what do americans think about their own jihadi calling for conversion?

Question

i mean the video of top Bin Laden deputy and American urging other Americans to convert to Islam.

Answer 1

Excellent question. I believe that most Americans think Gadahn should be tried for treason.

I suppose if a gun were to my head, like the FOX news team, I might consider converting to Islam.

The one page essay by Dr. Walid Phares, "Islamic concept of Al-Taqiyah to infiltrate and destroy kafir countries" explains how a convert will become a terrorist:
http://www.fisiusa.org/fisi_News_items/news109.htm

Phares states, "It [taqiyah] is done to prevent the new converts from seeing the real face of Islam; at least until their faith or mental conditioning is strong enough to make them turn against their own country and people."

Not all Muslims blow up things, yet "jihad in the cause of Allah" "jihad fee sybil Allah" is "fard ayn" "compulsory duty" for all Muslims. Why? There are rules from the Quran for combattive jihad. Read this:
http://www.notislam.com/id8.html

What does the tape from Gadahn mean? Does anyone realize that Muslims are supposed to "dawa" "invite others to Islam" before jihad?

According to al-Mawardi an 11th Century Shafi'i jurist:

The mushrikun [infidels] of Dar al-Harb (the arena of battle) are of two types: First, those whom the call of Islam has reached, but they have refused it and have taken up arms.… Second, those whom the invitation to Islam has not reached, although such persons are few nowadays since Allah has made manifest the call of his Messenger…it is forbidden to…begin an attack before explaining the invitation to Islam to them, informing them of the miracles of the Prophet and making plain the proofs so as to encourage acceptance on their part; if they still refuse to accept after this, war is waged against them and they are treated as those whom the call has reached…

In the Hidayah, vol. II. p. 140 (Hanafi school):
It is not lawful to make war upon any people who have never before been called to the faith, without previously requiring them to embrace it, because the Prophet so instructed his commanders, directing them to call the infidels to the faith, and also because the people will hence perceive that they are attacked for the sake of religion, and not for the sake of taking their property, or making slaves of their children, and on this consideration it is possible that they may be induced to agree to the call, in order to save themselves from the troubles of war… If the infidels, upon receiving the call, neither consent to it nor agree to pay capitation tax, it is then incumbent on the Muslims to call upon God for assistance, and to make war upon them, because God is the assistant of those who serve Him, and the destroyer of His enemies, the infidels, and it is necessary to implore His aid upon every occasion; the Prophet, moreover, commands us so to do."

Islam is insidious, it encroaches on a culture slowly and deliberately. You may be interested to read a document which discusses the degrees of Islam in great detail (50+ pages) -- "From dawa to jihad - the various threats from radical Islam to the democratic legal order":
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/netherlands/dawa.pdf
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Answer 2

Gee an American thinks we should all be terrorists.
He must be right huh?
Let's all sign up and kill each other.
What a great idea.
Maybe he's mentally unstable and we should ignore him and let our neighbors live.
He's not my own Jihadi. He sold out to the enemy. He's yours now until we catch him and make an example of his sorry @ss.

Answer 3

I am not going to run out and buy me a Koran. But what the heck, this is suppose to be a free country and as long as he sticks to words then he should be allowed to express himself any way he wants, no matter who disagrees with it.

Answer 4

The guy is a freak. He is what I knew growing up as a self-hating Jew who has enlarged it to become a self-hating Jewish American. There is very little more dangerous (or stupid) than that.

Answer 5

Should ask only Americans.

Answer 6

Why does religion have to be an issue? Can't people be honest and say it is motivated only by money?

Answer 7

Just another Democrat sounding off for publicity.

Answer 8

That's ridiculous to expect anyone to convert just because someone suggests it (or commands it).

Answer 9

I think once again the republicans are gearing up for the elections...I hope you see that too.
Fear is their whole agenda.

Answer 10

Islam will be the death of us...or Mexicans