Jihad in the West - The Holy War that Isn't P4

Jihad in the West  by Paul Fregosi
Introduction: The Holy War That Isn't
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Should we take the ayatollah's word's as the vaporing of an angry old man or as a recall of the past, a reminder of the present, and a warning of things to come? The choice is ours. But the past calls for our special attention, as well as the present. The jihad "war of conquest" is a historical reality that has lasted more than 1,300 yrs. The terrorist jihad that exists today is a topical political reality. The advent of the Ayatollah Khomeini on the international scene has strikingly heralded the return to the world of an aggressive islam after more than a century of quiet: Western imperialism and colonialism and colonial domination shackled islam to the west for a century and stifled the jihad until the mid-20th century.