Final-Fan said:
Not a "religious institution". But then I wouldn't say the Moral Majority was a religious institution either - rather a religiously motivated political organization. Maybe you disagree? |
I don't really care what you call it, I am just saying these guys would not exist if not for Islam.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from the foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new Islamic caliphate. Reported beliefs include that a Christian-Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam,[11] which is largely embodied in the U.S.-Israel alliance, and that the killing of bystanders and civilians is religiously justified in jihad.