Special Dispatch - Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project
September 6, 2006
No. 1281
Al-Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn, aka 'Azzam the American': "The Truth of
Islam is Sweeping Across America and Constitutes a Fearsome Challenge to the
Security, Identity, and Survival of the Crusader State [America]"; Time is
Running Out to Convert to Islam Before You Meet the Dismal Fate of Thousands
Before You
The following are excerpts from an address delivered by Adam Gadahn, aka
'Azzam the American', which aired on tajed.net(1)on September 2, 2006.(2)
TO VIEW THIS CLIP, VISIT: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1257
We Disbelieve in and Reject the United Nations
Adam Gadahan: "The civilization, in which anti-Semitism is an unforgivable
sin, and grounds for dismissal from public and private office... The
civilization which considers flag-burning to be, at the very least, an issue
for congress and the courts, and perhaps even a crime against the state...
The civilization which permits the filing of lawsuits against those who
slander and libel celebrities, politicians, and other public figures of ill
repute... A civilization such as this cannot then hide behind the excuse of
freedom of expression after it desecrates copies of the Koran, or defames,
with unquestionably malicious intent, the chief and master of Adam's
children, and the embodiment of high morals and good character, our Prophet
and Messenger Muhammad, may Allah's peace and prayers be upon him."
[...]
"We disbelieve in and reject every false god, whether it be a rock, or a
human being, or a government with its polytheistic constitution, courts, and
laws, or an international organization like the United Nations, with its
international laws, tribunals, and treaties of unbelief, and its Security
Council, whose resolutions never fail to side with the Zionist Crusaders
fascists."
[...]
Democracy is Not Synonymous With Freedom; Christianity is a Hallow Shell of
a Religion
"Those who think democracy is synonymous with freedom are either people who
haven't experienced life in America, or Americans who haven't lived abroad.
To America and the rest of Christendom, we say: Either repent of your
misguided ways and enter into the light of truth, or keep your poison to
yourself, and suffer the consequences in this world and the next. But
whatever you do, don't attempt to spread your misery and misguidance to our
lands. Muslims don't need democracy to rid themselves of their home-grown
despots and tyrants. What they do need is their Islamic faith, the spirit of
Jihad, and the lifting of foreign troops and interference from their necks.
And if Muslims don't need democracy, then they certainly have no need for
what is known as Christianity - that hollow shell of a religion, whose
followers cling to an empty faith, and a false conviction of their
inevitable salvation, regardless of what they do or believe, as long as they
accept the core tenets and doctrines of
Paulian Christianity, which also happen to be its most unbelievable,
untenable, and illogical. Like the belief that the Bible that we have today,
with all its contradictions, errors, deletions, and outright fabrications,
is the infallible, revealed word of God... Like the doctrine of the Original
Sin, which states that Man is born in sin, because of the lapse and
subsequent fall of his parents, even though we know from the Koran that God
forgave our father Adam and mother Eve when they repented... Like the
incomprehensible, illogical, non-biblical doctrine of Trinity... Like the
belief that God sent His only begotten son, who is also God in human form,
to die on a cross for the sins of mankind, which, is implied, He could
otherwise not have forgiven..."
[...]
"Isn't it time for the unbelievers to discard these incoherent, illogical
beliefs, theories, and conjecture? Isn't it time for every Christian, Jew,
pagan, and atheist to cast off the cloak of spiritual darkness which
enshrouds them, and emerge into the light of Islam, to live a life
illuminated by faith and die the death of a believer, return to his Lord,
pleased and pleasing to Him, God willing, rather than living out his days in
blindness, to die as an unbeliever and be resurrected as an unbeliever,
whose eternal abode is a fire from which the fire of this world screams in
fright?"
[...]
"If the Zionist Crusader missionaries of hate and counter-Islam consultants,
like Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Michael Scheuer, Steven Emerson, and yes,
even the Crusader-in-chief George W. Bush, were to abandon their unbelief
and repent, and enter into the light of Islam and turn their swords against
the enemies of God, it would be accepted of them and they would be our
brothers in Islam - for them what is for us, and upon them what is upon us.
And if even the repentance of high-ranking enemies of Islam is valid and
acceptable, then it needn't be said that the same goes for the foot soldiers
of the Crusade and those who have no active part to play in the war against
Islam, other than paying the taxes that fund the Crusader war machine, and
like pre-programmed machines or laboratory animals, living the lifestyle
laid out for them, and believing the myths imparted to them by their school
teachers, pastors, and politicians. They are the real victims, tranquilized
inhabitants of the
human farms, which these con men and women control, as our brother Mathew
Stuart, may God protect him, aptly described them.
"It's no surprise, then, that over the past few years, we have seen some
high-ranking Crusaders, among them the FBI chief Mueller, expressing their
anxiety at the tsunami of conversions to the truth of Islam that is sweeping
across America, which constitutes a fearsome challenge to the security,
identity, and survival of the Crusader state, and to the authority of these
con men and women. I believe that it is this phenomenon, more than anyone or
anything else, which poses the real sleeping threat that keeps the Crusaders
from sleeping at night - and I don't think a freedom struggle could wish for
a better endorsement, to have its cause picked up by a courageous group from
within the oppressor nation itself. Well, you shouldn't be surprised,
because, after all, it is the duty of every Muslim to fight evil and
oppression, wherever he finds it and no matter who the evil-doers might be."
[...]
"We invite all Americans and other unbelievers to Islam, wherever they are
and whatever their role and status in Bush and Blair's world order. And we
send a special invitation to all of you fighting Bush's Crusader pipe dream
in Afghanistan, Iraq, and wherever else 'Dubya' has sent you to die."
[...]
"So instead of killing yourself for Bush, or killing yourself, out of
despair and depression or guilt or remorse, why not surrender to the truth,
escape from the unbelieving army, and join the winning side? Time is running
out, so make the right choice before it is too late and you meet the dismal
fate of thousands before you. And in this regard, I can't tell you how
delighted I was to receive news of the embracing of Islam by a number of
U.S. soldiers at the hands of the Muslim mujahideen imprisoned at some of
the American concentration camps, which blacken the globe. And I ask God to
benefit Islam and Muslims with them, and that He make them a role model for
their comrades."
[...]
"As for those who have expressed their respect and admiration for Islam, and
acknowledged that it is the truth, and demonstrated their support and
sympathy for the Muslims and their causes, like George Galloway, Robert
Fisk, and countless others, I say to them: Isn't it time you stopped sitting
on the fence, and came over to the side of truth?"
[...]
"Finally, some will ask how we expect to attract converts to Islam after
having spilled so much non-Muslim blood, albeit in defense of our religion,
liberty, and lives. We might ask the same question of those who kill Muslims
by the millions for the crime of being Muslim, and then foolishly hope to
win their hearts and minds. But we will suffice by pointing to the sharp
spike conversions to Islam after September eleventh, which, as we've
mentioned, is giving the enemy many a sleepless night."
The American Dream is a Life of Debt, Debauchery and Doubt
"Meanwhile, it would be alleged by others that this message represents an
unusual and suspect change in tone. It will be said: They used to say they
want to slit the throats of the infidels, now they say they want to invite
them to Islam?! Our reply is that our message has not changed, and that the
mujahideen have always been the first to call to Islam, and that even though
the defense of Islam and Muslims from the merciless, relentless, Crusader
onslaught is our first priority, anyone who pays any attention to the
messages of the leaders of the Jihad, like Sheikh Osama bin Laden and Sheikh
Ayman Al-Zawahiri, may God protect them, will know that they have been
consistent in inviting the Americans and other unbelievers to Islam, and
impressing upon them that they want the best for them, and making it clear
to all that we have no choice but to fight those who fight us, and that were
the matters in our hands, we would prefer that all Americans and all the
other unbelievers and their
aggression abandon unbelief and accept the truth. Islam encourages us to
invite even the most obstinate enemies, and give them a chance to repent,
and save themselves from humiliation in this life, and painful punishment in
the next.
"But what really is surprising is that some among us want to suffice with
invitation alone, without resorting to self-defense, when the enemy insists
upon aggression and wanton destruction.
"I have tasted both the darkness and ignorance of unbelief, and disobedience
to my Creator, as well as the light and perception afforded by true faith in
God and obedience to Him, and I assure you that there is no comparison, and
that despite - or rather, because of - the atmosphere of battle in which we
live, and the continuing conflict with the forces of the Crusaders and their
hired hands, I thank God everyday for guiding me to Islam, and guiding me to
join its victorious army, inshallah, for if not for His grace, I could very
easily have been one of those unfortunate souls fighting the loosing battle
for the other side, or blindly living the life of debt, debauchery, and
doubt they call the American dream."
[...]
"I have discovered that true happiness is to be found in obedience to God's
orders and prohibitions, and in the following of His Prophet, peace be upon
him, and not in Western-style hedonism and immorality or amorality, nor in
Eastern-style monasticism or cultist-like withdrawal from the world. And I
can state with a confidence born out of experience and observation that as
long as a person persists in unbelief and atheism, his or her pursuit of
happiness will be exactly that - a pursuit, a never-ending search, which is
guaranteed to bring him misery, if not in this life then in the next. By
that, I mean to say that even if he does happen upon some degree of
happiness today, it is guaranteed to be short-lived, ending at his death,
and you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that eternal
happiness is better than the fleeting delights of this world."
Endnote:
(1)Please note, www.tajed.net.tc is no longer active.
(2) For more on Adam Gadahn, see MEMRI Special Dispatch 1201, " American
Al-Qaeda Operative Adam Gadahn, Al-Qaeda Deputy Al-Zawahiri, and London
Bomber Shehzad Tanweer in New Al-Sahab/Al-Qaeda Film Marking the First
Anniversary of the 7/7 London Bombings," July 11, 2006,
http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP120106 .
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