snowball.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Hmmm. Replace Islam with Judaism and you've got Israel. Wonder how the caliph* feels about that.
roamer65
(36,905 posts)Not gonna happen.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Fozzledick
(3,879 posts)but I still think he's a prime candidate for the Anti-Christ.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Not everybody is up to ride the mob into battle, that takes balls of steel and a short attention span, because there are no brakes once you get the mob moving, it's going somewhere. One thinks of 1789.
msongs
(69,451 posts)Takket
(22,360 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Good luck with that, a-hole.
sakabatou
(42,756 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)These guys are fanatics.
lpbk2713
(43,099 posts)But how will they know if Allah really wants them to fugoff?
Quantess
(27,630 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)dembotoz
(16,922 posts)france to for that matter