Introduction

When the main conflict among social forces conspires to push history backward, history veers from its natural course and nothing but the worst should be expected.                                                                  And the worst is manifesting itself today in the conflict between worst capitalists and conservative Islamists. However, the struggle of Islamists should be considered near its end. Their effort to turn history backward was doomed to defeat itself from the beginning and their recent retreats can be regarded as nothing more than the continuation of their ultimate demise.
In today's post-September-11 th world, the elements of this conflict of conservatives have become obvious not only on the part of the Islamists who are striving toward a return to the original Islamic empire of the 7 th century known as the Khelafat , but also, and even more so, on the part of the Islamists' opposition, the United States:  the far more fashionable and powerful entity which disguises its attacks on liberty by claiming to defend it.
Ironically, these two opposing sides are engaged in a symbiotic relationship where they actually depend on the existence of the other to perpetuate their own brands of conservative values. Since the end of the September 11 , the Islamic movement has uniquely stepped in to give the most conservative sectors of capitalism the best chance to realize their most backward ideas and political goals in the name of fighting against Islamic Terrorism and fanaticism. And therein lies the heart of the problem created by this conflict of conservative values:  the real danger posed when a reactionary force like capitalism contests an enemy with a nature even more backward than its own. 
The first historical lesson from this unhappy conflict is that the more that capitalism can justify itself, the more it will commit crime and brutality. The second lesson is that when the genuine forces of advancing history – the independent force of the people and their class struggle – are absent in the field, their just and progressive struggle for human improvement and advancement will be replaced by the conflict among the reactionary forces resurrected out of their graves to reclaim their historically buried demands, thus putting history in reverse. 

Siamac Sotudeh

 Note of the editor

This book is intended as a source to consult for anyone who is interested in better understanding the tangible history behind the controversial elements of Islam which are at the heart of today's internal conflict within the religion itself and are the major points of criticism by non-Muslims against Islam. It is important to note that, like all religions, Islam has followers of all levels of belief, but regardless of the depth of belief, all people who claim themselves to be Muslims have chosen (or unknowingly accepted) to overlook the elements I present in this book – elements which are wholly contradictory to the notion that Islam is a religion of peace, brotherhood, equality and modern adaptability. 
It is also a worthwhile point to make that Islam, as a major world religion, is not alone in harboring deeply violent, intolerant and anti-progressive elements.

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Unknown still on a worldwide scale is the fact that the  Islamic movements which took  political power in Iran and Afghanistan were formed principally in opposition to the women's rights and land reforms. In Iran, Khomeini began his campaign against the Shah and his US backers after the initiation of land and women's right reforms in 1961. 14 years later, the Mujahidin started their crusade when  similar reforms were initiated in Afghanistan by Russians.  So while the Islamic movements in Iran and Afghanistan appeared to be trends opposing American and Russian imperialists and their puppet governments, in fact what they were really opposing was the reformist aspect of these regimes. Is this not what  Bin Laden and his so-called anti- imperialistic crusade is all about? This is what the writer proves brilliantly in this book, through unheard information, facts and proofs. He writes: “In both countries, a s long as the dictatorship and imperialism were willing to depend on the old type of repression, women's slavery and  backwardness, the Islamic trend supported them, but as soon as they started to renew themselves by reforms the Islamic trend opposed them. So, what they were really opposed to was  not imperialism an d dictatorship in itself, but the new and modern form of it.”

Contents
Introduction	1
Chapter one	3
Who is Bin Laden?  What does he
and other Islamic groups really desire?
Chapter two	11
Did Islam liberate women?
Chapter three	17
Which is the real Islam? The one
that was in Mecca  or the one in Madina?
Chapter four	25
Two pieces cut out exactly  for
Each other
Chapter five	29
Are there any differences among
the  real Muslims?
Chapter six
Why do Bin Laden and  other
Islamists  have so much animosity
toward western civilization and the U. S.?
Chapter seven	41
How did Mohammed achieve
Power  in Arabia?
Chapter eight	51
Is the Islamic movement against capitalism?
Chapter nine	53
Khomeini's opposition to land reform and women's rights.
Chapter ten	61
Afghanistan and the Islamic Mujahdin Movement
Chapter eleven	69
Is Bin laden really Anti-Imperialist?
Chapter twelve	79
Is there any chance of victory for Islamic movement?
Chapter thirteen	87
Why did the U.S. help Khomeini's  advent to the power?
Chapter fourteen	99
Vacuum of Power and the lack     of  other Alternatives
Chapter fifteen	107
Imperialism and Terrorism's Warfare Against  Liber ty
Notes	117
Bibliography	125
Index	127