Ayman al Zawahiri has a new statement out, in which he explicates his theory of freedom, which he calls “the freedom of monotheism, ethics, and virtue.” It includes: Shariah law, the “liberation of the homelands” (exclusion of non-Muslims from Muslim areas), and the “liberation of the human being” (meaning, imposition of the al Qaeda program in the areas freed of non-Muslim control). This can all only be accomplished through jihad. He also believes that freedom should include freedom of choice, such as the freedom to choose to destroy Israel. Interesting to see the resurrection of the notion that political freedom is only possible through the complete subordination of the individual to the will of God (as interpreted by the mullah). In practice it would be no different from the Nazi program. The “liberation of the homelands” is remeniscent of the Drang noch Osten, just another way to say ethnic cleansing or genocide. The “liberation of the human being” is the straight totalitarian program, using shariah as a framework for the appartus of oppression. Great use of euphemisms, perhaps we need a 1984 for the Muslim world.

By the way if you haven’t seem Osama yet, rent it. How in the world could the Academy ignore this movie for best foreign film?