“No one in al-Nahda believes that jihad is a way to impose Islam on the world. But we believe that jihad is self-control, is social and political struggle, and even military jihad is only a way to defend oneself in the case of aggression.” WorldWayBelieveSelfPoliticalSocialCasesStruggleMilitaryIslamOneselfAlsAggressionSelf ControlJihadPolitical Struggle Author:Rashid al-Ghannushi
“(God) gives the weak a weapon for self-defense that the strong, despite his military and nuclear arsenals, can do nothing against. There are clerics who condemn this and even say that these are suicide operations that are not allowed in Islam.” GivingSelfStrongCan DoMilitaryWeaponsWeakSuicideIslamDefenseNuclearDespiteOperationsSelf DefenseArsenal Author:Yusuf al-Qaradawi
“The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military. . . . The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting.” IfsMayWarStatesPoliticalFightingProcessMilitaryIslamBelieverDoctrinePsychologicalPermanentCreedsWarfareJihadUniversalism Author:Majid Khadduri
“Al-Qaeda, ISIS, they can't be Islamic. Islam is the religion of peace. They are bastardizing it. They are frauds. They are calling themselves Islamic and they are calling themselves Muslim, but they're not. Because Islam is as anti-terror as you and I are. Islam is the religion of peace. I'm telling you what our government's position is. The US military position.” GovernmentMilitaryPositionCallingIslamTerrorIslamicAlsFraudIsisAl QaedaUs Military Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Conservatives believe that we need to defeat radical Islam not because we want war but because ISIS and other radical Islamist are enemies of peace and that's why we need a president, who in which under whom the best intelligence agencies in the world will find terrorists and the best military in the world will destroy them. And if we capture them alive, a president that will bring them to the United States. A president that will grant them a court-appointed lawyer, a president that will send these terrorists where they belong, to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” WorldBelieveWarPresidentEnemyMilitaryIslamDefeatLawyerTerroristRadical Author:Marco Rubio
“From the standpoint of a Middle Eastern citizen, Americans look like a bully forcing our way of life on the Islamic way of life. The notion of purity is very important in Islam, and a lot of the negative warlike actions taken against us have to do with our physical presence in the Middle East. Osama bin Laden was trying to get the American, or protesting the American military presence in Saudi Arabia. It's not surprising that our strong presence in Iraq has produced a wave of resistance anger, extreme anger in some cases, and a permissive atmosphere that allows these people to go undetected.” PeopleTryingImportantActionStrongTakenMilitaryNegativeIslamWaveAtmospherePurityIslamicBullyEasternBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:John Updike