Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Leader and Founder of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, January 23, 2005

Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Date
Jan. 23, 2005
Name of Author
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Body

“Democracy is based on freedom of expression and speech, no matter what the expression is, even if it contains attacks and insults to God and the rules of the religion. In democracy nothing is sacred that cannot be addressed or insulted.” David Aaron, In Their Own Words: Voices of Jihad (Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, 2008), 228.

Rhetoric Category
Anti-Democracy
Anti-Freedom
Threat
Al-Qaeda

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