Want to Connect a LOT of DPW Dots? Here's a "Must-Read"-

This is a brief extract of some things from a lengthy (seven page) post by Eleanor over at 6th Column. I HIGHLY recommend it for those of you who have not seen it: Dubai Ports - Strategic Implications.

Since I can't post the entire thing here, I'll just give some bits and pieces so you'll have an idea of what to expect. Here's a list of the "Contents:"

Creating a Global Ports Empire
Islamic Economics: Not an Exotic Addition to the English Country Garden
Dubai Ports Operating Shariah Compliant Ports
Implications of Financing with Sukuk Bonds
Impact of High Oil Prices
The Well Known Causes of Concern
Dubai Key Transfer Point for Illegal Shipments of Nuclear Components

Now, here are some examples from the text:

"The goal of Islamists, following in the footsteps of Muhammad is to create the Islamic kingdom of God on earth. The strategy to obtain this goal in our lifetime includes the control of the worl's energy infrastructure, the transportation systems, currency, media, elections, immigration and education. The control of the port facilities is hence a critical element. Foreign ownership, in and of itself, is not as significant as the strategy and goals of the owner. In the case of DP World ownership, my hypothesis is that their plan for utilization of these strategic infrastructure resources is to accomplish the ultimate goal of world domination. . .

"In the case of DP World's acquisition, the prices paid for acquisition cannot be justified based on strictly economic factors. The implications of Islamists creating global port control have strategic, security and religious implications.

"The influential Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and popular host on the Qatar satellite channel Al-Jazeera has commented that. . . the conquest [of Europe] need not necessarily be by the sword. . . [The conquest of Mecca] was not by the sword or by war, but by a [Hudabiyya] treaty, and by peace. . .

"Once there are Islamic financial institutions and linked transportation infrastructure, how long will it be before Muslims insist that the state and business direct all their monetary dealings with Muslims through these institutions, for example, boycotting businesses with Jewish connections en route? How long before Muslims, extending the logic of their concentration in places like Bradford and Leicester, seek to establish their own law within these areas, the germ of a state within a state?

"Once the international ports are controlled, how long will it be before the ports require that products shipped through the ports comply with the principles of Shariah (Islamic law)? Control of shipping and air infrastructure is a critical strategy for the progressive control of world economies.

"According to an article published by News24 on August 19, 2005, an al-Qaeda linked group in Dubai has launched what it calls a media jehad, or "holy war, to "terrorize" United States-led forces in Iraq and their families by bombarding them with e-mails and by posting gruesome photos online."

Read it all. David J. Jonsson will be publishing a book on the subject called "Islamic Economics and the Final Jihad: The Muslim Brotherhood to the Leftist/Marxist - Islamic Alliance," to be released in the spring of this year.

Johson received both undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics, and worked for major coporations in the United States and Japan and with multilateral agencies that brought him to more than fifteen countries with significant or majority populations who are Muslim. These exposures provided insight into the basic tenets of Islam as a political, economic and religious system. He became proficient in Islamic law through contract negotiation and personal encounter. He can be reached at: djohsson2000@yahoo.co.uk