The unfortunate terror attack on the Chinese Hotel is just one of many since Usama declared his war on the west and east.
(This thread is educational and does not reflect my views.)
(This thread is educational and does not reflect my views.)
While many may question the reason that terror groups target civilians when they have no relation to various governments, Salafi Jihadis rationalize their arguments based on Qisas and the legality of said civilians' blood in the light of their understanding of the sharia.
Usama Bin Laden and the designated terror organization al-Qaeda released a religious fatwa on Feb. 23, 1998, the 26th of Shawwal, 1418 AH stating the obligation to k*** Americans and their allies, including civilians, 16 years before Abu Muhammad al-Adnani would do the same.
In a 2001 al-Jazeera interview with Bin Laden, he defended his order to target civilians even if it included women and children based on Qisas being used as a means to an end.
In the 2000s, the designated terror organization, the IS lacked the means and capabilities to thoroughly conduct foreign attacks on nations, instead opting for a local approach. Though Zarqawi did conduct some which I will list below. (This is primarily for research and analysis)
Similar to the Chinese Hotel attack, Zarqawi launched an attack in 2005 targeting 3 different hotels in Amman, Jordan. The attack killed over 60 people and injured more than 115. The attack was justified by the claims of attempting to target American-Israeli interests.
While the IS during the 2000s certainly had the capability to attack foreign targets, their movement was halted after the death of Zarqawi as the Coalition launched the awakening movement, pushing the group into tiny pockets of the desert by 2010.
This flipped in the 2010s when the IS became the dominant caller for foreign attacks as the group continued to take many of al-Qaeda's core support base. This can be seen with the amount of IS-inspired attacks and the weakening of AQ in their global capabilities.
In 2013, an unfortunate attack struck Kenya when AQ's affiliate al-Shabab attacked the Westgate mall killing over 70 people and injuring close to 200. The attack also claimed the lives of women and children, which as I stated is justified by SJs as a means to an end using Qisas.
Al-Shabab more so than any group though has allowed the death of Muslim civilians as a justified means to an end, for example, the 2017 Mogadishu bombing that killed nearly 600 while over 500 are still missing. In Oct. 2022, a bombing killed more than 120 and injured hundreds.
Read here to understand how the Taliban implemented the same attacks as the IS and al-Qaeda.
One of the most infamous attacks in Pakistan occurred in 2014 when the TTP attacked a military school in Peshawar, killing nearly 150, including many children. The TTP claimed responsibility and cited the attack as a response to the Pakistani military's Zarb-e-Azb operation.
The unfortunate Chinese Hotel terror attack (and other attacks) are firstly justified by the IS and al-Qaeda based upon the need to retaliate against the targeted country's actions against Muslims, in this case, the detainment of Uyghurs by China.
Civilians are at times not the target when the attack is meant to deal an economic or strategic blow. Other times they are the target, see (AQ's attack on Westgate mall, Casablanca bombings, the infamous 2004 Madrid train bombings) or IS's (2015 Paris attacks, Brussels attack)
Many people, including researchers and those who are interested in the current state of affairs in Afghanistan do not properly understand the motivation and justification given in the past and present by terror groups.
This thread is educational and does not reflect my views.
This thread is educational and does not reflect my views.
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