It certainly appears that there are a lot of hot spots where these Jihadists are operating.
The Global Jihad
September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Columnists | Author: Opeyemi Agbaje
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Radical fundamentalists are on the march under the banner of Jihad in Nigeria, Mali, Kenya, Somalia, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. In Libya, the state has practically collapsed as contending factions of radical Islamists slug it out with tanks, anti-aircraft guns, AK 47s and rocket-propelled grenades. In Egypt, an audacious attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to convert post-Mubarak popular aspirations for freedom and democracy into a brazen push for an Iran-style Islamic Republic dominated by Mullahs was thwarted only by the resolve of the Egyptian people and the alliance of the military, media, bureaucrats and judges who preferred a secular republic. Both Algeria and Tunisia only barely survived a similar, post-Arab “Spring” take-over by radical fundamentalists.
In Turkey, RecepTeyyip Erdogan’s mission of transforming Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s secular democracy into a sectarian dictatorship continues its bold evolution with Erdogan now seeking to dominate all its institutions through an executive presidency, having suppressed the powerful military, prosecutors, bureaucracy and intelligence agencies. Across Europe and America, young immigrant and native-born Muslims are switching allegiance from Western democracies to radical Islam and travelling in hundreds or reportedly thousands to join Jihads in Syria, Iraq and even Somalia. So-called “moderate” Arab monarchies and other Muslim regimes-Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE and Turkey are increasingly believed to be funding Islamists of different hues across the Sunni-Shiite divide-ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad etc.
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The Global Jihad
September 3, 2014 | Filed under: Columnists | Author: Opeyemi Agbaje
5
Radical fundamentalists are on the march under the banner of Jihad in Nigeria, Mali, Kenya, Somalia, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. In Libya, the state has practically collapsed as contending factions of radical Islamists slug it out with tanks, anti-aircraft guns, AK 47s and rocket-propelled grenades. In Egypt, an audacious attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to convert post-Mubarak popular aspirations for freedom and democracy into a brazen push for an Iran-style Islamic Republic dominated by Mullahs was thwarted only by the resolve of the Egyptian people and the alliance of the military, media, bureaucrats and judges who preferred a secular republic. Both Algeria and Tunisia only barely survived a similar, post-Arab “Spring” take-over by radical fundamentalists.
In Turkey, RecepTeyyip Erdogan’s mission of transforming Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s secular democracy into a sectarian dictatorship continues its bold evolution with Erdogan now seeking to dominate all its institutions through an executive presidency, having suppressed the powerful military, prosecutors, bureaucracy and intelligence agencies. Across Europe and America, young immigrant and native-born Muslims are switching allegiance from Western democracies to radical Islam and travelling in hundreds or reportedly thousands to join Jihads in Syria, Iraq and even Somalia. So-called “moderate” Arab monarchies and other Muslim regimes-Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE and Turkey are increasingly believed to be funding Islamists of different hues across the Sunni-Shiite divide-ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad etc.
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