ABSTRACT
In his book, Millat Ibrahim (The Religion of Abraham), the global Jihadist scholar Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, calls on Muslims around the world to live by the doctrine of al-Wala wal-Bara.1 Although there is no precise English translation for this phrase, it roughly means two things. First, that Muslims must have unquestioning loyalty towards God: a Muslim ought to be loyal and loving to all that is in accordance with God’s law, or Sharia. Second, Muslims ought to reject and disavow all that contradicts Sharia, especially polytheism, democracy and those who advance such “deviant” ideologies.
