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The Islamist attack on the United States at the dawn of the third millennium was more far-reaching than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, as it sought to destroy the industrial, political, and military power of America.

When Mustapha Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, abolished the Caliphate in 1924, he unleashed ideological tremors throughout the Muslim World. Here are some results:

Four years later, in 1928, Hassan al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Its influence spread throughout the Arab world. Its goal was to reestablish an Islamic world order based on the Qur’an, Hadith, and Sunnah.

When the Egyptian Army overthrew King Farouk in a coup in July 1952, the Muslim Brotherhood opposed its secularization policies. In 1954, its attempt to assassinate President Nasser failed and was followed by severe measures against its activities, including the execution of its ideologue, Sayyid Qutb.

Eventually, the Islamist radicals used many means to achieve their goals, including hijacking airplanes to attack nations of non-Islamic worldviews, as took place on the 11th of September 2001. Their leader, Muhammad Atta, had bought into Salafism (Islamic Radicalism), which he heard and learned at the Jerusalem Mosque in Hamburg, Germany. It’s the same ideology that has been espoused by leaders of HAMAS, Hizballah, and the Houthis in their war against the West and Israel.