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NEW AGE OF TERROR: ISLAM 'METASTASIZING WORLDWIDE'

Expert warns, Muslims 'feeling empowered to resurrect an Islamic caliphate'

By Greg Corombos

A leading expert on Islamic terrorism says al-Qaida is different but as dangerous as ever because the U.S. failed to lead properly, and she says confronting the radical ideology is the key to victory.

Brigitte Gabriel said the good news is that more and more in the West are finally acknowledging the destruction radical Islam leaves in its path, but she said Americans should not hold their breath waiting for moderate Muslims to begin lashing out at extremist acts.

Gabriel grew up as a Christian in Lebanon and experienced terrorism firsthand. She is now president of ActForAmerica.org and author of “They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It.”

Al-Qaida has evolved greatly from how it functioned around the time of the terrorist attacks in September 2001. Instead of a powerful central organization, it now exists primarily as many different regional organizations spread out from east Asia to North Africa and each group largely appears to be making their own decisions.

New FBI Director James Comey recently told New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt that al-Qaida’s current strength is a major surprise.

“I didn’t have anywhere near the appreciation I got after I came into this job just how virulent those affiliates had become,” Comey told the Times.

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also acknowledges al-Qaida’s resilience.

Gabriel said those assessments are accurate because the U.S. hasn’t led well in the fight against radical Islam.

“It’s because our government underestimated and did not identify the ideology behind al-Qaida,” she said. “So today when we look at terrorist organizations across the globe, whether it’s Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, you name it, Hamas, Hezbollah, etc., what brings them together is the same ideology as al-Qaida. Now it is metastasizing worldwide because we are seeing radical Islam and groups organized across the world feeling empowered to bring back and resurrect an Islamic caliphate and establish Islam as they see it in their own eyes as it was practiced in the days of Muhammad.”

The splintering of al-Qaida into regional groups suggests the U.S. faces a reduced risk for grand attacks, but Gabriel said the threat is more widespread and the terror is just as real.

“We’re not going to see attacks on a mega-scale, the way we saw on 9/11 and carried out simultaneously like attacking the Pentagon and the World Trade Center,” she said. “So now what’s happening with their attacks is they are more localized and on a smaller scale, shooting at malls, shooting at hotels, kidnapping girls from schools.”

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My comments: It is more than interesting that as America and the western nations have become more godless, Radical Islam has risen. America and the western nations must realize that as godless nations they render themselves impotent against their enemies. God alone is the protector of nations and only those who honor Him. God often used wicked nations to bring judgement on Israel when Israel turned its back on God. He will do no less as America and the western nations, all of whom have a heritage in God, turn their backs on God.