Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam by J. M. Berger

Author:J. M. Berger
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Politics
ISBN: 9781597976930
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2011-05-01T23:57:23+00:00

Awlaki’s sermons continued to spiral into radicalism. At times, he blamed the Jews for the plight of American Muslims, saying that they controlled the media and the government and citing recordings of Richard Nixon in the White House as evidence.13 Awlaki also fixated on Muslim prisoners in the United States, a topic to which he would return again and again. He seemed to be projecting his own personal worries into these lectures, but his khutbas also reflected concerns being expressed across a broad spectrum of the Muslim community. The difference was the tone: Awlaki tended toward unabashed fearmongering and wasted little effort trying to put a mainstream gloss on his point.

It’s also useful to look at the lectures in the context of his personal history. Awlaki’s earlier lectures had been delivered in a clear, steady voice. As the content became more and more hysterical, so too did Awlaki’s voice. His lectures came faster and at a higher pitch and volume. His voice at times wavered as he sought to generalize the actions of law enforcement into a broad alarm for American Muslims.

When the FBI raided several Islamic institutions in Virginia as part of a terrorism-financing investigation in early 2002, Awlaki made the stakes as plain as could be during a khutba delivered at Dar Al Hijra:

So this is not now a war on terrorism. We need to all be clear about this. This is a war against Muslims. It is a war against Muslims and Islam. Not only is it happening worldwide but it’s happening right here in America, that is claiming to be fighting this war for the sake of freedom, while it’s infringing on the freedom of its own citizens just because they’re Muslims. For no other reason.

And as Muslims, if we allow this to continue, if we do not stop it, it ain’t gonna stop! It’s not gonna stop. [ … ] Maybe the next day the Congress will pass a bill that Islam is illegal in America. Don’t think this is a strange thing to happen. Anything is probable in the world of today because there are no rights unless there’s a struggle for those rights.14

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