Lecture 3: Origin of 911 (I) – The Islamic Fundamentalist
Worldview
10th February 2003 (Monday)
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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