Inevitable djihad

Lawrence Auster: The Centrality of Jihad in Islam
FrontPageMagazine.com, 20/08/ 2004.

To summarize our discussion so far:
(1) The command to wage jihad is laid on all Muslims.
(2) Jihad must be carried out until the whole world has been brought under the power of the Islamic state.
(3) Even when Muslims lack the present ability to wage jihad, the hope of jihad remains alive in their hearts, enabling them to wait for generations for a new chance to spread the faith. And finally,
(4) jihad is not a recent revival of the late 20th century but has periodically erupted during long ages of apparent Muslim quiescence.