Radical Islamism & Jihad *The Global Spread of Wahhabi Islam: How Great a Threat? <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1258>*
So although the Shiite Islamists are far from being a non-problem – given the wilayat al-faqih's development of nuclear weapons, its control of the instruments of power of the Iranian state, its control of Hezbollah, and so on – I don't believe it has the long-term staying power that the Sunni Islamists do. If the members of the wilayat al-faqih look out on the horizon, I think they ought to be able to see the storm clouds gathering just as Reagan and Moynihan saw them gathering for the Soviet Union. And they ought to have the same attitude toward them that a reasonably perceptive inhabitant of the Kremlin in the mid-1980s or a perceptive inhabitant of Versailles in the mid-1780s would have had – namely, that the storm is not overhead yet, but they ought to be able to see it coming. But due to the combination of the oil wealth of the Gulf, the compatibility of the Sunni Islamists' support for the Caliphate and the history of the Caliphate in Sunni Islam, the long-term objectives of the Wahhabis – I believe the Sunni Islamists present an extraordinarily serious ideological threat. And the reason I always say "Islamist" is that I mean to connote precisely a totalitarian movement masquerading as a religion. We do not in retrospect need to accept Torquemada's claim that his life, which repudiated everything that the Sermon on the Mount preached, was emblematic of Christianity or that he represented Christianity, and we do not need to accept the Wahhabis' claim that their hatred is emblematic of or represents the great religion of Islam. -- *James Woolsey* More...<http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1258> Islam and Spiritualism *Sufism is the path of Islamic mystics to reach the Truth —God <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1259>* Sufism has been defined in many ways. Some see it as God's annihilating the individual's ego, will, and self-centeredness and then reviving him spiritually with the lights of His Essence so that he may live according to His will. Others view it as a continuous striving to cleanse one's self of all that is bad or evil in order to acquire virtue. Junayd al-Baghdadi, a famous Sufi master, defines Sufism as a method of recollecting "self-annihilation in God" and "permanence or subsistence with God." Shibli summarizes it as always being together with God or in His presence, so that no worldly or other-worldly aim is even entertained. Abu Muhammad Jarir describes it as resisting the temptations of the carnal self and bad qualities and acquiring laudable moral qualities. There are some who describe Sufism as seeing behind the "outer" or surface appearance of things and events and interpreting whatever happens in the world in relation to God. This means that a person regards every act of God as a window to "see" Him, lives his life as a continuous effort to view or "see" Him with a profound, spiritual "seeing" indescribable in physical terms, and with a profound awareness of being continually overseen by Him. All of these definitions can be summarized as follows: Sufism is the path followed by an individual who is seeking to free himself or herself from human vices and weaknesses in order to acquire angelic qualities and conduct pleasing to God. -- *M. Fethullah Gülen* More.<http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1259>Islamic World News *Indonesian Muslim cleric faces jail for marrying 12-year-old girl <http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=1260>* An Appeal to Cultural Muslims by Amil Imani Iran: Islamism vs. Nationalism? By Manda Zand-Ervin *Jihad is a duty, not terrorism by Mofeed Al-Gaad * 'A Jihad for Love': WFU students offer screening, of award-winning film Sharia Law Begins to Restrict Women in Swat Valley by Michelle A. Vu *Bashing Muslims promotes fear for all by Hussam Ayloush* Fairfax Co. 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