Michael Youssef - The Third Jihad: Overcoming Radical Islams Plan for the West

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The Third Jihad: Overcoming Radical Islams Plan for the West

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AN AMERICAN ISLAMIST IMAM IN WASHINGTON, DC, has called for the creation of an Islamic State of North America by 2050 that is, imposing a theocratic totalitarian government across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. No one takes his prediction seriously. No one thinks it could ever happen here.

But instead of shaking our heads and laughing off such an unthinkable notion, perhaps we should pause and prayerfully ask, Could it happen here?

Many big moments in history were unthinkable until they happened.

Could fifty-two American embassy employees be held hostage for more than fourteen months by a group of college students?

Unthinkable.

But it happened in Iran in 1979.

Could eight hundred thousand people be slaughtered in the span of one hundred days by soldiers, former friends, and neighbors?

Unthinkable.

But it happened in Rwanda in 1994.

Could nineteen men hijack four commercial airliners and fly them into three buildings and an open field, killing nearly three thousand people and injuring six thousand more?

Unthinkable.

But it happened in America in 2001.

Perhaps more to the point, could a Western democracy fall into the hands of a ruthless dictator in part by using democratic freedoms to undermine and then destroy democracy itself?

Unthinkable.

No one likes comparisons to Nazi Germany, but it happened there in 1933, and the seeds are being sown for it to happen again only this time with an Islamist government across Europe, Great Britain, and even North America.

As well see, an Islamic State of North America is not unthinkable to the Islamists. They are planning for it and patiently working toward it, day by day. The choices we make now, and in the years to come, in America and across Western civilization, will either pave the way for the unthinkable or stop the Islamists in their tracks.

Its time we pause and think about the unthinkable. The Third Jihad has already begun a holy war conducted not only with terror and violence, but also by stealth and intimidation. Like the two jihads that came before it the wars of Islamic conquest (622751) and the wars of Islamic expansion (13021922) the Third Jihad demands a strong response.

Because I was born in 1948, it is statistically unlikely that I will live to see the year 2050. But my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren can reasonably expect to be alive in that year and the same can probably be said of yours.

But what will America look like in 2050?

If the imam in Washington has his way, every man, woman, and child within the present-day borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico will live under the authority of the Islamic State of North America. As the founder of an Islamist organization with branches in Washington, Philadelphia, and four California cities, he is actively working toward this goal.

His role model is the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the Shia Muslim cleric who led the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the 2,500-year-old Persian monarchy and established the Islamic Republic of Iran. Why does this American imam revere the Ayatollah Khomeini? I believe its because Khomeini achieved in Iran the same goal the imam is pursuing in America: a cultural revolution and the establishment of a theocratic Islamic state.

As the imam told his followers in 2008, Our quest is to emulate the life of our hero in contemporary times, Imam Khomeini, as we strive to establish the Islamic State of North America. His story is a story of ultimate success against unbelievable odds.

You might think that what this Muslim leader envisions an Islamic-ruled America is simply impossible. It could never happen. But just suppose for a moment that the Islamists managed to achieve their goals. Imagine what life in America would be like under Islamic rule.

A famous science-fiction writer once said that he wrote futuristic stories not to predict the future, but to prevent it. The scenario you are about to read is not a prediction at least I hope not. But it is a wake-up call. I hope what youre about to read will inspire you to help prevent this future from ever coming to pass.

Lets jump forward to the year 2050. The Islamic State of North America (ISNA) is now firmly in control of the US government and all the institutions of American society.

At first glance, the September 11 memorial in lower Manhattan looks much as it has since it was dedicated in 2011. Two square pools of water still mark the footprint of the World Trade Center towers that collapsed during the 2001 terror attacks.

But a closer look reveals big changes. The Cross at Ground Zero, a formation of steel beams resembling the Christian cross that was found in the World Trade Center debris, has been removed from the memorial museum. The names of those who died in the attacks have also been removed, replaced by a marble tablet inscribed with just nineteen names the nineteen al-Qaeda martyrs who hijacked the planes and flew them into the towers, the Pentagon, and the grassy field in Pennsylvania.

The Islamist regime has altered some American monuments and destroyed others. Just as the Taliban dynamited the centuries-old Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan in March 2001, the rulers of the American caliphate have dynamited great symbols of American freedom the Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and the Lincoln Memorial. The Supreme Islamic Council of America, in a televised ceremony, brought out the original parchments of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, and fed them to a bonfire in front of the National Archives.

As an Islamist imam in Denmark once declared, No Muslim can accept secularism, freedom, and democracy. It is for Allah alone to legislate how society shall be regulated! Muslims wish and long for Allahs law to replace the law of man. In 2050, the Islamists dream has come true in America, as Sharia law replaces the Constitution and other founding documents of the United States.