{"id":44813,"date":"2015-05-15T20:17:59","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=44813"},"modified":"2015-05-15T20:17:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:17:59","slug":"the-two-paths-of-the-islamic-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=44813","title":{"rendered":"The two paths of the Islamic State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; guide books for the perplexed ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/14\/a-new-audio-message-by-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-march-forth-whether-light-or-heavy\/\">latest audiotape<\/a>, <strong>Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi<\/strong> offers two paths to those willing to follow him:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So there is no excuse for any Muslim who is capable of performing hijrah to the Islamic State, or capable of carrying a weapon where he is, for Allah (the Blessed and Exalted) has commanded him with hijrah and jih?d, and has made fighting obligatory upon him.<\/p>\n<p>And we call upon every Muslim in every place to perform hijrah to the Islamic State or fight in his land wherever that may be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Conveniently, there are two guidboos available in the <strong>Black Flags<\/strong> series, each of which deals with one of those paths:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-2-books-IS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-2-books-IS.png\" alt=\"SPEC DQ 2 books IS\" width=\"602\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-2-books-IS.png 602w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-2-books-IS-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>My own recommendations would be somewhat different: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li>do no harm\n<li>on the whole avoid anyplace mentioned in <strong>Robert Young Pelton<\/strong>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Robert-Peltons-Worlds-Dangerous-Places\/dp\/0060011602\">The World&#8217;s Most Dangerous Places<\/a>, and\n<li>find joy in the fleeting moment<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-double-pelton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-double-pelton.png\" alt=\"SPEC DQ double pelton\" width=\"602\" height=\"638\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-double-pelton.png 602w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SPEC-DQ-double-pelton-283x300.png 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; guide books for the perplexed ] . In his latest audiotape, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi offers two paths to those willing to follow him: So there is no excuse for any Muslim who is capable of performing hijrah to the Islamic State, or capable of carrying a weapon where he is, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[526,627,1078,1047,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charles-cameron","category-doublequotes","category-is","category-isis","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44813"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44817,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44813\/revisions\/44817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}