Hostility Disguised as Grievance
This section warrants pulling out of the "Cliff Notes" from Ray Ibraham's article:
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Hostility Disguised as Grievance
Raymond Ibraham
Mainstream Islam's four schools of jurisprudence lend their support to this hostile Weltanschauung by speaking of the infidel in similar terms. Bin Laden's addresses to the West with his talk of justice and peace are clear instances of taqiyya.
He is not only waging a physical jihad but a propaganda war, that is, a war of deceit.
IF he [Bin Laden] can convince the West that the current conflict is entirely its fault,
he garners greater sympathy for his cause.
At the same time, he knows that:
IF Americans were to realize that NOTHING short of their submission
can ever bring peace, his propaganda campaign would be quickly compromised.
Hence the constant need to dissemble and to cite grievances,
for, as bin Laden's prophet asserted, "War is deceit."
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