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 the freedom to form groups and political parties, etc. regardless of the beliefs, thoughts, and moral standards of these groups. And this is not permissible under the Sharia.” 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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