Lecture 3: Origin of 911 (I) – The Islamic Fundamentalist

Worldview

10th February 2003 (Monday)

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Macro Vs Micro Origins

George W Bush:

Why do they hate us so much? Macro Origins:

Long-term Historical Development Micro Origins:

Why was 911 arranged that way? Why did Osama Bin Laden arrange th

e attack despite his expectation of American revenge?

Reality

Three Co-circles of 911 Origins

Culture

Within Macro Origins: Islamic Fundamentalism Ethics (single-sided)

Clash of Civilizations Culture & History

American PerspectivesReality

Structure of Lecture 3: Definition and Origin of Islamic Fundamentalism America in the Eyes of Islamic Fundamentalists Major Islamic Fundamentalists Organizations, incl

uding Al-Qaeda Conclusion – Why do they practice Islamic Funda

mentalism?

PART IIslamic Fundamentalism:

Definition and Origins

Fundamentalisms

Return to the Original, the Purist Format

Fundamentalism Vs Revisionism UST Fundamentalism Vs UST

Revisionism Christian Fundamentalism: Puritanism Buddhist Fundamentalism Marxist Fundamentalism: Maoism

Tariq Ali: Clash of Fundamentalisms

Origins of Islamic Fundamentalism

Origins of Islam

Origins of Islamic Fundamentalism The Doom Side of the Caliphate Pan-Islamism Vs Nationalism of Islamic

Countries The Koran Debate

Doom Side of the Caliphate

Caliph = Islamic Monarch Caliphate = Regime of the

Islamic Monarch

The first 4 Caliphs& the “Bad Caliphs”

Arabian Nights: the story of the 1001 Nights

Primitivism

Pan-Islamism Vs Nationalism

“Pan-something”: the greatness of “something” and its exclusivity Pan-Islamism Pan-Chinese Movement Pan-Slavic Movement Pan-Americanism

Collapse of the Ottoman Empire (1918) Colonial Era in the Middle East Independence of Modern Arabic Countries Nationalism: theoretical framework of existence

of modern Arabic countries

The Koran Debate

Status of Mohammad the Prophet

Iconoclastic Debate Parallel between Mohammad

and Secular Rulers of Saudi royalties

The Fundamentalist Structural Pyramid

Absolutism –

Anarchism –

Primitivism –

The 2-folded Fundamentalism

Anti-bureaucratism Target: Bad governments

(KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, etc.)

Anti-Americanism Target: Powers supporting t

he bad governments (USA and its allies + Israel)

PART IIAmerica in the Eyes of Islamic

Fundamentalists

“The Hubal of the Age”

1st enemy of Islam: Paganism (7th Century)

Hubal, Mecca, KSA Gulf War (1989-1990) American Army =

Pagan Hubal?

“Lands of the Crusaders”

2nd enemy of Islam: Christian Crusade (Apostates from the West) (11th – 14th Century)

From Pope Urban II (1095) to Pope John Paul II (2000)

Saladin the Sultan George W Bush: “launch the Crusade”

USA = Christian representative? Taliban = Islam representatives?

“The Mongol Threat”

3rd Enemy of Islam: Mongols (Apostates from the East) (14th Century)

Genghis Khan Hulegu Khan 3rd Western Expedition Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Economic Sanction again

st Iraqi People?

Assigned Readings

Main Text: Michael Doran: “Somebody Else’s Civil War – Ideology, Rage, and the Assault on America” (H&R P.31-52)

Supplementary Text: Tariq Ali: The Clash of Fundamentalisms. Chapter 9: The Roots of Wahhabism. (P.73-78)

PART IIIMajor Islamic Fundamentalist

Branches

Wahhabism (KSA)

State religion of KSA after Wahhabi Agreement between KSA Royalty and Wahhabi

mullahs Islamic Fundamentalist Training Schools

Students: Al-Qaeda and Taliban

Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt)

Agreement with President Nasser

The Great Purge Assassination of President

Sadat (1981) Merge with Al-Qaeda

Islamic Salvation Front (Algeria)

1992 Algerian Parliamentary Election

Only Islamic Fundamentalists won power through democratic means

The Algerian official reaction The Western reaction Democracy: the double standard

C.V. of Mr. Osama Bin Laden

Nationality: KSA Family: Construction Business.

Rich. Royal Connection: the

replacement issue in Afghanistan (1979)

Secular University Major: Public Administration

C.V. of Mr. Osama Bin Laden (II)

Afghan War against USSR (1980-1989)

Gulf War against USA (1989-1990) Enemy = USA

Founder of Al-Qaeda Fatwa against USA 911: First Response o

r Final Response?

Conclusion -- Why do people practice Islamic Fundamentalism?

Why? Why? Why?

Religious Reasons? Political Reasons?

Article 23 in the Islamic World

Economic Reasons?

The “Heaven Package”

The Middle Class Paradox of 911 Hijackers Greatest Scary of the Americans

The 911 Bomber Diary Number of Virgin-wife: 70 Duration of each climax: 24 years

Discontent towards the Current World

How to make the Heaven less attractive?

Fight against the Evil?

OR

Satisfy: Religious aspirations? Political aspirations? Economic reasons? Humanitarian reasons?

Imagine – John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven,It's easy if you try,No hell below us,Above us only sky,Imagine all the peopleliving for today...

Imagine there's no countries,It isn’t hard to do,Nothing to kill or die for,No religion too,Imagine all the peopleliving life in peace...

Imagine no possessions,I wonder if you can,No need for greed or hunger,A brotherhood of man,Imagine all the peopleSharing all the world...

You may say I’m a dreamer,but I’m not the only one,I hope some day you'll join us,And the world will live as one.

~~The End~~

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