| Topic: |
Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Leonard Pulver" |
| Date: |
11 Dec 2003 11:07:05 AM |
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CONQUEST of ROME & ALL EUROPE |
The Future Conquest of Rome and All of Europe
The Return of the Caliphate
The prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi,
the Qatari-based spiritual authority for the worldwide
Muslim Brotherhood, issued an Islamic ruling that,
despite the pessimism among Muslims, Islam will
definitely prevail and eventually become master of the
entire world.(5)
One of the signs of Islamic victory will be the
conquest of the Italian capital, Rome, by the Muslims.
Occupying Europe and defeating Christianity will become
possible, according to al- Qaradawi, with the spread of
Islam inside Europe until it becomes strong enough to
take over the whole continent.
Al-Qaradawi asserts that "the signs of salvation are
absolute, numerous, and as plain as day, indicating
that the future belongs to Islam and that Allah's
religion will defeat all other religions." He relies on
ancient Islamic traditions quoting the Prophet
Muhammad, who allegedly argued that the conquest of
Constantinople (Istanbul) and then Romia (Rome) are
considered signs of the victory of Islam.
Al-Qaradawi wrote:
And Romia is the city we name Rome, the capital of
Italy. The city of Herqel [Constantinople] was
conquered in 1453 by the young Ottoman, aged 23,
Muhammad Ibn Mourad, known by his nickname Muhammad the
Conqueror. Nowadays, the conquest of the other city
Romia [Rome] remains unfulfilled. Namely, Islam will
return once more to Europe as a conqueror and as a
victorious power after it was expelled twice from the
continent....
I assume that next time the conquest [of Europe] will
not be achieved by the sword [i.e., war] but by
preaching (daawa) and spreading the ideology [of
Islam]. ... The conquest of Romia [Rome] and the
expansion of Islam will reach all the areas where the
sun shines and the moon appears [i.e., the entire
world]. ...That will be the result of a planted seed
and the beginning of the righteous Caliphate's return.
....[The Islamic Caliphate] deserves to lead the
nation to the plains of victory.(6)
Al-Qaradawi's influence, it should be stressed, is
widespread. His religious rulings not only appear on
the websites of Muslim Brotherhood subsidiaries, like
Hamas, but also on the websites of Saudi-inspired
groups fighting the U.S. in western Iraq and on the
websites of Chechen Islamists.
6.
www.islamonline.net/fatwa/arabic/FatwaDisplay.asp?h
FatwaID=2042
Yusuf al-Qaradawi -
Prominent Islamic scholar and well-known preacher.
Born in Egypt (1926), lives in Qatar. Known as a member
of the Muslim Brotherhood. Qaradawi heads the Sunni
studies department at Qatar University. He was the
first Sunni Muslim scholar to give religious legitimacy
to the suicide operations of Hamas (1995), and to the
participation of women in suicide attacks. Qaradawi has
generally defended bin Laden as a representative and
defender of oppressed Muslims against the "American and
Zionist evilness," even though he condemned the attacks
on American soil against innocent civilians.
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