A brief summary of Islamic terrorism from past to present

1. Islamic Terrorism
Dr. Robert Patton
The Crown College of the Bible

2. The problem
 Terrorism has become a major
force and practice in many
Islamic groups
 They cite the Qur’an as their
justification, along with the
example of their prophet
Muhammad

3. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 632-661 – The 4 “rightly guided caliphs”
 661 – Ali killed, strife divided into Sunni
and Shi’a
 661-750 – Umayyad Caliphate
 750-1258 Abbisid Caliphate
 1261-1517 Mamluk sultans
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4. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 1517-1924 Ottoman Caliphate –
stopped by Ataturk – secular Turkey
 1744 – Abd al-Wahhab, reformer of
Sunni, makes pact with Muhammad ibn
Saud
 1924 – Ataturk abolished the caliphate
and established secular Turkey, though
Muslim
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5. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 1928 Hassan al-Banna, school teacher
forms Muslim Brotherhood to restore
Spain, Sicily, Balkans & Italian coast to
Muslims
 1938 Saud family will spend 100 billion
to finance Wahhabi propaganda
 1966 Precursor to ISIS founded in
Jordan by al-Zarqawi
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6. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 1979 – Iranian revolution
 1989 – First fatwa with blasphemy law
calling for death of Salman Rushdie
 1989-1999 Zarqawi threatens havoc,
arrested, released from gen. amnesty
 2001 – Al-Queda strikes NYC &
Pentagon
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7. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 1979 – Iranian revolution
 1989 – First fatwa with blasphemy law
calling for death of Salman Rushdie
 1989-1999 Zarqawi threatens havoc,
arrested, released from gen. amnesty
 2001 – Al-Queda strikes NYC &
Pentagon
 2006 Zarqawi killed in US airstrike
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8. Historical background of
terrorism – All dates are A.D.
 2010 Arab spring
 2011 America leaves Iraq
 2013 – ISIS takes control of territory,
frees jihadis from Abu Gharib prison
 July 2014 – ISIS declares caliphate,
calls itself Islamic State with Abu Bakr
al-Baghdadi as caliph
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9. Major terrorist groups
 ISIS or ISIL (L = Levant, which is larger
area than Syria)
 Al Queda – officially separated from ISIS
 Boco Haram (Nigeria)
 Al Shabaab – Somalia area
 Abu Sayyaf - Philippines
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10. Ideologically driven
 ISIS and al Qaeda are driven by
ideology, not by charismatic leaders
 Destroy a leader, new arise
 Zarqawi was killed in 2006, and Osama
bin Ladin later, but al Qaeda goes on
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11. ISIS continues to advance
 Bulldozed Syria-Iraq border which had
been determined by a western
agreement in 1916
 Idea – one caliphate with all Muslims
subject to it
 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – PhD in islamic
law, model prisoner in Abu Ghraib so
he recruited many in many camps
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12. ISIS plan
 Expell the USA from Iraq
 Establish an Islamic authority over as
much territory as possible
 Jihad wave to neighboring secular
states
 Destroy Israel
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13. Previous terrorist groups
 Shiite sect called the Assassins – you
kill, you win. You die, you go to heaven
 Khawarij – may reject secular Muslim
rulers and even kill them
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14. Wahhabi movement
 1744 – agreement with Arab chieftains
 All Muslims who disagree are unbelievers and
could be killed as apostates or heretics
 Gradual espansion – control of Mecca &
Medina 1792
 1932 – Wahhabi sheik ibn Saud captured
Riyadh and set up Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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15. ISIS Bloody tactics
 Everything by the Qur’an – paradise for
those killers and those killed in battle
 OK to have innocents die in battle if
unavoidable for Islam to have victory
 Jihadi were encouraged by the cruel
tactics
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16. ISIS targets in the USA
 Soldiers
 Police officers
 Large crowds of unarmed people
 P. 39 in Infidel’s Guide to ISIS outlines
nine threats to USA
 Also media
 We love death more than you love life
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17. ISIS and slavery
 Very legitimate
 Sell women and children
 Have sex with captured slaves
 Legal to spill any unbeliever’s blood
unless under protected covenant
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18. Taqiyya – lying for Islam
 Qur’an 3:28 Lying is permissible to
deceive unbelievers
 Pretend friendship to avoid suspicion
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19. Educated & media savvy
 >20,000 jihadi from >90 countries
joined ISIS
 100,000 posts of propaganda on
internet PER DAY
 Usual jihadi is MORE educated than
general population
 Programming in 23 languages
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20. Media savvy & technology
 They are smart
 They make slick attractive recruitment
videos
 They have succeeded in some cyber
warfare penetrating personal and
governmental computers
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21. What is the major appeal
 Not caused by poverty or lack of
education
 They want to restore the glory of the
caliphate and achieve heaven
 Jihad is obligatory for all Muslims
 Higher reward – fight with possessions,
wealth, lives
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22. What helped ISIS succeed
 Saddam Hussein removed, replaced by
weak Shi’a government, a client of
Shiite Iran
 Sunni Iraqi resentment of Shi’a
government
 Arab Spring with pro-Sharia revolts
putting Islamic governments using
democracy as a temporary means
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23. ISIS weaponry & money
 Weak Iraqi Army got US weapons, then
abandoned them equipping ISIS
 ISIS gets $1,000,000/day from oil, sold
on black market $30/barrel
 $20,000,000 for hostages
 Estimate total intake $6 million/day from
all sources
 Use of death, slavery, ransoms
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24. Turkey
 Nominally US ally, but realigning with
Islam
 Allowing black market oil
 What does this do to the solidarity of
NATO?
 Is Turkey looking to be the center of a
caliphate in the future – perhaps after
Armageddon?
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25. Destroying civilizations
 Removing temptation for idolatry
 Destruction proves the superiority of Islam
and Allah’s punishment of older civilizations,
which are worthless
 Judeo-Christian civilization loves life and
creativity. Islam loves death and destruction
 We love death more than you love life…
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26. Opponents to ISIS
 Kurds
 Christians
 Iranians
 Shi’a Iraqi
 Saudi Arabia
 Sunnis around Ramadi
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27. Rules inside ISIS
 Women cover entire body except hands
and face.
 No makeup & cannot sit in a chair
 Accompanied by male relative
 Men – no cutting hair, gel, modern style
 Only women sell women’s clothing
 Amputation of hand for theft
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28. Rules inside ISIS
 Men – no low-hanging jeans
 Drugs, alcohol & cigarettes forbidden
 No other political parties or armed groups
other than ISIS
 Shari’a law
 Graves & shrines forbidden
 Apostates killed
 80 lashes for wearing soccer jersey
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29. ISIS reign of terror
 Public beheadings, even children
 Crucifixions
 Stoning women for adultery
 Pervasive secret service
 Set up as a state with various state
positions
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30. ISIS totalitarian state
 No dissention – otherwise trials
 No leaving
 Woman enforcers there to make certain
women obey the rules
 Sex slaves are common, as in Islamic
history
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31. Caliphate
 Symbol of Muslim unity
 Caliph commands obedience of all
Muslims
 He alone can authorize offensive war
 Ideal caliph – male Muslim, possibly
from Quraysh tribe – should be able to
make legal judgments. Upright, or the
least corrupt available
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32. Caliphate
 Goal – total submission to Allah in all areas
of life
 Terrorism is justified because the Muslims
have been vilified and humiliated, Allah &
Muhammad insulted
 Call for Muslims hijira to come to ISIS,
especially professionals
 The land is for all Muslims.
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33. Support for ISIS
 30 Muslim groups from
 Afghanistan
 Pakistan
 Algeria
 Egypt
 Iraq
 Lebanon
 Libya
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34. Support for ISIS
 30 Muslim groups from
 Nigeria
 Palestinian territories
 Philippines
 Saudi Arabia
 Yemen
 Syria
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35. ISIS spells out their plans
 Defeat Saudi Arabia & Iran
 Europe – weak and oppressed. Presents
Muslims as oppressed
 Multiculturalism helps the movement
 Earlier Muslims were happy to be in Europe,
kept a low profile, and their children made
lots of money
 Third generation will attack
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36. ISIS plans
 ISIS fighters may return to Europe
trained and battle-hardened
 They expect the political left to join up
with Muslims
 Their ebooks are instructions as to
make bombs and Molotov cocktails
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37. ISIS schedule
 Attack Arabia first – victory
 Attack Iran next
 Then attack Rome, who will land in al-
A’maq or Dabiq
 Finally al-Dajjal will come and Allah will
give them victory too. 1/3 will run away,
1/3 will die as martyrs, 1/3 will be
conquerors
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38. ISIS contentions
 Muslim Brotherhood was good, but
undermined by General Nassir
 Israel gets intelligence from the USA
but also from black magic
 They expect Israel falling in 2022
 The showdown will be at Ben Gurion
International Airport. Then Isa will
come from heaven against al-Dajjal
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39. Warfare in USA
 Live a double life, and use subterfuge
 Do not live openly like a devout Muslim
 Use western nicknames
 Steal (often legally) from non-Muslim
 Maybe use toy guns initially for target
practice
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40. An ideological battle
 Permanent military victory may be
difficult
 It is an ideological battle of death
versus life
 Many Muslims in Iran are turning away
from Islam as they see ISIS and realize
that this is actually what Islam teaches
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41. Cruelty is used as a recruiting
tool
 Cruelty models Muhammad’s treatment
of apostates and those opposing his
rule – beheadings, burning out eyes,
putting fire on chest, chopping of hands
and opposite feet, leaving to die of
thirst, assassinations are all
documented in the Qur’an or Hadith
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42. Cruelty is used as a recruiting
tool
 Cruelty is designed to prove that ISIS is
true Islam – carrying out punishments of
Shari’a
 Cruelty turns off some, but recruits
others
 Cruelty mades the “kuffers” or “kafirs”
(unbelievers) fear
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