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Abdullah Azzam |
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Stalin, Hitler, and Mao created "history" based on a philosophy identical to that of Azzam. They recognized that history (what is recorded in books and therefore "remembered") builds on slaughter—a “lofty edifice of skulls.”
The terror and death Bin Laden created is dwarfed by the projects of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, whose reputations rest on a foundation of cripples and corpses.
However, in our hearts, the dream remains the same.
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Bin Laden’s mentor—Abdullah Azzam—was called the “Lenin of international jihad.” An entire philosophy of history is contained within these two paragraphs from “Martyrs: The Building Blocks of Nations:
“History does not write its lines except with blood. Glory does not build its lofty edifice except with skulls. Honour and respect cannot be established except on a foundation of cripples and corpses.
Empires, distinguished peoples, states, and societies cannot be established except with examples. Indeed, (one cannot) change reality, or change societies, without blood, sacrifices and invalids, without pure, innocent souls.”
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Azzam states that history “writes its line in blood;” that honor and glory build upon a foundation of “cripples and corpses."
Empires, societies, and states, Azzam says, are brought into being through the intentional creation of death. Was this not the philosophy that generated the projects of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao?
The fundamental topic of "history" (history books) is massive, collective slaughter, or the creation of death. Human beings have created this history. Why has this been the case?
The ideologies of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao rest upon the same philosophy or foundation put forth by Azzam in his treatise. The history they created was built upon a “lofty edifice of skulls.”
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