The Face of Extreme Islam

According to its just released Intelligence Report, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) says there has been a 42% increase in the number of anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States in 2015 from 2014. This alarming statistic perhaps signifies in some manner how victorious extreme Islam has already become in promoting its doctrine against the infidels of the West.

With intensified radicalism, Islamic Jihadis focus on the United States and the United Kingdom as the poster children for all that is wrong in the world. Those countries that generally support the US and UK foreign policy, such as Canada, Australia, and France, quickly find themselves lumped in with the primary extremist Islamic targets.

As the war of words, chest puffing and exploding bombs embolden each side of what has become both a religious as well as a political conflict, citizens of the West increasingly find themselves torn between embracing religious freedoms for Muslims in general, versus the need to protect themselves from extremism and to ensure safety and security in their country.

Planting Seeds of Destruction

Increasingly from within our domestic borders, the propaganda from radical Muslims is resonating with young disciples, encouraging them to train for martyrdom. Lured by a bouquet of afterlife assurances, and caught up in a frenzy of glory to serve Allah, extremist seeds are planted in the fertile soil of developing minds, so easily done in a western society rife with unemployment, emptiness, and pessimism.

Converts to Islam and Muslims born into the faith alike, at home and abroad, swell the growing ranks of those willing to fight to the death for fundamentalist and extremist beliefs. National security agencies in western countries warn of the radical cells already living among us, determined to destabilize society with promises of home grown violence. Indeed, the recent bombings in Paris are a vivid example of the boldness and tenacity of extreme Islamic youth.

Anjem Choudary is a Top Shelf Extremist

Anjem Choudary, an outspoken Islamist based in London, England and unapologetic crusader of Sharia Law, vows to one day fly the flag of Sharia over 10 Downing Street and The White House. Strong words from an equally resolute personality who was quoted by Press TV in 2013 as saying, "As Muslims, we reject democracy, we reject secularism, and freedom, and human rights”.

If not for the rhetoric of extreme Islam he preaches, most would find Choudary an eloquent and convincing promoter, obviously passionate about his cause, and supremely influential in his teachings. He exudes charisma not unlike history’s despots, that alone making him a dangerous threat to British society and the west.

According to the Counter Extremism Project, a not-for-profit, non-partisan, international policy organization formed to combat the growing threat from extremist ideology, Choudary has founded or co-founded a number of Islamist organizations over the years, only to have them systematically outlawed and proscribed as an illegal ISIS operation by British authorities.

A capable lawyer trained under the British educational system, Choudary seems to have forsaken earning an honest living in favor of receiving public welfare from those he promises to overthrow. Again, from the Counter Extremism Project, “Choudary’s more subversive tactics include advocating that Islamists and would-be jihadists live off of British welfare as Choudary does with his wife and four children in East London. Choudary calls this the “jihad seekers allowance.”

Choudary and his cadre are adept at using the internet and social media to spread their ideology and recruit followers. As quickly as British counterterrorism agencies can dismantle his presence on Twitter and Facebook, Choudary springs up with another account. While no concrete proof exists that Choudary actually trains these neophytes, there is a body of evidence suggesting he indoctrinates them to a particular apex of readiness before pointing them in the right direction for martyrdom training in ISIS/ISIL dominated strongholds.

The British government has charged Anjem Choudary and a counterpart with supporting terrorism by repeatedly violating the UK’s Terrorism Act 2000, with trial set for March 07, 2016. Already stripped of his passport to prevent him from fleeing the jurisdiction, if convicted, Choudary could receive up to ten years in prison.

As reported by the Gatestone Institute, an international policy think tank, “Choudary says he is not afraid of going to prison, which he describes as a fertile ground for gaining more converts to Islam. "If they arrest me and put me in prison..." he warned, "I will radicalize everyone in prison."

The Other ‘N’ Word - Nuclear

Choudary paints a bleak picture, being absolutely committed, by all means necessary, to his beliefs. He has openly endorsed Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as reported by The Observer, as "the caliph of all Muslims and the prince of the believers". (A caliph is regarded as a person who is a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad)

Recently, it was widely reported that extremist Islam is shopping for nuclear weaponry to bolster their campaign for world domination. If successful with such acquisitions, western countries will have to rethink their current strategies regarding extreme Islam as well as those who fund and support such causes.