Toward a Jihadist Caliphate

On February 9, 2024, Imam Sheikh Abdul Salam Zoud at the Masjid As-Sunnah Lakemba in Sydney, Australia, made the following live-streamed pronouncement:

"There is no solution other than Jihad which continues until Judgement Day. The Prophet Muhammad, the Righteous Caliphs – none of them conquered the world by peaceful means. They conquered it through Jihad. The goal of Jihad for the sake of Allah is not to kill people and take over their lands. Rather, the goal of Jihad is to remove obstacles before the spreading and rule of Islam."

The Imam's statement might come across as a bit disingenuous. Although it appears to publicly eschew the elimination of unbelievers (infidels) – meaning those who do not embrace jihad, including Jews, Christians, and devotees of all other religions – he explains that "conquering the world" is not possible other than through jihad. He describes this action as "removing obstacles," a euphemism for the destruction of those opposed to establishment of a global Islamist Caliphate, a 'nizam Islami' (Islamic order), ruled through totalitarian Sharia law. This even includes the distant nations of Australia and New Zealand, where radical Islamists wish to share their gift of Allah, by force if necessary, with the entire planet.

The exposure of jihadists' far-reaching desires is evident from the October 10^th, 2023, unruly Sydney Harbour demonstration in favour of the jihadist group, Hamas, during which Israel – and Jews – were vilified, threatened with death and destruction, without recourse of any kind. The demonstration is reflected the Imam's conviction, above, that, "these people only understand the language of force." For extremists, religion appears to be much of their motivating factor as the Imam went on to explain:

"This is the purpose of fighting and waging Jihad against the enemies of Islam – to fend off their evil from the religion of Islam, and to defend Allah's religion, which was created to reign supreme over all other religions..."

This wish by many Islamists for the global supremacy of their religion through holy war could not have been made much clearer. Denial of reality by political and social leaders will, without doubt, result in increased turmoil to that already experienced by societies in France, the UK, Germany, Sweden, and other European nations, not to overlook the USA. In this mode, and given the generally pleasant, easy-going, but sometimes lackadaisical attitude of those far away in the southern reaches of the lower hemisphere, a major awakening is also required. Not only are Jews under threat, but Christians and all "unbelievers" in the radical jihadist agenda as well.

The devastating attack on innocent civilians, particularly young girls, women, children, and babies, in Israel on October 7, 2023, brought international attention to jihad and the Islamist plan of seeking an "end of days" Caliphate. Although an "ostrich" mentality towards these genocidal objectives prevails among Western decision-makers, the reality is quite different: The driving ideology behind Hamas's murderous intent is exemplified by the "Doomsday Clock" located in Palestine Square, Tehran, Iran. Inaugurated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in 2017, the clock counts down the time towards Israel's anticipated destruction in 2040, sixteen years from now. Iran's barrage of missiles and drones launched at Israel on April 13, 2024, was presumably another step toward fulfilling that destructive intent.

Iran, as well as its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and terror proxies of Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others -- are actors in the frontline of the intended annihilation of the Jewish people first, then all other unbelievers. Even though Iran remains essentially responsible for the actions of its agents, it has yet to suffer any consequences despite its direct attack on Israel on April 13-14. All the while, taking full advantage of US appeasement and unencumbered by meaningful sanctions, Iran races ahead with development of nuclear weapons for the sole purpose of eliminating Israel and, thereafter Jordan and ultimately the "Great Satan," the United States from the world map.

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