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Real History: Muhammad Ahmad and the First Modern Jihad

Mar. 22, 2013 6:53pm Christopher Santarelli

Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah was born in what is modern day Sudan. He became a religious leader and then, after amassing an army of 100,000 followers, waged jihad against the Turco-Egyptian rulers of the region (and the British who were assisting them). He began calling himself the Mahdi and eventually conquered the city of Khartoum where he and his army slaughtered thousands. Author of “First Jihad: Khartoum, and the Dawn of Militant Islam,” Daniel Allen Butler, refers to Ahmad as the ideological forefather of terrorists like Osama Bin Laden for what he did after the city fell. To learn more, watch a clip from Friday’s Real History segment on Ahmad on ‘Real News’ below:

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loneindividual
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:32am
This man fought against Evil…does that make him Good?

He established nothing, while destroying everything.

Sounds like the Spirit of Annihilation to me.

Not to mention his other personal faults….

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zoro51
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 1:25am
MURDERING MUSLUMS in a MAN M<ADE CULT of hate n death whose prophet was FALSE whom are STILL WORSHIPING STONE IDOL CALLED ALLAH

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jcizarter
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 2:17pm
Look, if the story is about Qur’an loving, women stoning, student shooting, beheading lovin’ idolaters or the Mexican drug cartels or any kind of sleazy creeps. Then THE JERK will turn it into his anti-Semitic rant. Jew haters are just like that. There are about 1.6 billion Qur’an lovin” Jerks on the planet, there are about 13.3 million Jews on the same planet.
The Jerk is a Jew o phobe. He is scared of us Jews! Yes! Be afraid, be very afraid of us Jews. We may do a drive by bageling on ya!

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WilliamORights
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:26pm
Is Muhammad or Machmod like Rodrieguez or Gonzollaz?

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Paladin45ACP
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:49am
Drizzin, druzzin, drozin, drome, time for muslims to go home.

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AUsername
Posted on March 23, 2013 at 11:48am
watch out for the magic muslim boogeyman neo con kooks.

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The_Jerk
Posted on March 22, 2013 at 10:59pm
Sounds like Moses.

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- cosmic dogma
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 1:35am
  Are you a psychopath?
  
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- bread and circuses
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 5:12am
  the jerk is a misogynistic member of NAMBLA
  
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- katzkiner
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:26am
  Jerk, you have fell into the snare of those you hate. Hate does blind you to truth. Hate will lead to defeat. Do not hate, seek truth. Truth does set you free. Take a deep breath. Relax.
  Miso nu koro..
  
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- Brentley
  Posted on March 23, 2013 at 10:40am
  @THE_JERK you have no clue what you say. I know what you are referring to, however that is not the same thing.
  
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