So says the late Osama bin Laden, who isn't unique in the history of Islam, but rather, a commonplace figure repeating a commonplace theme:
Our talks with the infidel West and our conflict with them ultimately revolve around one issue… and it is: Does Islam, or does it not, force people by the power of the sword to submit to its authority corporeally if not spiritually?... The matter is summed up for every person alive: Either submit, or live under the suzerainty of Islam, or die.
Nothing new here. The Barbary Pirates were no different. But what seems to be new is the weakness in which the challenge is being met.
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