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GERMAN MEDIA INTERVIEW ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITER: DEMOCRACY IS FOR INFIDELS…….

 

Pious Muslim reads same koran, hadiths and sira, concluding that democracy is unIslamic. 

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But first, look at how the German magazine, Spiegel Online, is at pains to qualify the mindset of the jihadi being interviewed (in a de facto defensive move for Islam):

For Salafists like Abu Sattar, the Koran is the only valid law. They are literalists and refuse to interpret scripture, much less to abstract from it. Abu Sattar and the Islamic State idealize the Muslim community that existed during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad, believing that it was the epitome of Islamic practice and that the religion was only able to rapidly expand for that reason. Islamic State would like to revive that interpretation and emulate the early Muslims.

The journalist, by de fault, would like you to believe that all four primary schools of orthodox Islamic jurisprudence Hanbali, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, do in fact interpret Islamic texts, in spite of the fact that ijtihad is indeed closed (here also), and those who dare state otherwise, risk assassination like any apostate from Islam.

Interview with an Islamic State Recruiter: ‘Democracy Is For Infidels’

Interview Conducted by Hasnain Kazim

An image grab from an Islamic State propaganda video.

AFP/ al-Furqan Media

An image grab from an Islamic State propaganda video.

How does Islamic State think? How do its followers see the world? SPIEGEL ONLINE met up with an Islamic State recruiter in Turkey to hear about the extremist group’s vision for the future.

The conditions laid out by the Islamist are strict: no photos and no audio recording. He also keeps his real name secret as well as his country of origin, and is only willing to disclose that he is Arab. His English is polished and he speaks with a British accent.

He calls himself Abu Sattar, appears to be around 30 years old and wears a thick, black beard that reaches down to his chest. His top lip is shaved as is his head and he wears a black robe that stretches all the way to the floor. He keeps a copy of the Koran, carefully wrapped in black cloth, in his black leather bag.

Abu Sattar recruits fighters for the terrorist militia Islamic State in Turkey. Radical Islamists travel to Turkey from all over the world to join the “holy war” in Iraq or Syria and Abu Sattar examines their motives and the depth of their religious beliefs. Several Islamic State members independently recommended Abu Sattar as a potential interview partner — as someone who could explain what Islamic State stands for. Many see him as something like an ideological mentor.

He only agreed to an interview following a period of hesitation. But after agreeing to a time and saying he would name a place in due time, he let the appointment fall through. The next day, though, he arranged another meeting time, to take place in a public venue. And this time, he appears: a man with brown eyes behind frameless glasses. He seems self-confident and combative. He orders a tea and, throughout the duration of our meeting, slides his wooden prayer beads through his hands.

More here. h/t: Fjordman

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