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16. Concerning al-Qaedah

Al-Qaeda differs radically from traditional Islamic movements in many respects. Unlike other guerrilla groups who seek to establish an Islamic State, it has no precise political aims and contents itself with “fighting the enemies of Islam, the Americans and the Israelis.” While revolutionaries of the past sought a seat at the political table, al-Qaeda seeks to blow up the table. While most Muslim militants are religious, albeit ignorant, activists, al-Qaeda is composed of marginally religious rebels. The September 11th kamikazes spend the time prior to their suicide missions attending exotic dance clubs and watching adult films. Khalid Shaykh Muhammad never set foot in a mosque in the Philippines. He spent his times in dens of iniquity. Al-Qaeda computers seized in Afghanistan and Pakistan were filled with pornographic material. What unites al-Qaeda is not so much a commitment to Islam but a deep-seated hatred of the Western world. Since the goal of al-Qaeda militants is to spread chaos, destruction and death, they can be aptly described as anarchists and terrorists as opposed to Islamo-fascists.