Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state
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BAGHDAD (AP) The leader of the extremist group that has overrun parts of Iraq and Syria has called on Muslims around the world to flock to territories under his control to fight and build an Islamic state.
In a recording posted online Tuesday, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared he wants to turn the enclave his fighters have carved out in the heart of the Middle East into a magnet for militants. He also presented himself as the leader of Islam worldwide, urging Muslims everywhere to rise up against oppression.
The audio message came two days after al-Baghdadi's group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, unilaterally declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the land it controls. It also proclaimed al-Baghdadi the caliph, and demanded that all Muslims around the world pledge allegiance to him.
His group's forceful seizure of territory and its grand pronouncement of a caliphate have transformed the Iraqi-born al-Baghdadi into one of the leading figures of the global jihadi movement, perhaps even eclipsing al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri.
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FILE - in this Monday, June 23, 2014 file photo, mourners bury 15 bodies in a cemetery in the village of Taza Khormato near the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq. Violence has claimed the lives of 2,417 Iraqis in June, making it the deadliest month so far this year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, underlining the daunting challenge the government faces as it struggles to confront Islamic extremists who have seized large swaths of territory in the north and west. (AP Photo/Emad Matti, File)
msongs
(67,343 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)CanonRay
(14,079 posts)put all the religious lunatics in one place in the empty desert, and leave the rest of us alone. Go for it.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)I had thought that the religious lunatics had been in various parts of Middle Eastern deserts since the beginning of recorded history.
All of them, in fact.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)Zoroastrianism arose in the eastern region of the ancient Persian Empire, when the religious philosopher Zoroaster simplified the pantheon of early Iranian gods[3] into two opposing forces: Spenta Mainyu (Progressive mentality) and Angra Mainyu (Destructive Mentality) under the one God, Ahura Mazda (Illuminating Wisdom).[4][5]
Zoroaster's ideas led to a formal religion bearing his name by about the 6th century BCE and have influenced other later religions including Judaism, Gnosticism, Christianity and Islam.[6]..
/... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra
CanonRay
(14,079 posts)Including from here.
Hangingon
(3,071 posts)nt
lexx21
(321 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I wonder how this al-Baghdadi fellow feels about Israel.
The Stranger
(11,297 posts)They go way back.
quadrature
(2,049 posts)Throd
(7,208 posts)Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)Why..what would happen?