INSPIRE may not be real
Reader comment on item: Emerson on CNN discussing Al Qaeda's New Magazine

Submitted by Bob, Sep 3, 2010 14:11

The latest publication INSPIRE fails on many points. First, in a design sense it does not resemble Samir Khan's previous RECOLLECTIONS publications. It is far superior and shows a good bit of "investment" in terms of its construction. Second, it fails from a salafi viewpoint in that certain parts of it seem to be an insult to islam rather than a by-product: for instance the bomb in your mom's kitchen or the redefinition of the word harrid are two simple points that no salafi would be able to articulate, due to their strong adherence to islam. Remember the evil that extremists display has a madness all its own. INSPIRE is so westernized that it must have been created by someone who hates islam, not loves islam. Before getting too excited about a Yemeni focus, we should all take a deep breath and examine how guys from North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Nigeria, and Texas are all coming together to motivate the US electorate to favor funding of a war in Yemen. We may be heading toward a comedy of errors here if we ignore the 3-way civil war and inherent corruption in Yemen. As more third world leaders see the chase for Alqaeda as a cash cow for themselves and their families, we may be chasing alqaeda till the end of time!

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