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The global jihad (sometimes referred to as World War III), from the Salafi-jihadist perspective, is a confrontation between the people of God[wp] and the enemies of God[wp] for control of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, Islam, and ultimately world domination[wp]. The victor is also granted the right to exploit the assets of the world's richest corporation, now known as Saudi Aramco[wp].

There are four primary belligerent[wp] groups, Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, Iran, and global infidels. This Essay is a summary categorization of the four dominant belligerents, their allies and proxies.

Modern Mecca

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[edit] Dar al-Harb

Dar al-Harb (the Realm of Conflict), according to Salafists, is principally made up of the New World Order[1] as organized within the kufr member states of the United Nations.[2] The Islamic Republic of Iran is a participating member of the U.N. and, despite its name, is considered by Salafists to be among the unbelieving nations.

[edit] Global infidels

From the Salafi-jihadist perepective, global infidels are a diverse group who have either not embraced the Prophet's message after 1400 years, or are Muslim lands ruled by tyrants.

Global infidels, as of 2014, broadly follow alliance schemes set down during the Cold War, with a few alterations. China, Japan and India, three economic powerhouses relative to the combined output of all the competing Islamic belligerents, coupled with a burgeoning potential for military strength, are also reckoned among global infidels.

Comparative asset value of Saudi Aramco, the world's richest corporation against United States GDP, China, and total world economic output, in trillions, 2014.[3]

[edit] Global infidel alliance

Sheikh Abd al-Aziz bin Baz[wp], Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999, was ostracized by the Salafi-jihadists for his support of the New World Order, replacing Shariah with secular rule [4] and bringing Saudi Arabia, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques[wp], within the global infidel alliance (also referred to as the "Crusader Alliance".)

[edit] Junior Nato Crusaders

[edit] Nato Muslim partners

[edit] Non-Nato members

[edit] Russia and non-Muslim federated Republics

Since its founding in 1992 the Russian Federation has fought several insurgencies against al-Qaeda affiliates within its borders.[9] Russia has provided assistance to Iran and the Alawite regime of Syria in the war against al-Nusra and ISIS. By virtue of its position among the five permanent members[wp] of the United Nations Security Council[wp], and its traditional Christian character, it properly belongs to the Realm of Conflict.

[edit] Muslim Republics of the Russian Federation

[edit] Others

Although most of these groups are considered 'Muslim' or 'Islamic', some can also be considered secular who practice shirk[wp], i.e., idolaters who worship anything other than Allah, more specifically, people who submit to man-made government. Therefore they cannot be considered as residing in the Realm of Peace and are consigned, along with infidels, to the Realm of Conflict.

Jundallah (Iran) is/was an armed Sunni group inside Shi'ite Iran which received covert assistance[wp] under a Presidential Finding and Executive Order by U.S. President George W. Bush. The covert action, according to reports, was rescinded by President Obama. Jundallah (Iran) should not necessarily be considered a secular or even a kufr group.[11].

[edit] Dar al-Salam

The term, 'Dar al-Salam' is usually translated as 'the Realm of Peace' or 'Abode of Peace'. Three factions within the Realm of Peace are presently at War among themselves and the global infidels for the prize of Mecca & the assets of Saudi Aramco.[14]

There has been some cooperation between al Qaeda and Iran on some fronts, with notable exceptions on the Syria, Iraq, and Yemen fronts where Sunnis and Shiites have been fiercely battling each other. The Islamic State does not accept allies, it demands allegiance.

[edit] Iran

Extent of influence of a proposed Iranian Superpower.[15]

Because of its Shi'ite character, the Islamic Republic of Iran is referred to as Rafida[wp], or rejectionist of the orthodox Salafi traditions handed down thru Ibn Taymiyyah[wp], Abd al-Wahhab[wp], and others. While the government of Iran has been labeled as the leading state sponsor of terrorism[16], its official Shi'a brand of Islam stands in contrast to Sunni Salafi-jihadism, which regards Shiism not so much as a dissident sect, but rather heretical and treasonous.

Within the U.N framework of the "New World Order", as some so-called "Islamists" refer to it, Iran pursues its foreign policy objectives under the kufr Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations[wp] while covertly resorting to terrorism.

As of the second half of 2014 the Shi'a, who look to the Islamic Republic of Iran, were on the defensive in a genocidal campaign unleashed by the Islamic State. Iran is actively supporting the Assad regime of Syria against an insurgency by the Sunni Salafi-jihadists of al Nusra (al Qaeda) and ISIS. Iran receives support from the kufr regime of Russia[17], proving they are in bed with global infidels and are traitors to Islam.

Since its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been in a covert war with the House of Saud[wp]. They consider they would be more adept Custodians of the Holy Places than the Saudis, who rely for their security on the Great Satan[wp] which has spread debauchery, Westernization, and Hollywood movies around the planet.[18]

As of Spring 2015, Iran was moving on two of the three strategic choke points for control of the flow of Middle Eastern crude oil and the global economy -- the Straits of Hormuz, the Port of Aden, and the Suez Canal. In February, Iran destroyed a mockup U.S. Supercarrier in the Straits of Hormuz during a live-fire ballistic missile test[19], and in March, Iran's Houtie proxy force toppled the Yemen government which controlled Aden. Suez, part of a common border with Egypt and Saudi Arabia, has been claimed by the Islamic State in its Sinai Province.

[edit] Proxy forces

Unlike the Islamic State, the Islamic Republic of Iran has shown a willingness to organize, train, and fund armed groups outside of their sectarian beliefs as long as the group has some form of Islamic heritage. The Iranian Quds Force (Jerusalem Force) led by General Qassem Sulemeini is the organization tasked with Iran's external covert, paramilitary, terrorist and intelligence functions.

[edit] Shiite dominated groups

[edit] Iraqi Islamic Resistance

In the case of Iraq, Jonathan Spyer and Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi report "There are, at the very least, dozens of Shia militias in Iraq....They receive training and weapons from the IRGC[wp], and are dedicated to implementing Iran’s ideological system of governance in Iraq...Iran, however, does not want any of these groups to become powerful enough to break off and follow its own agenda. To prevent this, it maintains multiple proxy militias competing against each other." [21] There are many, many more than cited on this list,[22][23]

  • Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), formerly the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi or JAM)
  • Hizballah Brigades (Kata’ib Hizballah or KH)
  • League of the Righteous (Asa’ib Ahl al-Haqq), aka Khazali Network
  • Brigades of the Coming Imam (Kata’ib Al-Imam al-Qadim)
  • Ramazan Corps
  • Saraya al-Khorasani (Khorasani Brigades)
  • Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
  • Harakat al-Nujaba'
  • Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces
  • Kata'ib al-Ghadab (Absent Imam Battalions)[24]
  • Liwa al-Shabab al-Risali
  • Liwa Dhu al-Fiqar
  • Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda
  • Saraya Ashura'
  • Kata'ib Ruh Allah

[edit] Sunni and secular groups

  • Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - General Command
  • Hamas
  • Palestine Islamic Jihad

[edit] The Islamic State

The Islamic State's design for global hegemony dates from a time when the earth was flat.

The Islamic State (official map).
Courtesy: The Islamic State

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, because of the threat Islamic extremists posed to Western commercial trading interests. For nearly a millenium prior to Mohammad, East-West trade between Europe, India, and China was facilitated via the Silk Route[wp]. With the rise of Islam, Western merchant caravans often were hi-jacked, their goods looted, and the tradesman enslaved or beheaded. After the failure of the Four Crusades to rollback the onslaught[25] of the new faith, Christopher Columbus devised a scheme to by-pass Islam and restore global trade. By sailing West to get East, Columbus accidentally discovered a new continent which proved to be a boon to the economic growth[wp] of Western civilization[wp] for the next 500 years.

Modern Salafists aim to resurrect the first three hundred years of Islam (as seen in the map, upper right).[26] The Islamic State currently is at war with their brother Salafi-jihadis[wp] of al Qaeda. The Islamic State's long-term goals are virtually identical to al Qaeda. Tensions between the two groups have always been about leadership and tactics and not about long-term objectives.

The Islamic State is also at war with insolent Sunni tribes allied with the Shiite-dominated Baghdad regime, the rejectionist Shi'a of Iran's proxies in Iraq and Syria, the Assad regime and Hezbollah. Daesh is seriously anti-Shiite and views cleansing Islam of this heretical and treasonous sect as the top priority. And they are at war with the Crusader alliance led by the United States. (Salafi-jihadis expound an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory that the Crusader alliance is led by Israel which controls the United States and all its crony proxies, stooges, and satellite regimes).

[edit] Provinces

  • Wilayat al-Sinai[wp]
  • Wilayat al-Yaman[27]
  • Wilayat al-Haramayn[wp]
  • Wilayat al-Libya[wp]
  • Wilayat al-Algeria[wp]
  • Wilayat al-Khorasan

[edit] Groups that have sworn allegiance (bay'at) to the Caliph

  • Caliphate and Jihad Movement in Pakistan
  • Al Tawhid Battalion in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  • Jundallah (Pakistan)[wp]
  • Mujahideen East Timor (MIT) in Indonesia
  • Abu Sayaaf Group in the Philippines[wp]
  • Ansar al-Khalifah in the Philippines
  • Bangsmoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the Philippines[wp]
  • Bangsmoro Justice Movement (BJM) in the Philippines
  • Boko Haram

[edit] Groups that have voiced support for the Islamic State

  • Jund al-Khilafah in Egypt
  • Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem[wp]
  • Uqba bin Nafi battalion in Tunisia
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) in Pakistan[wp]
  • Ansar al-Tahweed fi Bilad al-Hind in India
  • Jund at-Tawheed Wal Khalifah in Bangladesh

[edit] Al Qaeda

The remaining Salafi-jihadis of al Qaeda who refuse to swear allegiance to the self-appointed Caliph are at war with their brother Salafi-jihadis of the Islamic State, the Alawite (Nusayri) regime of Bashar al-Assad, the rejectionist Shi'a of Yemen, the Russian Federation in several Muslim Republics, the government of Pakistan, the Western satellite state of Afghanistan, and France (the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks).

Al Qaeda is now the Junior Varsity of Salafi-jihadists, motivated by the personal animosities and jealousies of its current leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was shunted aside for the role of Caliph by the upstart Baghdadi. Power struggles for the sucsessorship to Mohammad are as old as Islam itself. It should be noted al Qaeda has for most of its existence promoted co-operation between Sunni and Shia, with exception during the Iraq insurgency[wp] as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi led Al Qaeda in Iraq, later becoming the breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

In December 2011, a U.S. District Court ruled Iran and Hezbollah materially and directly supported al Qaeda in the September 11, 2001 attacks.[28][29][30]

[edit] al Qaeda affiliates

  • Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula[wp]
  • al Nusra[wp]
  • Jamaat Ansar al-Islam[wp][31]
  • Al Qaeda Central
  • Afghan Taliban[wp]
  • Pakistan Taliban[wp][32]
  • al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent[wp]
  • Caucasus Emirate[wp]
  • East Turkestan Islamic Movement[wp]
  • Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan[wp]
  • Al Qaeda in the Maghreb[wp]
  • Al-Shabaab (militant group)[wp]
  • Khorasan Group[wp]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. George H.W. Bush, New World Order speech, Sept 11 1991. youtube
  2. Not only do the Salafi-jihadists of the Islamic State and al Qaeda reject the very idea of nation states and national borders, they likewise are at war with infidel (kufr) ideas, concepts, and institutions such as the Geneva Conventions[wp].
  3. 260 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves @ $89 pbl + 239.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves @ $2 (2014 avgs).[1]
  4. Ruling By Other Than What Allaah Has Revealed, Salafi Publications, Article ID : MNJ050016
  5. The Obvious Proofs of the Saudi State’s Impiety or The Evident Sacrileges of the Saudi State (Al-Kawashif al-Jaliyya fi Kufr al-Dawla al-Sa`udiyya), Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi[wp], Islamic ruling[wp], 1989; A Verdict Regarding the Saudi Regime, Fatwa Regarding the Saudi Regime, Shaykh Abu Baseer Mustafa Haleemah.
  6. Jordan is listed among the priority group of states in the "Path for Establishing an Islamic State", The Management of Savagery, Abu Bakr Naji, Translated by William McCants for the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, 2006, pp. 36-37 in pdf.
  7. http://www.fpri.org/articles/2014/10/gulf-cooperation-councils-unified-military-command
  8. Turkey has deferred granting assistance to Kurdish groups fighting the Islamic State until Turkey is assured Kurdish groups will assist in driving Iranian influence from the Mediterranean coast and the region by actively supporting the war against the Alawite regime of Syria and Hezbollah. [2]
  9. See Civil war in Tajikistan[wp] see Second Chechen War[wp].
  10. See Insurgency in the North Caucasus[wp].
  11. Jundallah (Iran) has been described as a CIA "false flag" operation; False Flag, Mark Perry, Foreign Policy , 13 January 2009. While its leaders and membership cannot be considered apostate, or takfir Muslims, it's sponsors and allies are said to be infidels and infidel states. Jundallah (Iran) is alleged to have employed suicide attacks and beheadings. It has no known affiliations among the primary belligerent entities classified in the Dar al Salam section of this report. It is listed among the infidel allies because of (a) its alleged relationship with infidels, and until (b) verification it is inactive or defunct, or (c) allegiance or affiliation with a primary belligerent entity in the Dar al Salem section can be established and verified.
  12. JRTN, an the remnants of Saddam's Baathists who have not defected to Daesh; second largest militia behind Daesh who aim to overthrow the Baghdad regime.
  13. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/10/jundallah.html
  14. Oil and Green Energy: Saudi Arabia's Aramco Has $30 Trillion in Assets, Sahit Muja, 11 April 2012.
  15. Iran's Hegemonic Ambitions: Restoring History. www.iranintelligence.com
  16. State Sponsors: Iran, Greg Bruno, Council on Foreign Relations, Updated: October 13, 2011. cfr.org
  17. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/01/20/russia-signs-military-cooperation-deal-with-iran/22042235/
  18. Political Islam, Edited by Fredric Volpi, Routledge, p. 5 pdf.
  19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrgLFcIMYDk#t=25
  20. In The Management of Savagery, Abu Bakr Naji, Translated by William McCants for the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University, published in 2006, the jihadist manual and playbook, it says of Yemen: "There is no doubt that the power which God gave to the two superpowers (America and Russia) was overwhelming in the estimation of humans. However, in reality and after careful reflection using pure, human reason, (one comes to understand that this power) is not able to impose its authority from the country of the center[wp] - from America, for example, or Russia - upon lands in Egypt and Yemen, for example, unless these (latter) countries submit to those powers entirely of their own accord." (p.17 pdf) "States designated as (part of) a priority group: Recent studies of the renewal movement [could refer to Islamist or Salafist movement] that are connected with current events have designated a group of states - or, more accurately, regions - which the mujahids should focus on so that their striking power will not be dissipated in states where there is nothing that results from action focused on them. Naturally, this initial, theoretical designation provides the opportunity for close scrutiny by the people of every country and the taking of a position [believer vs non-believer]. Thus, focusing on two or three candidates, in the end, makes it possible to verify the readiness of their people for the initiative. This is with respect to focused action. Therefore, it is worth noting that the studies did not ignore the remaining Muslim bands in the world that are undertaking "vexation" operations in order to disperse the concentration and forces of the enemy (and build) the foundations for the coming jihad beyond the borders after that.
    ¶ We can say that there is flexibility in the matter, such that it can change according to developments. These studies were distributed in the three years prior to the momentous events of September. After these events and the developments that followed them, the leadership announced some modifications and excluded some of the regions from the group of priority regions, assuming that their inclusion would affect the order of the remaining states. They included two countries, or rather two additional regions - the countries of the Haramayn and Nigeria. Thus, the states initially designated for inclusion in the group of priority regions are the regions of the following states: Jordan, the countries of the Maghrib, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the countries of the Haramayn and the Yemen." (p.36-37 pdf)
  21. How Iraq Became a Proxy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jonathan Spyer and Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, The Tower, December 2014.
  22. http://www.frbiu.com/painful-facts-15811602157515741602-16051572160416051577.html
  23. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PF138Appendices/PF138_Appendix_3.pdf
  24. refers to the return of the Twelfth Shia Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi.
  25. The collapse of world trade due to disruption along the Silk Route plunged Europe into a prolonged economic declension (See Henri_Pirenne#Islam[wp]). The Crusades were not only an attempt to re-establish world trade, the liberation of non-Muslim communities in the Middle East who were victimized by atrocious human rights violations was also a major objective.
  26. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-islamic-states-archipelago-of-provinces
  27. http://justpaste.it/jq9i
  28. http://iran911case.com/
  29. 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT at pp. 240-41.
  30. See Wikipedia Iran and state-sponsored terrorism#September 11[wp].
  31. http://www.aymennjawad.org/2015/03/jamaat-ansar-al-islam-iraq-insurgency-and
  32. Late reports on January 27, 2015, indicate a former leader of the Pakistan Taliban was appointed governor of the Islamic State's Khorasan province.
  33. Africa's World War: Congo, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Making of a Continental Catastrophe, Gerard Prunier, Oxford University Press, Dec 31 2008, p. 82 and note.
  34. http://centralasiaonline.com/en_GB/articles/caii/newsbriefs/2015/01/27/newsbrief-13
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