BRINGING CLARITY TO TERRORISM

911 – EVENT OF SEPTEMBER What happened?

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? al Qaeda: Extremist Islamist group Jihadist Group Goal: Remove American influence in Muslim nations Destroy Israel Unite all Muslim Establish Islamic Nation (according to rule of First Caliph)

AFTERWARDS…  Retaliation from the US  2003 – US ‘removed’ Saddam Hussein from power  Destabilization of the whole government  Many turned to Al Qaeda  Creation of Al Qaeda in Iraq (IQA)  Foundation of ISIS

ARE EITHER MUSLIM? “If someone kills another person – unless it is in retaliation for someone else or for causing corruption in the earth – it is as if he had murdered all mankind.” (Surat al-Ma’ida: 32) EXTREME form of Islam Extreme interpretation of the Qur'an

REMINDER – SUNNI VS SHIA  Two branches of Islam  They both claim different things:  Who should of taken over from Prophet Muhammad  Abu Bakr VS Ali  Both have extremists  They both CLASH and war against each other

ISIS – ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA Abu Bakr al Baghdadi ISIS Leader

ISIS – ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA Ultimate goal:  To create a unified, Muslim territory in order to enforce its extremist belief (Caliphate)  Bring the prophecy of the apocalypse to reality Beliefs:  Extreme form of Islam – “the Prophetic Methodology”  Follow the extreme example of Prophet Muhammad and extreme interpretation of the Qur'an Example - Sheikh Abu Muhammad al-Adnani Chief spokesperson for ISIS find an infidel and “smash his head with a rock,” poison him, run him over with a car, or “destroy his crops.” directly echoed orders from Muhammad to leave well water and crops alone—unless the armies of Islam were in a defensive position, in which case Muslims in the lands of kuffar, or infidels, should be unmerciful, and poison away.

AL QAEDA VS ISIS "We do not acknowledge this Caliphate, and we do not see it as Caliphate on the prophetic method; instead, it is an emirate of taking over without consultation,” - Ayman al-Zawahiri