Our Most Dangerous Enemy: Post Mumbai

A message from Radarsite: This article was originally published in June, 2008. However, after yesterday's terror attacks in Mumbai, India, I believe this article takes on a new significance. As India and the rest of the western world seek to identify the precise origin of these particular terrorist acts, it becomes all the more important to avoid being lost in that ever-expanding miasma of terrorist organizations and to be able (and willing) to clearly identify our most dangerous enemies. - rg

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In the Final Analysis

Who are Our Most Dangerous Enemies?

The United Arab Emirates ?
-- 'The UAE formally recognizes the Taliban."

Dubai ?
-- "Dubai acted as the transit point for cash for the 9/11 hijackers and the staging ground for the entire plot. Two of the hijackers were Emirates, and one served in the UAE military. "

Saudi Arabia ?
-- "RIYADH, March 15 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's most revered cleric said in a rare fatwa this week that two writers should be tried for apostasy for their "heretical articles" and put to death if they do not repent. "

Morocco ?
-- "Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other challenges."

Tunisia ?
-- "Tunisia: Islamists Claim Kidnappings"

Egypt ?
-- "It was the Egyptians who brought the Brotherhood to the country in the late 1940's, when the Brotherhood was being persecuted in their own country. The Brotherhood proved popular amongst students. In 1955 the University of Libya was established in Benghazi, close to the Egyptian border. A lot of Egyptian lecturers were employed by the university and this proved to be another medium for the Brotherhood to promote its ideology in Libya."

Libya ?
-- "Libyan Islamists join al-Qaeda' "

Iran ?
-- "Iran: Islamists ‘intimidate’ voters at parliamentary polls. Continue to develop their nuclear weapons programs despite increasing international sanctions."

Iraq ?
-- "Iraq - Islamists Using Freedom to Kill Freedom"

Syria ?
-- "The Islamic revival in Syria. Islamic fundamentalism in Syria has spread rapidly in recent years, and not just among the urban poor. The spectacle of veiled women driving brand new Mercedes through the bustling streets of Damascus illustrates that religious revivalism has penetrated high society. In posh residential neighborhoods of the capital, most restaurants have stopped serving alcohol and there are traffic jams every Friday outside local mosques."

Turkey ?
-- "Cheering an Islamist victory.
By Steven A. Cook July 26, 2007

ON SUNDAY, Turks overwhelmingly voted to return the ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) to office with 46.6 percent of the vote. Turkey's two main secular parties did not even come close to this tally, combining for 34 percent of the vote."

Pakistan ?
-- "The ‘Talibanization’ of Pakistan
Islamists destroy Buddhist statue."

Afghanistan ?
-- "Islam and Islamism in Afghanistan:
The last half-century in particular has seen the recurrent use of religious Islam as
ideology, often referred to as political Islam or Islamism, in groups espousing the
establishment of an Islamic state."

Malaysia ?
-- "It is a crime to convert to Christianity in Malaysia or be an apostate of Islam."

Chechnya ?
-- "Chechnya: Fear of Islamic Extremism
Non-governmental organizations in Chechnya estimate that up to ten per cent of the population now supports the hard line Islamists."

Uzbekistan ?
-- "The revival of Islam became an important factor in developments in the six predominantly Muslim republics of the former Soviet Union : Uzbekistan."

Or could it be possible that our Most Dangerous enemy is Islam?