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"However, it is a mistake to see jihad as merely a tactic aimed at achieving a specific worldly goal. This point is critical in understanding why acts of spectacular terror, especially those involving the suicides of the attackers, occur. Fundamentally, acts of jihad are conceived of as demonstrations of faith performed for God by an individual. The immediate local aims or enemies are largely irrelevant. Jihad is part of the cosmic struggle and thus to expect an immediate result from it would be presumptious and wrong. "The scope of the struggle is not limited to this earth or to this life. The observers of this struggle are not merely a generation of men", says Syed Qutb.
In early 2002, Suleiman abu Gaith, a spokesman for bin Laden, said in again:
"....it is a path that the Muslims have to walk upon until judgement day".
(Jason Burke, "Al-Qaeda")