Pandora's Box
Published in L'Expression
(Algeria) on 23 April 2013
by Karim Mohsen (link to original)
(Algeria) on 23 April 2013
by Karim Mohsen (link to original)
Translated from
by Keegan Robertson.
Edited by Bora Mici
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Since last Wednesday’s bombing in Boston, analysts and other "experts" of Islam — of the Arab and Muslim worlds and, more generally, of "Islamism(s)" — have not ceased to run the rumor mill. The plural is necessary for reasons we shall see later. Has al-Qaida struck in the U.S. again? We highly doubt it! It is clear, however, that the seed sown by its extremism has sprouted small shoots.
Two Americans of Chechen origin — "Muslims" for short — are the would-be perpetrators of the attack against the Boston Marathon. What should be noted is that acts of violence, of any kind and anywhere in the world, inevitably carry a Muslim connotation. The investigation will make it clear whether or not the suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers, are in fact the perpetrators of the crime in question. It is mainly the propensity of the West — the U.S. and Europe — to point the finger at Islam and Muslims and, even before possessing the facts allowing for such assertions, relegate them to public condemnation, an act that harms the religion of 1.5 billion believers.
Applying a "Western" caricature to the letter, so-called "experts" draw first and ask questions later, fueling confusion with amalgams and a disgraceful ignorance of the Muslim world and its religion. They have invented the "good" Islamist — which the West helps fight against the Syrian government — and the "bad" Islamist — which the same West fights against in Mali. In fact, this is an artificial division of the concept of Islam into "moderates" and "radicals," which has meaning only for those who want to give it one to demonstrate their "expertise.” In fact, these are the same "expert opinions" taken on by Western states that categorize Muslims as either "moderates" or "radicals."
Above all others are the "Islamists" on official assignment. They orchestrate religion knowingly for political purposes that can be traced elsewhere. In reality, "Islamism" as a political doctrine is primarily a creation of the West — the U.S. in particular — which in the 1980s put its foot in the door in the aftermath of the first Afghan War against Soviet troops. History allows us to recognize the responsibility of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the expansion of Islamic terrorism. For obvious strategic reasons, it is Washington, in fact, and Riyadh — from the perspective of the "re-Islamization" of a country first threatened by Communism and, secondly, by the implementation of proselytism on a large scale with a view to consolidate its hold over the Muslim world through petrodollars, as well as its retrograde vision of Islam (Wahhabism) — who are involved in the emergence and strengthening of Islamic terrorism. Thus, the CIA trained the Afghan mujahedeen who were funded by Saudi Arabia, which also recruited young Arabs sent to fight in Afghanistan. Western Muslims were then sent to fight on the battlefield for an improbable "jihad."
The attack against In Aménas — in which at least four Canadians were involved — makes this very apparent. First, these young people who were trained in terrorism caused much harm to their country of origin upon their return — especially to Algeria in the 1990s — and after, to their adoptive Western countries. It is this kind of Islamism, which terrorizes the masses, that has spread to Western countries where its most bloodthirsty representatives have found sanctuary, especially in the U.K. and the U.S. To establish its hegemony over the world, the U.S. has even invented "al-Qaida," which, interestingly, has never struck Western countries but must have killed thousands of Muslims around the world, especially in Arab countries.
We see the following result: Young American brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who seemed to want for nothing, turn to terrorism. Why? Is it up to the U.S., which has drawn on the Islamist rope for years, to reflect and respond? Boston? Is it one of the many consequences of the manipulations of Islam by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and now even Qatar, the "inventor" of the bloody Arab “Spring"? Who opened Pandora's box? The question seems superfluous.
Two Americans of Chechen origin — "Muslims" for short — are the would-be perpetrators of the attack against the Boston Marathon. What should be noted is that acts of violence, of any kind and anywhere in the world, inevitably carry a Muslim connotation. The investigation will make it clear whether or not the suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers, are in fact the perpetrators of the crime in question. It is mainly the propensity of the West — the U.S. and Europe — to point the finger at Islam and Muslims and, even before possessing the facts allowing for such assertions, relegate them to public condemnation, an act that harms the religion of 1.5 billion believers.
Applying a "Western" caricature to the letter, so-called "experts" draw first and ask questions later, fueling confusion with amalgams and a disgraceful ignorance of the Muslim world and its religion. They have invented the "good" Islamist — which the West helps fight against the Syrian government — and the "bad" Islamist — which the same West fights against in Mali. In fact, this is an artificial division of the concept of Islam into "moderates" and "radicals," which has meaning only for those who want to give it one to demonstrate their "expertise.” In fact, these are the same "expert opinions" taken on by Western states that categorize Muslims as either "moderates" or "radicals."
Above all others are the "Islamists" on official assignment. They orchestrate religion knowingly for political purposes that can be traced elsewhere. In reality, "Islamism" as a political doctrine is primarily a creation of the West — the U.S. in particular — which in the 1980s put its foot in the door in the aftermath of the first Afghan War against Soviet troops. History allows us to recognize the responsibility of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the expansion of Islamic terrorism. For obvious strategic reasons, it is Washington, in fact, and Riyadh — from the perspective of the "re-Islamization" of a country first threatened by Communism and, secondly, by the implementation of proselytism on a large scale with a view to consolidate its hold over the Muslim world through petrodollars, as well as its retrograde vision of Islam (Wahhabism) — who are involved in the emergence and strengthening of Islamic terrorism. Thus, the CIA trained the Afghan mujahedeen who were funded by Saudi Arabia, which also recruited young Arabs sent to fight in Afghanistan. Western Muslims were then sent to fight on the battlefield for an improbable "jihad."
The attack against In Aménas — in which at least four Canadians were involved — makes this very apparent. First, these young people who were trained in terrorism caused much harm to their country of origin upon their return — especially to Algeria in the 1990s — and after, to their adoptive Western countries. It is this kind of Islamism, which terrorizes the masses, that has spread to Western countries where its most bloodthirsty representatives have found sanctuary, especially in the U.K. and the U.S. To establish its hegemony over the world, the U.S. has even invented "al-Qaida," which, interestingly, has never struck Western countries but must have killed thousands of Muslims around the world, especially in Arab countries.
We see the following result: Young American brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who seemed to want for nothing, turn to terrorism. Why? Is it up to the U.S., which has drawn on the Islamist rope for years, to reflect and respond? Boston? Is it one of the many consequences of the manipulations of Islam by Saudi Arabia, the U.S. and now even Qatar, the "inventor" of the bloody Arab “Spring"? Who opened Pandora's box? The question seems superfluous.