1. Lecture 3: Origin of 911 (I) – The Islamic Fundamentalist Worldview 10 th February 2003 (Monday) simonsuperb@hotmail.com

2. Macro Vs Micro Origins George W Bush: Why do they hate us so much? Macro Origins: Long-term Historical Development Micro Origins: Why was 911 arranged that way? Why did Osama Bin Laden arrange the attack despite his expectation of American revenge?

3. Reality Three Co-circles of 911 Origins Culture Within Macro Origins: Islamic Fundamentalism Ethics (single-sided) Clash of Civilizations Culture & History American Perspectives Reality

4. Structure of Lecture 3: Definition and Origin of Islamic Fundamentalism America in the Eyes of Islamic Fundamentalists Major Islamic Fundamentalists Organizations, including Al-Qaeda Conclusion – Why do they practice Islamic Fundamentalism?

5. PART I Islamic Fundamentalism: Definition and Origins

6. Fundamentalisms Return to the Original, the Purist Format Fundamentalism Vs Revisionism UST Fundamentalism Vs UST Revisionism Christian Fundamentalism: Puritanism Buddhist Fundamentalism Marxist Fundamentalism: Maoism Tariq Ali: Clash of Fundamentalisms

7. Origins of Islamic Fundamentalism Origins of Islam Origins of Islamic Fundamentalism The Doom Side of the Caliphate Pan-Islamism Vs Nationalism of Islamic Countries The Koran Debate

8. Doom Side of the Caliphate Caliph = Islamic Monarch Caliphate = Regime of the Islamic Monarch The first 4 Caliphs & the “ Bad Caliphs ” Arabian Nights: the story of the 1001 Nights Primitivism

9. Pan-Islamism Vs Nationalism “ Pan-something ” : the greatness of “ something ” and its exclusivity Pan-Islamism Pan-Chinese Movement Pan-Slavic Movement Pan-Americanism Collapse of the Ottoman Empire (1918) Colonial Era in the Middle East Independence of Modern Arabic Countries Nationalism: theoretical framework of existence of modern Arabic countries

10. The Koran Debate Status of Mohammad the Prophet Iconoclastic Debate Parallel between Mohammad and Secular Rulers of Saudi royalties

11. The Fundamentalist Structural Pyramid Absolutism – Anarchism – Primitivism –

12. The 2-folded Fundamentalism Anti-bureaucratism Target: Bad governments (KSA, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, etc.) Anti-Americanism Target: Powers supporting the bad governments (USA and its allies + Israel)

13. PART II America in the Eyes of Islamic Fundamentalists

14. “ The Hubal of the Age ” 1 st enemy of Islam: Paganism (7 th Century) Hubal, Mecca, KSA Gulf War (1989-1990) American Army = Pagan Hubal?

15. “ Lands of the Crusaders ” 2 nd enemy of Islam: Christian Crusade (Apostates from the West) (11 th – 14 th Century) From Pope Urban II (1095) to Pope John Paul II (2000) Saladin the Sultan George W Bush: “ launch the Crusade ” USA = Christian representative? Taliban = Islam representatives?

16. “ The Mongol Threat ” 3 rd Enemy of Islam: Mongols (Apostates from the East) (14 th Century) Genghis Khan Hulegu Khan 3 rd Western Expedition Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Economic Sanction against Iraqi People?

17. Assigned Readings Main Text: Michael Doran: “ Somebody Else ’ s Civil War – Ideology, Rage, and the Assault on America ” (H&R P.31-52) Supplementary Text: Tariq Ali: The Clash of Fundamentalisms. Chapter 9: The Roots of Wahhabism. (P.73-78)

18. PART III Major Islamic Fundamentalist Branches

19. Wahhabism (KSA) State religion of KSA after Wahhabi Agreement between KSA Royalty and Wahhabi mullahs Islamic Fundamentalist Training Schools Students: Al-Qaeda and Taliban

20. Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt) Agreement with President Nasser The Great Purge Assassination of President Sadat (1981) Merge with Al-Qaeda

21. Islamic Salvation Front (Algeria) 1992 Algerian Parliamentary Election Only Islamic Fundamentalists won power through democratic means The Algerian official reaction The Western reaction Democracy: the double standard

22. C.V. of Mr. Osama Bin Laden Nationality: KSA Family: Construction Business. Rich. Royal Connection: the replacement issue in Afghanistan (1979) Secular University Major: Public Administration

23. C.V. of Mr. Osama Bin Laden (II) Afghan War against USSR (1980-1989) Gulf War against USA (1989-1990) Enemy = USA Founder of Al-Qaeda Fatwa against USA 911: First Response or Final Response?

24. Conclusion -- Why do people practice Islamic Fundamentalism?

25. Why? Why? Why? Religious Reasons? Political Reasons? Article 23 in the Islamic World Economic Reasons?

26. The “ Heaven Package ” The Middle Class Paradox of 911 Hijackers Greatest Scary of the Americans The 911 Bomber Diary Number of Virgin-wife: 70 Duration of each climax: 24 years Discontent towards the Current World

27. How to make the Heaven less attractive? Fight against the Evil? OR Satisfy: Religious aspirations? Political aspirations? Economic reasons? Humanitarian reasons?

28. Imagine – John Lennon Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isn ’ t hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say I ’ m a dreamer, but I ’ m not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.

29. ~~The End~~ Thank you for attending