Call For Jihad Issued

Call For Jihad Issued

Sunni Protests in Egypt Call for Al-Aqsa Mosque Reclamation

 

             

           Destabilization continues in the Middle East.  Egypt has multiple protests at this point and multiple locations for those protests.  Even, as elections are coming for the people there is a deep concern that the military rule of the nation will continue.  However, it is not the Egyptian concern for military rule that particular concerns this article's author.  It is the continued rise of an old form of Jihad.  Here is a prime example of the dangers present to Israel from these new revolutions in the form of an additional third protest in Egypt.  Organized over the past several weeks this protest has avowed the following goal: "save Al-Aqsa mosque from Israel". 

            The protest was held at Al-Ahzar mosque, Egypt's highest Sunni mosque. It is the call to "liberate" Al-Aqsa mosque from Israel control that a great danger is present.  Al-Aqsa mosque is considered the third holiest site in Sunni Islam.  It's location tells the whole story of this would be developing Jihad in Egypt.  The mosque of Al-Aqsa is located near the Dome of the Rock complex in Jerusalem and is currently controlled by the Israeli authorities.  Suffice it to say, as the revolution of the youth in the Arab world continues their overall goals become more apparent.

            Among their goals, the removal of military rule of the civilian government, free elections, and somewhere among the currents of political thought is the idea of Jihad against Israel.  It is at this time a small voice echoing through the western media channels, however it is this author's personal view that the larger media outlets are closely watching this as they publicize these revolutions and they are carefully choosing how much of their information to reveal to the public at large.