Dr. Mohammed Malkawi: "Don't we want to make the infidels angry? Isn't this Islam?"

Dr. Mohammed Malkawi
MEMRI

In its Special Dispatch, No. 5364 (July 16, 2013), Memri offers us a stirring message from Dr. Mohammed Malkawi, doctoral expert in computer engineering, adjunct professor at Argosy University-Chicago, and founder of Chicago's Hizb Al-Tahrir (Party of Liberation): "Let Britain, America, And The Entire West Go To Hell, Because The Caliphate Is Coming, Allah Willing." Here's his view of the world, as presented in that stirring message presented in Jordan recently on the 92nd anniversary of the fall of the Islamic Caliphate:

"After Islam had reached the peak of glory and the Muslims were masters of the world, there came a time when the infidels conspired against the Muslims, who were in a deep slumber. Britain conspired against them, along with Arab and Turkish collaborators and traitors, and ended the Islamic Caliphate and its glory. Ever since the Caliphate was destroyed, the world has lost an exemplar of justice, a model for humanity in its entirety. Since then, the world has been held hostage by wolves, who do not respect the honor of a man or a believer."

That sounds like a fairy tale: "Once upon a time . . ." Masters of the world? I don't recall that Islam ever conquered China. Nor a few other places, e.g., Europe, North America, South America, or Australia. And if the Caliphate was so great, why did it ever grow so weak as to collapse? If it was such a fine exemplar of justice, why was it opposed? If it was a model for all of humanity, why did humanity reject it? Why? Because "there came a time when the infidels conspired against the Muslims, who were in a deep slumber," as he just told us. But surely that was Allah's will, else things would have turned out differently. Nevertheless, he and an unnamed speaker call for Islamic law:

Professor Mohammed Malkawi: "We demand a state ruled by the Koran."
Crowd: "We demand a state ruled by the Koran."
Unnamed Speaker: "We demand a state ruled by the Koran."
Crowd: "We demand a state ruled by the Koran."
Unnamed Speaker: "We reject secularist rule."
Crowd: "We reject secularist rule."
Unnamed Speaker: "We reject the rule of Satan."
Crowd: "We reject the rule of Satan."

The lowest rule of Satan would be democracy -- people's rule rather than Allah's law -- so bring back the Caliphate, says Malkawi, no matter what the infidels say:

"Oh Muslims, the infidels and their collaborators warn you and scare you about using the term 'caliphate.' They say: Use the word 'religion,' use the word 'Islam,' use any word you like, but the word 'caliphate' is too much . . . . They say to you: 'You can say anything except that you want Islamic law.' For them, Islamic law is something unimaginably harsh . . . . They say that the caliphate makes the infidels angry. Don't we want to make the infidels angry? Isn't this Islam?"

There you have it. According to this Islamist, the religion of Islam is supposed to make infidels angry. His message is thus stirring only in the sense of stirring up trouble.