MEMRI: ‘Shari’a Movement Struggles to Globalize Campaign for Islamizing Western World’
More Hyscience Aug 22, 2011, 2:58 pm
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) notes that over recent years, a new phenomenon has emerged among radical Islamist circles: the rise of a global network of groups calling for the total Islamization of Western states and societies via the implementation of shari’a law, the abolishment of democratic states and their replacement by Islamic regimes:
These groups, which have referred to themselves as the global shari’a movement, strive to globalize ideas and tactics hatched within radical Islamist circles in the U.K. These circles are led by Sheikh ‘Omar Bakri, who was denied reentry into the country after he left for Lebanon following the 2005 London bombings, and his disciple Anjem Choudary, who founded several groups in the country that have since been banned by the British authorities.
ificant influence and involvement in most, if not all, of the groups which are part of the so-called global shari’a movement, whether directly or in inspiration, moral support or guidance. His name regularly appears on their websites, YouTube clips, and Facebook pages. For instance, the contact page on the Shariah4usa website provides contact information for Choudary, as well as for Bakri and for Ibrahim Siddiq Conlon, the head of Sharia4australia who recently posted a letter of support for Choudary on his Facebook page. …
Such groups have adopted Bakri and Choudary’s worldview and modus operandi in openly calling for and demonstrating in favor of the establishment of Islamic rule, while opposing democracy as a political ideal and system, condemning freedom, and protesting the West’s alleged crimes aga
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- Description: The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) notes that over recent years, a new phenomenon has emerged among radical Islamist circles: the rise of a global network of groups calling for the total Islamization of Western states and societies via the implementation of shari’a law, the abolishment of democratic states and their replacement by Islamic regimes:These groups, which have referred to themselves as the global shari’a movement, strive to globalize
