FALL 1431 I 2010
Special: Samir Khan: I am proud to be a traitor to America Exclusive: The New Mardin Declaration by al-Awlaki
COVER STORY
The Operations of Abyan
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'Tourtesy of al-Malahem
IN THIS ISSUE
AC~t am proud to be a traitor
^•^ to America
7 7 The New Mardin Declara-
^^ tion
haykh Anwar al-Awlaki
Interview with Shayich
Abu Sufyan al-Azdi
Conducted by al-Malahem
^] My life in Jihad
Imdr. 'Uthman al-Ghamidi
23 Obama's ploy and the
peak of Islam
Shaykh Ibrahim al-Banna
A Call to Islam
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Legitimate Demands 2
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« ...AND INSPIRE THE BELIEVERS »
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Until we taste what Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib tasted [1 0]
Shaykh Usama bin Ladin
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Hesitant one: It's an obligation! [65]
Abu Dujanah al-Khurasani
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«Do you thin k» [60]
Shaykh 'Unnar Hussain
Guidance of Qur'an
The Prize awaiting the Shahid [64]
Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaki
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What to Expect in Jihad (2) [24]
Mukhtar Hassan
Strategy
TheJihadi Experiences: The Open Fronts & Individual Initiative [17]
Abu Mus'abal-Suri
History & Strategy
Letter from the Editor
Hear the world
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Questions to ask
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When two army officers where walking through a market street in the city of Lawdar,
in Southern Yemen, two men from the general public started harassing tnem. The
two men beat up the soldiers and took over their weapons. The government has no
respect among the people and that is why such an incident passed in front of the
public in a crowdecl area without anyone doing anything to defend or protect these
soldiers. In response, that same evening, the army sent in troops and they started
'" ■ I indiscriminately at the public.
When some members of al Qaeda heard of the incident, they rushed to the place
where the troops were firing and started attacking them. They made it clear to the
DODulation of Lawdar that tnev are doinq this to defend the citv from the aqqressinq
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troops. The fight escalated with both al Qaeda and the army drawing in reinforce-
ments in a fight that continued for a few days and left over 40 soldiers dead and a
number of armored vehicles and tanks destroyed. None of the al Qaeda members
were killed despite the lies of the government. The mujahidin used a strategy of am-
bushing the army along all the roads that lead to the bases, hence, forcing the army
to stay within. When the army was running short on water they asked the mujahidin
for a truce. The mujahidin refused.
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any army soldier who has conscience that by fighting the mujahidin, he has become
an agent for America and a traitor of Islam. Deep inside their hearts, many soldiers re-
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THE INSPIRE DISTORTION
NY CORDOBA MOSQUE LESSONS
The first issue of Inspire
was struck with a virus
that deleted 64 out of its
67 pages. It is also report-
ed that the FBI actively
sought the deletion of
the online magazine.
Why are they so scared?
MmSlT£SorM'
.VKJKIES:
The NY Cordoba mosque issue re-
veals to us tKe reliqious discrimina-
tion that exists in America. The
polls show that a majority are
against the building of the mosque
even though the sponsors of the i
project profess to being patriotic
foyal Americans. Isn't it time that
American Muslims wake up to the ^
fact that America is Islam's number
one enemy?
QUR'AN BURNING CONTROVERSY
THE HERO SHARIF MOBLEY
On Jan. 26, Sharif Mobley was at-
tacked by eight masked operatives
i from Yemen's secret police. He was
\ tortured in prison despite being an
American citizen because it was
the Americans who made the re-
/ quest for his arrest. Details of his
M ordeal are beginning to surface.
j BVRNAKORANDAV
9(11/2010 6l>ni|-9I>in
The Qur'an buming event led by Terry
Jones teaches us the crookedness of U.S.
law, specifically its first amendment on
the freedom of speech. It reveals that its
law is a crime to billions of people who
^hare the same planet. Our jihad is not
only for the revenge of the mur-
dered and oppressed, but also to
replace such laws with justice and
fairness. Under an Islamic State, it
would be forbidden for even a
Muslim to burn copies of the Bible
for example. This event is yet an-
other testimony to the falseness of
man-made law. Muslims around
the world need to ask themselves:
whose side are you on? The one
that protects blasphemy or the
one that protects people from it?
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INSPIRE FEEDBACK
No-one seems to know how to respond
to al-Qaeda's Inspire magazine.
Stepiien Colbert tried to be funny, as
comedians always do. Peter Hoekstra
tried to be blustery, as politicians always
do. But the real challenge posed by the
magazine and the ideology it represents
is neither to American comedians nor
politicians. It is to the Muslim ummah,
the community of Muslims worldwide,
a challenge to look honestly at who
Muhammad really was and how he
responded to those who resisted his
claim that he was a Prophet sent from
God.
[Taken from Staring at the view blog]
"The magazine is a virtual how-to guide
for becoming a terrorist. People don't
have to travel overseas or know Arabic
to join the radical jihadist movement —
they can become a virtual member of
al-Qaeda and learn how to carry out
terrorist attacks from the comfort of
their homes. Al-Qaeda has shifted its
focus from committed jihadists going
through training camps, to literally
trying to inspire attackers globally to
act locally, in their communities. This is
an unfortunately well-done magazine
that is proof positive that al-Qaeda
and its affiliates have launched a direct
appeal for Americans to launch small-
scale attacks here at home. It provides al-
Qaeda's warped rationale to carry out the
attacks and a how-to guide to get the job
done. Now they're just hoping someone
picks up a copy and is 'inspired' to do it."
[U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., the top
Republican on the House Intelligence
Committee]
AtTellabs, we publish a customer
magazine, formerly known as Inspire. It's
a big project every quarter, as we work
closely with customers to convey how
Tellabs mobile, optical, business and
services solutions helped them succeed.
It's always a bit nerve-wracking when
we go to press, but this quarter almost
knocked us off our feet. The week was
winding down before the fourth of
July weekend when my boss called to
ask where the magazine was. I proudly
A chance for the world to respond
replied, "It's on press!" thinking he would
be pleased. To my surprise, he wasn't. In
fact, I could tell by his voice that there
was a big problem. What he said next
stunned me for a moment. "Al Qaeda just
launched a magazine called Inspire!"
[Ted Meister, Marketing
Communications Manager]
"We understand the absolute seriousness
of a threat from an Al Qaeda-inspired
magazine and are attempting to do
everything in our power to assist the
individuals on that list to effectively
protect themselves and change their
behavior to make themselves less of a
target."
[David Gomez, FBI assistant special
agent, speaking on the hitlist in the first
issue]
I am a follower of your efforts online and
am impressed with all of the work you do
for the sake of Allah. Like many others,
I have been following the news and
learned it was initially difficult for you to
deliver the message. Alhamdulillah the
infidels were not able to stop us and the
magazine was published, and InshaAllah
they will not be able to stop us in the
future so long as we continue to persist.
My noble brothers, you have proven
how determined you are to deliver the
message and information that other
brothers may find useful in conducting
their operations. Not only that I find your
magazine to be a wealth of knowledge,
however, it also serves as a motivational
tool whereas it will make the brothers
wait impatiently for the upcoming issues,
InshaAllah.
[Ahmad]
I wish to convey my sincerest thanks for
this momentous undertaking. Allah will
surely reward you for your efforts and
bless you for your tireless devotion to His
cause and His Word.
[Khalil]
Allahu akbar wa lillah al-hamd, ya ikhwati
al-salihin! You have brought such
great joy to my heart with the release
of Inspire. Allah reward you with every
good thing for this. You are truly a credit
to our faith.
[Qasim]
This is the first time that I read your
(and our) "Inspire" magazine. This is
something that we young Muslims
need on a monthly basis. This magazine
inspired me to think more about akhirah
by devoting my entire life to doing good
deeds.
[Brother N.D.]
Indeed today we stand at a point, where
in the battle of the hearts and minds
the infidels are throwing everything
to corrupt the fundamentals of the
ummah and instill doubts and hatred
amongst the believers. The ploy has
been same for ages -"Divide and rule".
In such commotion the scholars of truth
have always clarified the stance of the
mujahidin with their in-depth knowledge
and understanding of the Qur'an and
Sunnah. We hope and pray you will
continue to do the same with detailed
analysis and perspective of the fiqh of
fighting and operations of the mujahidin.
Alhamdulillah we have received the first
issue of the "Inspired". It has indeed been
inspiring and opens an all new front of
media warfare. When the kuffar continue
their diatribe against the religion of Allah,
it is indispensable that the voices of truth
are also heard. InshaAllah we hope to see
many more issues of the magazine and
your valuable contribution in it.
The caravan in the path of Allah is
moving and a many of us crave to join
in. For those in the process and living in
Dar al-Kufr we ask for your advice. We
also seek counsel on dealing with the
different sects and the guidelines for
da'wah.
[Brother MS]
UNTIL WE TASTE /,
WHAT HAMZA BIN ABD AIT-MDnALIB
I also reassure our people in
Palestine in particular that we
will expand our jihad - Allah
permitting - and will neither
recognize the borders of
Sykes-Picot nor the rulers whom
colonialism put in placeJ We - by
Allah - haven't forgotten you after
the events of the 1 1 th, for can the
man forget his family? But following
those blessed raids which struck
the head and heart of global
unbelief and the biggest ally of
the Zionist entity, America, we are
today occupied with attacking and
fighting it and its agents, especially
in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Islamic
Maghreb and Somalia. And if it
and its agents are defeated in Iraq
- Allah permitting - then it won't
be long before the armies of the
mujahidin set out, brigades followed
by brigades, from Baghdad, al-
Anbar, Mosul, Diyala and Salahuddin
to bring back to us Hittin, Allah
permitting.
1 (The Open Meeting with Shaykh Aynnan
al-Zawahiri,2008)
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And we won't recognizeany state for the Jews, even if on one hand span
of the land of Palestine, the way all the Arab rulers did when they adopted
the governor of Riyadh's initiative a few years ago. And it wasn't enough for
them to commit that major catastrophe until the people recently saw the
shepherdess of surrender herd them in flocks to Annapolis, doing with them
what the Americans did with their forefathers before, but not for them to be
sold: no, for them to sell, and sell what? Sell Jerusalem, al-Aqsa Mosque and
the blood of the martyrs, and there is neither power nor strength except with
Allah. May Allah do to them as they deserve. And with this, it was confirmed
to the people who is trustworthy, who is a traitor, and who is it who is moved
by Zionist hands:
The wound ofal-Quds continues
To irritate my side
The burning of its tragedy is like fire
Flaring in the gut
I didn't betray the covenant of Allah
When the states betrayed it
In addition, we shall not respect the international charters which recognize
the Zionist entity on the soil of Palestine, the way the leadership of HAMAS
respect them, or the way some of the leaders of the Muslim Brothers stated
that. Rather, it is jihad to liberate all of Palestine from the river to the sea, Allah
permitting, placing our hands in the hands of the truthful mujahidin there
from the foundations of HAMAS and the other factions who condemned their
leaders for their deviation from the truth. So blood for blood and destruction
for destruction, and I repeat the oath: by Allah, we shall help you even if we
have to crawl on our knees, until we taste what Hamza bin Abd al-Muttalib
tasted. D
My life in jihad
The story of Commander^Uthman al-Ghamidi
I WAS LIKE ANY OTHER YOUNG
man running after making a
living in a cheap world. I finished
high school and then enlisted
in the navy. I was in the navy for
two years, oblivious to what was
happening to my Islamic nation
and caring for nothing but making
ends meet. But I wasn't happy. I was
not feeling satisfied and an internal
conflict within myself was brewing.
That was until the day came when
Allah guided me to the true path. I
left my work and spent my time in
the masjid. I began searching for
opportunities of doing good to make
up for my shortcomings towards
my Muslim ummah for all of those
long years. But I didn't find what I
was doing was enough. The Muslim
ummah needed more than just relief
work and sponsoring orphans and
widows. It needed to be saved from
its enemies that were surrounding it.
It needed those who would cure its
deep wounds and I knew that could
not be achieved except through jihad
and preparation for it. That is when I
decided to go to the Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan, the land of mujahidin
under the leadership of theTaliban.
There I could receive the training I
needed. But I could not travel since
the Saudi government does not allow
its military personal to travel outside
of the country except after receiving
a special permit and after long and
complicated procedures. So I tried
to get relieved from my military
duty but there were some financial
requirements that stood in the way.
Therefore, I decided to find other
means to get out of the country. I
tried finding help in obtaining a fake
passport but to no avail. I prayed
to Allah to make things easy for
me. That is when I found a brother
who not only arranged to get me a
fake passport but he also provided
me with the money needed for my
journey. The zero hour approached
and I greeted my family without
telling them my destination of travel.
I traveled through a few local airports
before embarking on my trip to
Karachi, Pakistan after transiting at
Bahrain and Doha. With the help of
Allah, the mujahidin are able to get
over the most difficult of obstacles.
We should put our trust in Allah.
After my arrival at Karachi airport, I
took a taxi to a close-by hotel where
I spent the night. The following day
I called the coordinator to inform
him of my arrival. Shortly after that,
the hotel reception informed me of
a man asking to see me. I carried my
luggage and went out to meet the
brother who came to pick me up in a
taxi. The brother was Arab and after
exchanging with him the agreed
upon code words, I rode with him. I
was impressed with the organization
of the brothers, their transportation,
communication network, their
coordination, and they even provided
new passports for us. They were like
a state within the state. What was
most impressive was their devotion
to their work even though they were
volunteers and were not receiving
pay.
During our ride to the guesthouse,
the brother was taking every
opportunity to welcome me. At the
guesthouse I saw men from different
nationalities and they were all
welcoming me with smiles on their
faces. All of these brothers came
together for one purpose: to serve
Islam, and each one of them had
his own program and destination to
head towards. I put my bags in one
of the rooms and met the Amir of
the guesthouse who offered me to
call my family to let them know that I
arrived safely. I spent the night at the
guesthouse and the following day
arrangements were made for my trip
to Afghanistan so I boarded a plane
from Karachi airport to Quetta airport
on the border with Afghanistan.
From there we took a taxi towards
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the capital of the Islamic Emirate
of Afghanistan, Qandahar. When
we passed the Pakistani border, we
prostrated to Allah to thank him for
allowing us to reach Afghanistan.
When we arrived at Qandahar, we
were welcomed by brothers from the
Taliban who used to repeat: "You are
Arabs and we love you for the sake
of Allah." We were then taken to the
guesthouse for the new arrivals. We
arrived there at sunset and I spent
my night with the best of all men.
The following day we were woken
up by the arrival of a few vehicles
carrying armed men with a van in
between. When the vehicles stopped,
all the armed men disembarked
their vehicles and gathered around
the van and opened its door. To our
surprise, Shaykh Usama came out
to visit us and welcomed us himself.
He greeted us one-by-one and was
inquiring about our news. He was
especially eager to inquire about
news from the Arabian Peninsula.
The Shaykh left after instructing
us to leave for the Faruq camp.
We prepared our luggage and the
following day we were taken to the
factory where real men are fashioned:
the al-Faruq camp. It took us a few
hours to get to the camp and when
we arrived the instructors greeted
us with smiles on their faces. When
I saw how we were welcomed and
greeted at this camp, I compared it
to the way we were received at the
navy. We were received with ridicule
and profane words and I remember
one of the officers saying: "leave your
good manners, honor and manhood
at the outside gate and when you
leave you may take them back if
you want but you are not allowed
to have any of that in here. What we
expect from you in this place is blind
obedience." After welcoming us, the
instructors left except for one who
introduced himself to us and told us
that he is our instructor. He read to us
some instructions and then took us
around the camp and gave us a brief
introduction to the training courses
that were being offered. He left us
to prepare ourselves for the start of
our training the following day. Our
training began and the hours and
days passed with us going through a
combination of military and religious
training. From time to time Shaykh
Usama would visit us to raise our
spirits and encourage us. He would
also tell us that some of our brothers
were about to strike America on its
soil and he would ask us to pray for
them.
After about a month, the Shaykh
instructed us to be divided into
groups. I was chosen among a group
of fifty brothers to accompany the
Shaykh. We left the camp in a bus
and spent the night at a guesthouse.
We were then taken to Kabul. After
a few days we received the news of
the assassination of Ahmad Shah
Masood and we were very pleased
to hear it. Then we headed towards
Torgar, next to Jalalabad, in the East
of Afghanistan. This is the same
place were Shaykh Usama gave his
famous oath: "America will not live
in peace and security until we live it
in Palestine." During theday of our
arrival, we were listening to the news
attentively since the Shaykh told
us the operation would be soon "so
keep your ears close to the radio". A
few hours later the world was struck
with the news of September 1 1 *\
We couldn't believe it at first. We
had humiliated America and struck
it on its soil using its own planes as
weapons. We damaged its economy
and weakened its strength and we
had them drinkfrom the same cup
they have been having our ummah
drinkfrom for years. Now we were
equal, sending the clear message:
We kill from you as you kill from
us and as you strike terror in us we
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strike terror in you. That was a special
day. The mujahidin were happy
and they were happier when they
saw the celebration of the Muslim
ummah, especially our brothers
in Palestine. The issue of Palestine
was one of the main reasons for us
attacking America. We wanted to
take revenge for our brothers and
sisters in Palestine by striking at the
nation that is the reason behind
the existence of Israel. It became
clear to the close and far that the
mujahidin are able to take revenge
and defend the ummah even though
they are undersized in numbers and
provisions.
fter the celebrations, we
began to prepare ourselves.
The Shaykh along with
moved to a secure location while
we prepared the area for the fight.
We drew maps, surveyed the area,
and dug trenches. A few days later
we were instructed to head forTora
Bora and I was one of the first to go
up the mountain. The mujahidin
were trickling into the area until
we reached a total of a little over
three hundred fighters (America
falsely claimed that we were three
thousand). We began preparing the
area for the fight with America and its
allies by digging trenches and taking our
defensive positions on the mountains.
On the 7'^ of October 2001 , the
Americans started their bombing
campaign. They began with Kandahar
followed by Kabul, Jalalabad and Tora
Bora. The bombing was atrocious but the
mercy of Allah was surrounding us and
we fell into a deep sleep. The next day I
asked some of the other brothers I met
and they described going through the
same experience.
The bombing over Tora Bora was
increasing. It was relentless. That was
because of the rumors that Shaykh
Usama and Dr. Ayman were present.
They were with us and they were going
through what we were going through.
my.
They refused to leave us except
one day before our retreat and only
after our insistence that they must
evacuate the area.
Bombs were falling like rain. But
the mercy of Allah was also falling
down on us like a rain that was much
heavier and mightier than all the
rockets and bombs that America
could send. There was no fight on
the ground except with the Afghan
hypocrites during the final twelve
days.
We received our orders to retreat
to Pakistan. We leftTora Bora and
left behind us the memory of those
eventful days. We also left behind
fifty martyrs whom musk emanated
from their bodies. After a march of
three days where we would drink
and eat snow and sleep over snow;
where we would descend a mountain
only to climb another, we reached to
a tribe on the Pakistani border. The
tribe welcomed us and hosted us
in their homes but we didn't know
that we were in the wrong place.
We trusted them and gave them
our weapons in order to make our
movements easy inside Pakistan.
After one day, they gathered us
into a masjid where we found three
buses parked outside and the entire
area surrounded by the Pakistani
police and army. We realized that this
tribe had entrapped us and that we
had been sold off to the Pakistani
government.We were around a
hundred brothers. Some of us tried to
run away from the masjid. I was one
of those. There was another brother
with me and then a short while later
we were joined by a third. We asked a
tribe member to help smuggle us to
the gulf, which he agreed to do, and
he hosted us in his house. A fourth
brother joined us so we divided into
two groups of two. The first group
reached safely but my companion
and I fell into a checkpoint, got
arrested and were beaten badly
because we tried to resist. We were
then taken to a nearby prison where
we stayed for a day before we were
transported to Kohat military prison.
In Kohat, when we saw our other
imprisoned mujahidin brothers,
the imprisonment became easy on
us. During this time the Pakistani
government interrogated us and
following that we were visited by
the FBI who took our photographs
and fingerprints. We stayed in this
prison between two to three weeks.
Following that we were transported
in large American cargo airplanes.
Thejourney tookafew hours before
we landed in Qandahar where the
Americans set up a temporary base.
We were taken away to the base in a
very brutal way. On the base, various
forms of horrific methods of torture
were used on the prisoners. The
torture led to the deaths of some of
the brothers. The Americans were
also using a variety of means to insult
our religion. The duration of our stay
on the base varied. Some stayed for
a few weeks and others for a few
months. I chose to be straightforward
with the investigators and I told them
that I was in Afghanistan for the
purpose of jihad and that I trained at
al-Faruq camp. This led to my speedy
transport to Guantanamo Bay prison.
My stay on the base was for a total of
two weeks.
I was taken on board a cargo plane
for a long journey. Scenes of this
journey were shown on the media.
In that journey we were not allowed
to speak or move and we were
prevented from seeing or hearing
anything.Thejourney wasfor more
than 24 hours. We were greeted
at Guantanamo with swearing
and beating as we were dragged
to our cells. That is when the dirty
American program began against
us. They insulted our religion and
we were subjected to physical and
psychological forms of torture
through sleep deprivation and
exposure to hot and cold weather
in special rooms. We were also used
as guinea pigs for their experiments.
For example, they would experiment
certain drugs on us so that one
would find one of us for days unable
to sleep while his neighbor is
sleeping endlessly for a few days. One
of the brothers would joke and say:
"It seems the Americans have taken
us as spare parts for themselves".
They would expose us to hunger and
they would try to seduce some of us
through women. Nevertheless, with
all this torture and temptation, Allah
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was protecting us. We would defend
the Qur'an and take from them what
we wanted by force. The Muslim is
honorable if he takes jihad as his
path.
We were able to receive news of the
mujahidin, even though thousands of
kilometers stood between us and the
lands of jihad. Sometimes we would
know about something happening
in the world without actually hearing
the specific news about it. For
example, we would know about a
defeat of the Americans when the
flags on the base would fly at half-
staff. Sometimes news would reach
us about Afghanistan. During that
time we heard a lot about Abu Layth
al-Libi. We would also receive news
about our brothers in the Arabian
Peninsula and we were with them
with our souls and prayers.
One day the prison guards came in
happy and they were dancing. When
we asked them what was the reason
of their joy, they said that the U.S. has
invaded Iraq. One of them proudly
said:"Yesterday we took Afghanistan,
today we have taken Iraq, and
tomorrow we will take Makkah.'That
is their plan and one of them said
that that is what they were taught
at church. However, their dreams
were shattered by the real men of
the ummah such as Abu Mus'ab al-
Zarqawi. We used to threaten them
and anger them with the name of
al-Zarqawi to the extent that some
of them would return to apologize
to us for what they had done. There
were some soldiers who committed
suicide before being deployed to Iraq
because of their fear of Abu Mus'ab
and the mujahidin.
The sacrifices of the mujahidin
played a role in our release from
Guantanamo. In fact they are the
main reason behind our release as
oneof our lawyers said: 'The path of
the legal system is a long one and it
will not get you out of here any time
soon, but the knife of Abu Mus'ab al-
Zarqawi would." After spending five
years at Guantanamo, I was told that
I would be released. But my release
was delayed for a month because I
told them as soon as I am released
I would join the mujahidin again.
During this month, they killed three
of the prisoners in the same section
of the prison where I was located.
With my imminent release after five
years of captivity, feelings of sadness
and happiness were overcoming
me. Farewell was very difficult. My
heart was tearing apart for having
to depart from the brothers whom I
spent the past five years with.
We were transported in a large
armored bus to the airport where
a Saudi jet was waiting for us.
There were sixteen of us and we
boarded the jet. It had seventy men
onboard, the crew plus men from
the intelligence service and police.
We boarded the plane while giving
a final glance at Guantanamo Bay,
the place that Allah blessed us with
raising on it the call to prayers and
worshiping Him on its soil. The plane
landed in Riyadh after transiting in
Morocco for refueling. At our arrival
in Riyadh, we were taken by bus to
the prison of al-Hayer. This is the
prison where our great scholars,
chaste sisters, and mujahidin
brothers have been imprisoned for
many long years. When we reached
it, they put us all in a cell where we
remained for three months. We were
released for a week and during that
week I got married. They then put
us back in jail for four months. The
government officers interrogated
us and we were subjected to a
rehabilitation program where we
would meet with government clerics
who would try to convince us that
jihad today is haram unless the ruler
allows it. How can the ruler who is
himself an apostate and is an agent
of the Americans order jihad against
America! These Shaykh's requested
us to condemn the work of the
mujahidin of Arabia such as al-Miqrin
and al-Awfl but we refused. One of
our brothers refused to shake hands
with Muhammad bin Nayef (Assistant
Secretary of Defense) because he
said his hands are soaked with the
blood of our mujahidin brothers.
Until the moment of writing these
lines, this brother is still behind bars,
may Allah hasten his release. Another
brother was given money to get
married but he used the money to
finance a mujahid who was going to
Afghanistan. Out of their foolishness,
the al-Saud government thought
that they could buy us as they have
bought their clerics such as those
in this rehabilitation program. I will
give one example of the Shaykh's
in this program: One brother was
being advised by this Shaykh who
told him that du^a alone is sufficient
and that there is no need for jihad. So
the brother asked him: "If someone
comes in to your house and wants
to rape your wife, would you just
make du^a and not defend her?"The
Shaykh said:"Yes. I would make du^a
and I would say to him: I ask Allah
that you do not enjoy her!"These are
the Shaykh's of these rehabilitation
programs, the slaves of money.
When our days in prison were
over, we were released from the
small prison to a larger one. We
were freed but we were still like
prisoners.We were hounded by the
intelligence services and their laws
and regulations were being pounded
on us. We were continuously being
called in for questioning and they
would use the excuse that they just
wanted to check on our wellbeing.
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The vehicles of the intelligence
services would follow us wherever
we went. Our every move was being
monitored. We were then banned
from traveling to any local city except
after obtaining a written permission.
We had to furnish information on
the type of vehicle we intended
to use for travel, the number of
people who would accompany us
along with their names, the place of
destination, the exact locations we
planned on visiting, when we would
return, and we had to provide mobile
contact numbers that could be used
whenever they wanted to contact us.
Restrictions were increasing by
the day. During this time we were
searching for ways to join our
brothers at the fronts of jihad. We
were able to establish some contact
with our brothers in Yemen. We
prepared our departure route but the
surveillance on us was increasing. My
entire village was being surrounded
and wherever I went, I would be
followed overtly. This shameless
pursuit would occur even if I was
being accompanied by my family.
If I went into a masjid to pray, they
would come in to pray. If I entered
a store, they enter after me, if I ride
my car they ride theirs, if I come out
of my car they would come out of
theirs. I prayed istikhara and decided
to start myjourney towards Yemen.
When I did, heavy rain fell which
made visibility so difficult that I was
able to sneak out in the presence
of all the intelligence officers that
were following me. All praise is due
to Allah. I wish that I had put dirt on
their heads just like the Messenger of
Allah ^^ did in his hijra to let them
know that I was about to make my
own hijra too.
We traveled to join our beloved
mujahidin brothers. We traveled to
the land of honor. We passed through
until we reached the border of Yemen
where we left behind our car and left
behind us this worthless world to go
to the land of /"man, the land of the
ansar who have given the greatest
examples of supporting, hosting,
and sacrificing forthe religion. Their
welcoming of us was amazing. We are
now living with the finest of brothers.
Finally, I have this message to the al-
Saud rulers: Die in your rage.
I ask Allah to grant us steadfastness
and support and I encourage my
brothers to prepare for jihad and
to fight jihad. The doors of jihad
are many and one of them is the
individual jihad. Dear brother, never
belittle your ability. Ramzi Yusuf was
a single individual and yet he was
an example of someone who fought
jihad alone. Do not let the American
soldier, the British or Danish soldier
or any other disbelieving soldier be
better than you in defending his
principles and realize that this is the
price you need to pay for Paradise.
Paradise is where you will see things
which an eye has never seen, an
ear has never heard and a mind has
never imagined.
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The Individual Initiative
Second: The School of Open Fronts in
the Pre-September World^
The meaning of Open Fronts is that
there are mujahidun forces whose
presence is overt and linked to
permanent bases.They fight the
enemy forces on open battle lines,
or they fight a guerilla war from
those fixed positions. I will illustrate
this with some examples from our
experience: The First Afghani Jihad',
'Bosnia/Chechnya'and then The
Second Afghani Jihad in the Era of
Taliban'. As I said, this method was
proven, in contrast with previous
methods. Some points are:
1 . Overwhelming military success:
This in spite of the enormous
difference between the mujahidun
and the enemy in equipment,
weapons, technology and all material
balances. In the first experience,
the Afghani mujahidun, and the
Arab and Muslim mujahidun who
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were with them - as previously
explained - managed to, in spite of
their shortcomings, defeat a great
state and have folded its flags forever,
Allah willing.
In Bosnia, a handful of Arab, Turkish
and Muslim mujahidun were able
to alter the balance of power in the
Serbian genocide war, and they
performed miracles. It is enough
to mention that 60,000 soldiers
from the American forces were
stationed at sea outside the coasts
of Bosnia and Serbia, and they put
as a condition for entering Bosnia
after the Dayton agreement, that 600
Muslim mujahidun should leave the
country! So every man planted terror
in a hundred soldiers from the Great
Empire and its allies!
As for Chechnya, there is no objection
that the military miracles which
occurred had stunned the world,
when a handful of men withstood
the Soviet military apparatus! From a
people whose population is less than
a million, in a country not bigger
than 50,000 square kilometers!
In this way, the faithful mujahidun
proved that on the fields of overt
confrontation, they are exceptional
fighters. The imbalance [of power]
between them and the enemy did
not stand as an obstacle for them or
for the victories.
2. Structural security success:
Considering that the confrontations
were overt, the regimes' intelligence
did not have any role worth
mentioning, in that they had a role in
the abortion of those fronts. Rather,
the participation on the battlefield
was a security barrier by which many
of the infiltrators and the intelligence
agents were detected, so they had
to repent or flee. . . their activity was
limited to observing the movement
of secret organizations who took
refuge on those fronts, and not
abortion of the fronts themselves.
3. Agitation success:
This is the third important matter,
because those causes succeeded in
mobilizing the Islamic Nation, with its
hundreds of millions, behind them.
This is in contrast to the experiences
of the secret organizations, since
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the oldest jihadi organizations were
unable to mobilize the people of
the limited region where they were
confronting the regimes. Most of the
Islamic Nation's people had not even
heard about their struggle, let alone
supported them! However, in the
case of the Open Fronts, the Islamic
Nation with its hundreds of millions
rose to support and advocate them,
and her devoted sons joined the
Fronts. The Shaykh's and elders
prayed to Allah for the mujahidun's
victory, and rich and poor Muslims
alike donated their money and
supported the jihad.
The mobilization for jihad that the
Fronts generated was enormous...
and the agitation to those causes was
successful in a startling way.
4. Educational success:
The Islamic educational theory is
based upon direct acquisition of
knowledge, and on [role] models
and examples of good behavior. This
has been the case from the Prophet
^ to his Companions, may Allah be
pleased with them, and from them
to the Tabi^Jn (followers), and from
them to the Taba Tabi^in (followers
of the Followers).Then, to the senior
clerics and the venerable forefathers
of the Islamic Nation, and then to
their students and followers, and in
this way throughout history...
This cannot be done today, however,
under the conditions of secret
education. It is not possible to
provide time or space for giving
real doses of the education. Also,
the secrecy does not provide any
opportunity to become acquainted
with the role model, the leader and
the shaykh... and to be influenced
by him and take him as a model.
By contrast, the jihad on the
Fronts provided all of this... but
unfortunately, the leaders who were
in command
in that period
were largely
incapable in
terms of giving
attention to
education
(tarbiyyah) in its
various forms,
and the troops
gave attention
to military
and combat
education only.
However, this
incapability
cannot deny
two points:
First, that
education was
possible. And
second, that it
was conducted
in a partial
manner and by
some people. It had a great impact,
such as in the Afghani and Bosnian
experiences, and much greater than
in the experiences of the secret jihadi
organizations.
5. Political success:
Political success is the realization of
goals and slogans... And the goal
of every jihad has been to defeat
Thus, we are able to
summarize by saying
that the experience on
the Fronts is regarded
as a successful method
of confrontation, when
compared with the
methods of the regional,
hierarchical and secret
organizations, which failed
completely on all levels...
the enemy and to establish Islamic
rule. In the first Afghani experience,
the success was complete. . .
After passing through trials and
tribulations, the jihad resulted in the
emergence of the Islamic Emirate.
The dream came true. Although it
was shattered after some time, it will
return soon, Allah
willing. In the case
of Bosnia, the
goal was to save
the Muslims from
genocide, and
this was realized.
However, the rise
of an Islamic State
in the heart of
Europe, and in the
light of the New
World Order, was
an impossible
matter. I think
that whatever was
realized, in view of
the circumstances,
was largely a
success. In the
case of Chechnya,
the political
project was not
realized in spite
of the military
successes, because the strategic
geographical factors for Chechnya
as a country, and the given facts
and numbers of its population,
make this a semi-impossible task.
The persistence that was realized is
regarded as a historical victory.
In general, political success is
connected to factors, which are
further away than those I teach in this
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the military performance...
Thus, we are able to summarize by
saying that the experience on the
Fronts is regarded as a successful
method of confrontation, when
compared with the methods of
the regional, hierarchical and
secret organizations, which failed
completely on all levels... this in
spite of the devotion and sacrifice
provided by the mujahidun, and the
achievements and victories that were
realized, which in the end were futile,
as a result of what we said above.
{And the command of Allah is a
decree determined} [al-Ahzab: 38].
However, the theory of resistance on
Fronts has been subjected to decline
in the post-September 2001 world.
America has employed her stunning
technological superiority, and used it
for her strategy of decisive air strikes
and complete control over space and
the electronic world. We will discuss
this later, Allah willing.
Third: The School of Individual JihAd
AND Small Cells
Thisjihadi school is very old... maybe
its first experience was the unit of
the Prophet's great companion Abu
Basir, and his well-known story when
he formed the first guerilla group
in Islam, and the great companion
Abu Jandal subsequently joined
him. A testimony to this method is
what happened at the end of the life
of Allah's Messenger ^ when al-
Aswad al-Ansi apostatized in Yemen,
seized power and suppressed and
humiliated the Muslims there. The
man who put up resistance, was a
blessed man from a blessed family,
as Allah's Messenger ^. He carried
out individual operational activity
on his own initiative. He assassinated
al-Aswad al-Ansi, altered the balance
of power, and consolidated Islam
in Yemen. Gabriel brought Allah's
Messenger ^ the good news of this
decisive victory, which was won by a
handful of enterprising men.
Throughout Islamic history,
individual initiatives were repeated.
During the Crusader wars, the
corruption of the Emirs and the
disintegration of the Islamic Nation,
groups of mujahidun fighters resisted
the catastrophe, before the rise
of the Zengid State, and then the
Ayyubid State. Many isolated units
and groups performed the religious
duty of jihad. In contemporary Arab
history, a well-known story is when a
single mujahid was able to alter the
balance of power, and to influence
the course of a large colonization
campaign. This happened when the
mujahid Suleyman al-Halabi, Allah's
mercy upon him, fled from Aleppo —
my old city — in North-Western Syria
to Jerusalem, where he asked one of
the city's clerics to issue a fatwa on
killing Kleber, the commander of the
French campaign in Egypt, whom
Napoleon Bonaparte had appointed
as his successor. He then went to
him and killed him, and this was one
of the reasons for the departure of
the French campaign from Egypt.
The only price of this victory was the
achievement of Suleyman al-Halabi
and his shaykh, who issued a fatwa
saying that al-Halabi would be a
martyr in Allah's cause, and the two
of them were executed, may Allah's
mercy be upon them.
Since the second Gulf War (Desert
Storm) in 1 990, and the emergence
of the New World Order, this school
has been revived. Since then, tens
of individual operations have taken
place here and there, in various spots
in the Arab and Islamic world, and
are still taking place... Sayyid Nusayr
killed the fanatic Zionist rabbi Meir
Kahane in the United States. He
was one of the most hard-line Jews
towards the Muslims in Palestine.
He had a program for expelling all
Palestinians from Palestine. As a
result of Kahane's assassination, his
group was dissolved and vanished. In
1 993, Ramzi Yusuf, one of the Afghan
Arabs (he is a Balochi Pakistani), and a
group of mujahidun tried to blow up
the tower of the World Trade Center
in New York.
In Jordan, a Jordanian soldier
from the Border Guards boldly
opened fire at a number of female
Jewish students who were making
movements that were mocking the
Muslim prayer, and killed a number of
them. In Egypt, the heroic Suleyman
Khatir opened fire, by independent
decision, at a number of Jews at
the Egyptian-Israeli border. At the
Jordanian border with Israel, tens
of border-crossing operations were
carried out by young mujahidun,
some of them were not carrying
anything except a kitchen knife for
attacking the Jewish patrols on the
Western banks of the Jordan River!
In Beirut, mujahidun climbed to
the roof of a building and fired a
number of RPG rockets at the Russian
Embassy during one of the Russian
campaigns against Chechnya.
During the days of the Gulf War, an
old Moroccan stabbed ten French
tourists in Morocco, and the body of
an Italian was found in the Emirates.
A youth stabbed a number of
foreigners in Amman, Jordan, and
fired upon them. In Palestine, many
individual operations were carried
out by insurgent citizens against the
settlers or the occupation soldiers.
In Pakistan, mujahidun have killed a
number of Americans and Jews. In
Egypt, a citizen delivered a letter to
Hosni Mubarak, and then stabbed
him with a knife. He was killed by the
guards. In Jordan, an outstanding
group consisting of four men created
a cell to assassinate Freemasons
in Amman, and succeeded in
executing a number of them. They
were subsequently arrested after
clashing with the police, and some
of them died as martyrs. And so
on...
As for this spontaneous method,
which started to spread with the
intensification of the attacks of
the American campaigns against
Muslim countries, the adoption of
the Zionistic project in Palestine,
and the spread of news through
satellites and communication
networks, we may make the
following observations:
1 . Military success: This is
concluded from the amount of fear
and the terror that was planted in
the enemy, and its influence on his
interests. Some operations in 1 994
even summoned more than 34
presidents, headed by Bill Clinton,
to the Sharm al-Shaykh conference
for combating terrorism.
2. Security' <^' i^r^cc. which means
that these spontaneous operations
performed by individuals and cells
here and there over the whole world,
without connection between them,
have put the local and international
intelligence apparatus in a state of
confusion, as arresting the [members]
of aborted cells does not influence
the operational activities of others
who are not connected to them. I
have made use of this observation,
to a large extent, when shaping the
desired operational concept of the
cells of the Global Islamic Resistance
Call.
3. Agitation success: The issue of
individual jihad was a great agitation
success. It had great influence
on awakening the spirit of jihad
and resistance within the Islamic
Nation, and it transformed unknown
individuals such as al-Diqamsa,
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Ramzi Yusuf into becoming symbols
of a nation. The crowds cheer their
names, people's thirst for revenge is
satisfied, and a generation of youth
dedicated to the Resistance follow
their example.
4. From a political perspective:
These spontaneous operations
performed by individuals
and cells here and there over
the whole world, without
connection between them, have
put the local and international
intelligence apparatus in a state
of confusion, as arresting the
[members] of aborted cells does
not influence the operational
activities of others who are not
connected to them.
It has been observed that these
events remained as responses
and emotional reactions here and
there, but number-wise they never
became a phenomenon, in spite of
their ferocity and their long history
of existence. We will explain the
reasons for this when we formulate
the organizational and operational
theories, Allah willing.
5. Educationally: The absence
of a common program for these
resistance fighters led to a lack of
an educational dimension for this
phenomenon. This is a shortcoming,
which it is possible to avoid, as we
will see, Allah willing.
It has also been observed that
this method had a partial success,
especially with regard to its impact
on the enemy, and the fact that
the method makes it harder for
the security agencies to defeat the
Resistance.
From the investigative study of
these three schools of jihad over the
past period, we deduct some very
important principles:
1 . It is no longer possible to
operate by the methods of the
old model, through the'secret-
regional-hierarchicaT organizations,
especially after the September
1 1 *^ events and the onset of the
American campaigns, where the
great majority of the existing secret
organizations were destroyed, and
the conditions made it impossible
and futile to establish other secret
organizations after this model.
2. We need to concentrate the
research on the methods of the
open fronts, and the methods
of individual jihadi operational
activity, along with the methods of
total resistance (al-muqawamaal-
shamila) in order to develop them,
this in order to deduct a military
and organizational theory which is
suitable for the coming period. This
by using methods whose benefit
has been established. And those
two are; operational activity at the
open fronts, and secret resistance
through individual jihad and small
cells. Before we discuss these two
methods, however, it is appropriate
for us to turn our attention to an
important matter, and that is the
necessity of planting the idea of
globalizing jihad in all fields. The
enemy has forced us to do so, and
the conditions help us to move in
that direction, in accordance with
our principles which are originally
universal. This is one of the axioms of
the doctrine.
Our new method for jihadi
operations in the Global Islamic
Resistance Call is a global method
and call. Likewise, the present
military theory is also dependent
upon moving on a global horizon.
This is a basic factor in the military
movement, besides being a strategy,
political, and religious doctrine.
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The idea of belonging to the whole
Islamic Nation and its necessity for
Jihad
This occurs on the level of religious
belief, it is a personal sense of
belonging, a geographical affiliation,
etc. If we go to any Muslim now,
and ask him: 'where are you from?'
Indeed, he will mention his country;
from Egypt... from Syria... from
Tunisia... from Saudi Arabia... etc...
He will not mention his city first, and
tell you that he is from Damascus,
Beirut, Cairo or Tashkent... because
he is committed to the borders of
Sykes-Picot, drawn in his mind by
colonialism.
What we now need to establish
in the minds of the mujahidun
who are determined to fight, is
the true sense of belonging and
commitment, which is according to
the words of the Almighty: {Verily,
this brotherhood of yours is a single
brotherhood, and I am your Lord
and Cherisher; therefore serve Me
(and no other)} [al-Anbiya': 92].
Alhamdullilah, the enemy's military
attack now has put us within the
borders of the same map, it is called
'The middle area of operations'
{mantiqatal-^amaliyyatal-wusta) and
in practice, it includes most of the
states and countries of the Arab and
Islamic world. It is the same in the
political field, with the ideological,
economic and civilizational attack...
Bush has put us all on one map,
which includes the same area, and its
political name is 'the Greater Middle
East'.
Hence, the enemy has globalized
our cause by his attack on us,
warhamdullilah.This helps those
who are not supported by belief and
understanding, to move towards this
universal {umami) thinking, which
is among the fundamentals of our
religion.
One must pay attention to the fact
that this universal commitment has
an important military dimension,
which helps us to understand the
militarytheory of the Global Islamic
Resistance Call.
Strategically speaking, this theory
emerges from the universal
dimension of all parts of the larger
Islamic homeland {al-watan al-islami),
and it cannot succeed if we take
away this global universal (umami)
dimension.
If we should enter a jihad at the
Open Fronts, and decide to confront
America at the Open Front, we will
find that in order for jihad succeed
on any front, it requires certain
strategic conditions. These conditions
are only present in limited areas in
the Islamic world. When these fronts
need a troop of mujahidun from any
Islamic country, reinforcements of
different kinds of special expertise
from any country will fill important
gaps on those fronts whenever they
emerge.
In individual, secret jihad, the
operational activity also takes place
on a global and universal horizon.
The horizons for this operational
activity open up regardless of
borders and countries. The enemy
occupies Iraq and we fight there, the
same in Palestine now... It became
a duty for the mujahidun in Tunisia,
or Morocco, or Indonesia... to go
to Iraq to rush to his brothers' aid...
however, few are probably able to
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do that, and it will become harder
with time, because the apostate
regimes in the areas of confrontation
cooperate with America against
the mujahidun. But any Muslim,
who wants to participate in jihad
and the Resistance, can participate
in this battle against America in
his country, or anywhere, which is
perhaps hundreds of times more
effective than what he is able to
do if he arrived at the open area of
confrontation.
It is absolutely necessary to have
a sense of commitment to the
Islamic Nation and its world, in the
geographical, political and military
dimensions and in every field.
Whoever looks at these established
borders, curved and strangely
twisted as they are when they draw
the maps of our countries, seethe
drawings by the pens and rulers of
the infidels in the colonial powers'
ministries. It is strange, then, that
these borders have been engraved in
the minds and hearts of the majority
of the sons of this Islamic Nation. It is
astonishing that this catastrophe is
not older than a few decades only. It
happened after the downfall of the
Islamic Nation's broad political entity
in 1 924, with the fall of the last of the
symbolic Caliphs of this nation.
We must open the minds and hearts
of the Islamic Nation's youth, so
that they feel commitment to the
Islamic Nation as a whole. This is a
fundament in the religion and the
faith, as well as in the politics and the
strategic military concept.
Now, let us move on to our military
theory. D
In the next edition of Jihadi Experiences, al-Suri describes his militarytheory: "The jihad
of individual or cell terrorism, using the methods of urban or rural guerilla warfare, is
fundamental for exhausting the enemy and causing him to collapse and withdraw, Allah
willing. The Open Front Jihad is fundamental for seizing control over land in order to
liberate it, and establish Islamic law, with the help of Allah. The Individual Terrorism Jihad
and guerilla warfare conducted by small cells, paves the way for the other kind (Open Front
Jihad), aids and supports it. Without confrontation in the field and seizure of land, however,
a state will not emerge for us. And this is the strategic goal for the Resistance project."
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This is a production of COUAter-CiAture ads
Obama's
thefekP°y^"^
shaykh Ibrahim al-banna^
Jihad is the peak of Islam
and the operation that
the mujahidin performed
on the 1 1th of September
represents a virtuous act.
The mujahidin performed their
duty against American oppression.
The mujahidin by the will of Allah
will carry on jihad to establish
justice between mankind and to
remove American oppression and
tyranny. America is arrogantly
corrupting on earth and has killed
innocent women and children in
Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and
Yemen through their bombings.
America has killed more than a
million and a half Iraqi children
during their ten-year embargo on
that nation.
We would like to say to the
American people that your
president Obama is deceiving you
in his claim that his war is a war
against al Qaeda rather than a war
against Islam. This is a crusade
just as his predecessor Bush has
declared and Obama is following
his footsteps and Muslims
understand this fact. We will not
^ Shaykh Ibrahim al-Banna is a graduate of
religious studies at al-Azhar University.
of Islam
Stop targeting you on your soil
and elsewhere as long as you are
occupying our land and bombing
our homes and killing our children,
women and elderly, and as long as
you are supporting the Jews in their
occupation of Jerusalem.
Realize that the heroic mujahidin
who sacrificed their lives for the
sake of Allah on 9/1 1 have given
a great example of sacrifice and
defending their religion and people
according to what was revealed
in our holy book: {Indeed, Allah
has purchased from the believers
their lives and their properties [in
exchange] for that they will have
Paradise. They fight in the cause of
Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It
is] a true promise [binding] upon
Him in theTorah and the Gospel
and the Qur'an. And who is truer
to his covenant than Allah? So
rejoice in your transaction which
you have contracted. And it is that
which is the great attainment} [at-
Taubah:^^^]
We invite you to read our holy book
and to believe in it to be saved from
the punishment of Allah on the Day
of Judgment.
The American
people need to
think long about
this great event
that changed
history; this strike
that hurt America
militarily and
economically, and
exposed the lies
of the American
media. We will
not let you enjoy
peace as long as
we do not live it in
our lands and in
Palestine.
We give away
our souls cheap
for the sake of
Allah in order that
humanity may
enjoy peace and
justice under the
shari'ah of Allah
and to have our
souls climb up to
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Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, may Allah preserve him, said:
"Uniting of the Ummah must
be around the word of
Tawheed
And the unity of the Ummah
cannot possibly be achieved
on the basis of compromise
on the Shari'ah's right to rule
Nor on the basis of respect
for international resolutions
Nor on the basis of respect
for the international accords
which approve the ravishing
of the Muslims' lands."
The New Mardin Declaration:
An Attempt at Justifying the New World Order
It is important that we^
encourage Muslims to respect
their scholars. It is to no one's
benefit to put down the men
of knowledge who represent
the religion of Allah. But when some
of our scholars- no matter how
knowledgeable they are - divert from
the straight path, we the Muslims,
need to advise them. Everyone
beyond the Messenger of Allah ^
stands corrected. Umar (may Allah
be pleased with him) asked from
the pulpit: "If I divert away from the
straight path what would you do?"
One of the companions replied:"We
will put you straight with our swords."
There is another incident were an
old woman corrected Umar when he
was speaking. Umar said:"Umar was
wrong and the woman was right."
That is a healthy spirit that Muslims
need to develop today. We respect
our scholars, but ours is a principle
centered religion; it is not centered
on men.
In April 201 0, in the city of Mardin,
a group of scholars gathered^ in
order to re-interpret the fatwa of Ibn
Taymiyyah which was in response to
a question sent to him pertaining to
1 This article was written as a refutation
of the new Mardin declaration by Shaykh
Anwar al-Awlaki and completed in April.
However due to technical difficulties its
publication was delayed.
2 This gathering included the scholars
Hamza Yusuf from the U.S., Abdullah bin
Bayyah from Mauritania, Abdul Wahhab
at-Tariri from Riyadh, Habib Ali al-Jifri
from Yemen and many others.
Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaki
the situation of the city of Mardin,
where Muslims and non-Muslims
lived and, at the time, it was being
ruled by non-Muslims.
The scholars meeting in Mardin
issued what they dubbed as "The New
Mardin Declaration" \n which they
declared the fatwa of Ibn Taymiyyah
unsuitable for our times and should
not be used by "extremists to justify
violence".
Following are excerpts from
the declaration along with my
comments:
It is such a changed context that Ibn
Taymiyya took into consideration
when passing his fatwa, and that now
makes it imperative that contemporary
jurists review the classical classification,
because of the changed contemporary
situation: Muslims are now bound by
international treaties through which
security and peace have been achieved
for the entire humanity, and in which
they enjoy safety and security, with
respect to their property, integrity and
homelands.
Has peace really been achieved for
the entire humanity? Are Muslims
enjoying security and peace? Or they
don't really matter as long as Western
societies are the ones enjoying it? Are
these scholars following the news?
If they think that they are enjoying
peace and security, the majority of
the ummah think otherwise.
I read the above mentioned
statement and it made me ill at ease. I
read it and reread it and just couldn't
come into terms with it. Coming from
a Western politician such a statement
might be expected, but from a group
of "eminent" Muslim scholars? I must
say that with all the respect I try to
have towards our learned ones, the
above statement is an ignominy
that would be bad enough if it was
blurted out in an impromptu speech
let alone a well deliberated and
thought-out, written declaration. It
is an insolent statement that shows
no respect to the sufferings of our
ummah. It is a slap on the face of the
Palestinian widow and the Afghan
orphan. It is disrespectful towards the
millions of Muslims around the globe
who are suffering because of the
international community which these
scholars are crediting for bringing so
much "security and peace".
By such a statement they are not
representing the ummah nor are
they reflecting its sentiments. They
are speaking for none other than
themselves.
Secondly, they claim that Muslims are
"bound by international treaties."
Why are the Muslims bound to them?
Who bound them?
The international community they
respect so much was born at the
funeral of the last Islamic Khilafah.
The Western powers came into
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domination after they exterminated
the Ottoman Khilafah and divided
it amongst themselves into zones
of influence. They destroyed the
Khilafah, established control over the
international community and then
came up with these treaties; and we
were not there at the table, we had
no representation whatsoever, we
were completely and utterly ignored
in the decision making process on
the world stage. We were not even
present at the signing ceremonies.
So why are we bound to those
treaties? What kind of ftqh or logic
would make such treaties binding
on us? We had no part and no say in
any of these treaties. We only have
a presence in the crammed hall of
the general assembly of the United
Nations, but not at the Security
Council which is still off limits to the
50 plus Muslim states.^
Probably they should read up a bit
and refresh their memories with,
not wars of the past centuries, but
the wars fought recently by these
particular democratic nations they
are trying to protect.
They should remember WWII, the
most devastating war man has ever
fought; the war in which the greatest
number of soldiers and civilians
ever died. It was also the first war in
modern history were the number of
civilians killed was greater than the
number of soldiers. About 30 million
soldiers and about 50 million civilians
lost their lives in this brutal war.
Then came Korea, Vietnam, and now
Iraq and Afghanistan. For the last
fifty years the Palestinian dilemma
has been a shameful chapter in the
book of humanity. Have we already
forgotten the war of the Balkans
where Europe watched in silence the
genocide of European Muslims?
3 It needs to be noted that I am only
describing the current state of affairs. By
no means should it be understood to be
an approval of Muslims states being part
of the United Nations.
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So what exactly do they mean by
''security and peace have been
achieved for the entire humanity?"
Following are the conclusions the
scholars have reached:
Ibn Taymiyya's fatwa concerning
Mardin can under no circumstances be
appropriated and used as evidence for
leveling the charge of kufr (unbelief)
against fellow Muslims, rebelling
against rulers, deeming game their
lives and property, terrorizing those
who enjoy safety and security, acting
treacherously towards those who live (in
harmony) with fellow Muslims or with
whom fellow Muslims live (in harmony)
via the bond of citizenship and peace.
On the contrary, the fatwa deems all
of that unlawful, notwithstanding its
original purpose of supporting a Muslim
state against a non-Muslim state. Ibn
Taymiyya agrees with all of this, and
follows the precedent of previous
Muslim scholars in this regard, and does
not deviate from their position. Anyone
who seeks support from this fatwa for
killing Muslims or non-Muslims has
erred in his interpretation and has
misapplied the revealed texts.
Overall the language used in this
declaration is not that of Islamic
jurisprudence but is more a language
of a combination of lawyers and
peace activists. One may understand
that out of their desire of brevity
they did not include the textual
evidence for their sweeping blanket
statements and conclusions but that
wouldn't be much of a problem if
these conclusions were in line with
Islamic law, but they are not.
The statement declares that we
cannot level the charge of kufr
against fellow Muslims, we are not
allowed to rebel against rulers, and
we are not allowed to terrorize those
who enjoy safety and security.
We are not allowed to level the
charge of /ci/fr against fellow Muslims,
which is true. But when a Muslim
does commit kufrbawah (open
unbelief), the charge of kufr does
need to be leveled against him.
Muslims should level the charge of
kufr against those whom Allah and
His Messenger ^ considered as
disbelievers, not more, not less.
Concerning the rulers: if they are
Muslim, but oppressive, ahlas-
Sunnah have two opinions: the first
is they are allowed to rebel against
them and this was what happened
during the early generations: The
revolt of al-Hussain against Yazid,
Abdullah bin al-Zubair against
Marwan, Abdul Rahman bin al-
Ash'ath against Abdul Malik,
Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyyah and
Zaid bin AN against the Abbasids.
The second opinion: We are not
allowed to rebel against the Muslim
ruler even if he is oppressive and this
is the majority view. Our classical
scholars reached this conclusion
after studying our early history. Their
view is that the rebellions against the
oppressive rulers brought more evil
than the oppression of the rulers.
However, and this is the crux of the
matter: If a ruler has committed
disbelief then it is obligatory to
revolt against him. This is a matter
of consensus among the classical
scholars of a/?/ as-Si/nna/7.
The declaration goes on to claim
that we may not terrorize those
who enjoy safety and security. To
throw out such a blanket statement
that we are not allowed to terrorize
those who enjoy safety and security
in light of the present state of the
world is another reckless statement.
According to these scholars, we the
Muslims are not allowed to terrorize
the Israelis, or the Americans, or the
British who are living in safety and
security while millions of Muslims
are being terrorized by them. We are
told to never mind the insecurity of
the Palestinian or the Chechen or
the Kashmiri. Never mind them. We
are simply not allowed to terrorize.
period.
No. We do not agree with that. We ^o
not agree with that because Allah ife
says: {And prepare for them what
you can of strength and steeds of
war that you may terrorize with it
the enemy of Allah and your enemy}
[al-Anfal: 60]
We say that whoever terrorizes us,
we will terrorize them and we will do
what we can to strip them of their
safety and security as long as they do
us the same. They continue:
The classification of abodes in Islamic
jurisprudence was a classification based
on ijtihad (juristic reasoning) that was
necessitated by the circumstances of
the Muslim world then and the nature
of the international relations prevalent
at that time. However, circumstances
have changed now: The existence of
recognized international treaties, which
consider as crimes wars that do not
involve repelling aggression or resisting
occupation; the emergence of civil
states which guarantee, on the whole,
religious, ethnic and national rights,
have necessitated declaring, instead,
the entire world as a place of tolerance
and peaceful co-existence between
all religions, groups and factions in
the context of establishing common
good and justice amongst people,
and wherein they enjoy safety and
security with respect to their wealth,
habitations and integrity. This is what
the Shari'ah has been affirming and
acknowledging, and to which it has
been inviting humanity, ever since
the Prophet (peace and blessings
be upon him) migrated to Madina
and concluded the first treaty/peace
agreement that guaranteed mutual
and harmonious co-existence between
the factions and various ethnic/race
groups in a framework of justice and
common/shared interest. Shortcomings
and breaches perpetrated by certain
states that happen to scar and mar this
process cannot and should not be used
as a means for denying its validity and
creating conflict between it and the
Islamic Shari'ah.
The classification of abodes in
Islamic jurisprudence is exactly that:
a classification. It is not some sort
of innovative new law. It is simply
a classification based on the many
textual references on the subject.
When IbnTaymiyyah introduced
his modified classification, that
was based on the new situation of
Muslims living under non-Islamic
rule; it was based on this new
circumstance but there was no
changing of the rulings and it was
in line with Islamic teachings. It was
simply, a change in the classification.
What we are presented with here
in this declaration is not merely a
reclassification of abodes, but a
thorough revision of i/si// (Islamic
principle tenets or foundations)
based on a new world order agenda.
'The existence of recognized
international treaties. . ."They are
recognized by the ones who set them
and not by us.
". . .which consider as crimes wars that
do not involve repelling aggression
or resisting occupation." Not at all.
The international community does
not consider the U.S. invasion of Iraq
and Afghanistan to be a crime. It does
not consider the Israeli occupation
of the land of pre-1967 to be a crime.
Nor does it consider China, India, or
Russia as criminals in their respective
occupation of Muslim lands. It does
not consider Spain to be criminal
in its occupation of Ceuta and
Melilla (let alone considering it to
be criminal for occupying the entire
Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims).
So what do they exactly mean by
these international treaties?
This declaration is out of touch with
the realities on the ground.
When they say: ". . .the emergence of
civil states which guarantee, on the
whole, religious, ethnic and national
rights/The civil states referred to
here have banned the niqab and
fiercely defended the right to defame
Muhammad ^.They allow a very
restricted form of personal worship
that does not truly accommodate
for the comprehensiveness of
Islamic practice. The civil state has
more authority over the wife and
children than the Muslim head of the
household. The law of Allah is not
recognized by this civil state and the
Muslim is forced to accept rulings of
courts of law that are contrary to the
law of Allah. So, on the whole, the
modern civil state of the West does
not guarantee Islamic rights.
Also, when they say: ". . . necessitated
declaring, instead, the entire world as
a place of tolerance and peaceful co-
existence between all religions,"
Islam can never recognize and
live in peaceful co-existence with
worshiping a cow or an idol. Islam
does not recognize shirk. Allah
has honored us with guidance.
With this honor comes the added
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responsibility of sharing the light of
Allah with the world.
I challenge these scholars to point
out to me one - just one - Prophet
of Allah who lived in peaceful
coexistence with the disbelievers?
From Adam (peace be upon him) all
the way to Muhammad ^, not one
of them, not a single one, lived with
the disbelievers without challenging
them, opposing them and exposing
their falsehood and resisting their
ways. Not one of them lived without
a conflict with the disbelievers that
ended up with a total and final
separation between the two camps:
a camp of belief and a camp of kufr.
The disbelievers were then destroyed
either through a calamity or by the
hands of the believers.
This is what the Qur'an teaches us
about the Prophets. A cursory study
of the Qur'an would solve such
confusion over what our relationship
with the kuffar should be like.
Amongst the priorities of Muslim
scholars and Islamic academic
institutions, there should be the
analysis and assessment of ideas that
breed extremism, takfir (labeling fellow
Muslims as unbelievers) and violence in
the name of Islam. Security measures,
no matter how fair and just they may
happen to be, cannot take the place
of an eloquent (scholarly) elucidation
supported by proof and evidence.
Therefore, it is the responsibility of the
ummah's religious scholars to condemn
all forms of violent attempts-to-change
or violent protest, within, or outside,
Muslim societies. Such condemnation
must be clear, explicit, and be a true
manifestation of real courage-in-
speaking-the-truth, so as to eliminate
any confusion or ambiguity.
The Messenger of Allah ^ warned
against the khawarij who represented
a manifestation of extremist belief
and actions. There are two traits of
the khawarij that stand out: Firstly,
they use to accuse Muslims of kufr
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based on acts that are considered
to be major sins and not acts of
disbelief. They considered the
one who commits such sins to be
destined to an eternal punishment
in Hellfire. So adultery, fornication,
drinking alcohol, and theft are all
sins that commit a person to eternal
punishment. They have also accused
the companions of the Messenger of
Allah ^ such as AN and Mu'awiyah
of being disbelievers.
The second trait: They kill Muslims
and spare the lives of disbelievers.
The khawarij have caused so much
civil strife during the reign of the
Umayyads and the Abbasids and
yet, they had no record of jihad
against the disbelievers. Therefore,
the khawarij are a phenomenon
that manifests itself during Islamic
rule and fades away, although not
completely, during times like ours.
Yes, there still remains strains of
takffr today that are similar to those
of the khawarij of yesterday but the
problem of extremism is a problem
that is most pronounced during
times of the strength of the ummah
rather than moments of weakness.
In times like ours, it is the problem
of the other extreme, irja\ that we
need to actively tackle. The Murji^ah
went to the other extreme end of
the scale and considered that no act
that a Muslim might commit would
take him out of the folds of Islam. For
example, according to the Murji^ah,
if a Muslim legislates laws and
implements them in place of the laws
of Allah, he is still a Muslim.
What we need is the middle path; the
path of the Messenger of Allah ^
and his companions; the path that
follows the Qur'an and Sunnah.That
is the straight path that we invoke
Allah in every raka^ah of ^alah to
grant us.
But sadly this is not what this
declaration is about. This declaration
does not represent the middle path.
It represents a benign version of
Islam that is friendly towards the
power holders of the day and stands
against the changing of the status
quo. The declaration calls for a
blanket condemnation of ''all forms
of violent attempts-to-change or
violent protest, within, or outside,
Muslim societies."
This might bethe way of Gandhi or
Martin Luther King, but it is not the
way of Muhammad ^ who said: 7
was sent with the sword before the Day
of Judgment!'
Islam does recognize changing
through force and that is what
fighting fisabJiillah is. Today we
cannot expect Palestine, Iraq or
Afghanistan to be freed again
except by force. Israeli and American
aggression cannot be met with
pigeons and olive branches but must
be met with bullets and bombs. It
is through the heroic acts of the
Palestinian martyrs that Israel had
forsaken its dream of a greater Israel
and retracted upon itself behind
walls and barriers. It is because of
these operations that Ariel Sharon
unilaterally pulled out all Jewish
settlements in Gaza. The strategy of
the Palestinian resistance succeeded
in exhausting the enemy and forcing
it into giving concessions. It was not
until internal differences within the
Palestinian rank that the tide turned
again in favor of the Israelis.
The rule of "what is taken by force
cannot be returned except through
force" is not only valid from a
historical point of view but it is also
the statement of Qur'an: {So fight,
[O Muhammad], in the cause of
Allah; you are not held responsible
except for yourself. And encourage
the believers [to join you] that
perhaps Allah will restrain the
[military] might of those who
disbelieve. And Allah is greater in
might and stronger in [exemplary]
punishment} [an-Nisa'i 84]
What we see from the disbelievers
today is not overtures of peace but
demonstrations of might. The dya/7
makes it clear that through fighting
and inciting the believers to fight
- and not through concessions,
appeasement, turning the other
cheek or even da^wah - is the might
of the disbelievers restrained.
At a time when American
expenditure on its army is anything
but decreasing, these scholars are
asking us to give up any form of
resistance and live as law -Western
law that is - abiding citizens. They
are asking us to live as sheep,
as pleasantly as a flock of tame,
peaceful, and obedient sheep. One
billion and a quarter Muslims with
no say on the world stage, stripped
from their right to live as Muslims
under the law of Islam, directly and
indirectly occupied by the West, are
asked to live as sheep. Is that the role
of scholars?
America is increasing its military
budget not to fight Martians but
to fight Muslims. On the other
hand, Iran is building the most
powerful military in the region.
The foundations of the empire of
the Shi'a are being laid in front of
our own eyes. With some foresight,
one can see where this is heading.
The area termed the 'Middle East' is
edging towards a war on a colossal
sea le. The a/?/ as-Si/nna/7 up until
this moment are the weakest of the
three conflicting parties. The Gulf
monarchs and the military juntas
have completely sold us out. Our
heads of state have betrayed us at a
critical moment in our history. The
last thing we need is for our scholars
to follow suit. The ahlas-Sunnah do
not need more demoralization. They
do not need scholars to tell them to
pull the shades over their eyes and
live in peace in a "civilized" world
under the protection of "international
treaties" when we, who are living in
the Muslim world, foresee that we are
standing on the very battlegrounds
of the coming world war.
Dear respected scholars: please spare
us your letting down. The Messenger
of Allah ^^ said: ''Whoever believes
in Allah and the Last Day should either
say good or remain silent"
In trialing times like these, we need
to remind ourselves with this advice.
The declaration goes on to state:
"Such condemnation must be clear,
explicit, and be a true manifestation
of real courage-in-speaking-the-
truth." Courage? Absolutely not. There
is no courage in condemning Jihad.
There is nothing in it but cowardice.
Muslim scholars, throughout the ages,
have always stressed and emphasized
that the jihad that is considered the
pinnacle of the religion of Islam, is not
of one type, butof many, and actually
fighting in the Path of God is only one
type. The validation, authorization,
and execution of this particular type
of jihad is granted by the Shari'ah to
only those who lead the community
(actual heads of states). This is because
such a decision of war is a political
decision with major repercussion and
consequences. Hence, it is not for a
Muslim individual or Muslim group to
announce and declare war, or engage
in combativejihad, whimsically and
on their own. This restriction is vital for
preventing much evil from occurring,
and for truly upholding Islamic religious
texts relevant to this matter.
The validation, authorization, and
execution of this particular type of jihad
is granted by the Shari'ah to only those
who lead the community (actual heads
of states).
This statement needs elaboration.
There is no explicit evidence that
the permission of the Imam is
needed for jihad. But the scholars
deducted such a requirement from
other evidence and because jihad
is an act of worship with critical
and encompassing consequences.
However, the scholars also
mentioned a few exceptions to this
rule.The one exception relevant to
our discussion here is in the situation
where there is no Imam or in the
case where it is known that the Imam
does not promote jihad. In such a
case, the scholars stated that both
the offensive and defensive forms
of jihad should not be stopped but
should be carried out by the ummah.
Ibn Qudamah stated that in the
absence of the Imam, jihad should
not be stopped and the spoils of war
should be divided among the fighters
according to the rules of shari'ah.
Ibn Rushd states that: "obeying the
Imam is mandatory unless the Imam
orders the Muslims to commit a sin,
then he should not be obeyed, and
preventing Muslims from fighting
obligatory jihad is a sin."
The basis of the legitimacy of jihad is
that it is either to repel/resist aggression
("Fight in the cause of Allah those who
fight you, but do not transgress limits;
for Allah loveth not transgressors" —
5urah al-Baqarah, 1 90), or to aid those
who are weak and oppressed ("And why
should ye not fight in the cause of Allah
and of those who, being weak, are ill-
treated (and oppressed)?" — Surah al-
Nisa', 75), or in defense of the freedom
of worshiping ("To those against whom
war is made, permission is given (to
fight), because they are wronged; —
and verily, Allah is most powerful for
their aid"— Surah al-Hajj, 39). It is not
legitimate to declare war because of
differences in religion, or in search of
spoils of war.
The justifications of jihad listed
above are valid but not inclusive.
The Messenger of Allah ^, said:"/
was instructed to fight mankind until
they testify that there is no one worthy
of worship except than Allah, and
that Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah, they establish ^alah and they
payZakah. Whoever does so have
protected from me his blood and his
wealth" [Bukhari and Muslim].
This hadJth declares that the Muslims
have a mission to bring Islam to the
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world and the application of this
hadJth by the Sahabah is the best
explanation of it.
The first Caliph Abu Bakr (may Allah
be pleased with him) fought against
the apostates and against the two
superpowers of his time, the Roman
and Persian Empires.The war against
the apostates was to reestablish the
acceptance and submission of the
tribes of Arabia to the law of Allah.
Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with
him) said if they refuse to give even
a bridle they used to give to the
Messenger of Allah ^, he will fight
them over it.
The wars with the Persian and Roman
Empires were unprovoked and were
for the prime purpose of spreading
the truth to humanity. The Muslim
messenger to the Persian leader
said: ''Allah has sent us to deliver the
servants of Allah out of servitude
of one another into the service of
Allah, and out of the narrowness
of this world into the vastness of
both this world and the afterlife and
out of the oppression of religions
into the justice of Islam.'There is no
conciliatory tone in this statement
and no inclination on part of its
deliverer to live in "harmony" with
followers of different religions. It
was clear to the virtuous Muslims
then, who had proper understanding
of what their duties towards Allah
were and who had pride in Islam,
that all religions were false, and that
all systems of government were
oppressive, and that only Islam can
offer mankind salvation in both
this world and in the Hereafter.
They understood that by approving
others in their ways they are not
doing them a favor, and they are not
acting tolerantly towards them but
they are doing them a disservice by
not showing them the way of truth
that would save them from eternal
torment. Exceptions were made for
the Jews and the Christians, where
they were allowed to retain their
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religious practices as long as they
paid the jizyah in a state of humility.
They were made to know that their
religious practices were false, that
Islam does not approve of either
Judaism or Christianity, and that
they are considered to be misguided
and are destined to Hellfire.The
early Muslims let the Jews and the
Christians know this in the clearest
and most unambiguous manner.
They did this out of concern and care
for them.
Regarding their statement: "It is not
legitimate to declare war because of
differences in religion, or in search
of spoils of war."This statement is
false. The pagans of Arabia were
fought because they were pagans,
the Persians were fought because
they were Zoroastrians and the
Romans were fought because they
were Christian. The great Muslim
Sultan Mahmud Sabaktakeen fought
against the Hindus because they
were Hindus and he personally led
his army in a risky campaign deep
into the land of India with the sole
objective of destroying the most
revered idol in all of India. He was
fighting because of this "difference
of religion"our esteemed scholars of
Mardin are discounting.
Allah H says: {And fight them until
there is no fitnah and [until] the
religion, all of it, is for Allah} [al-
Anfal: 39]
The Messenger of Allah 0, said: '7
was instructed to fight mankind until
they testify that there is no one worthy
of worship except Allah"
Fighting fisabJiillah can also be for
the objective of spoils of war. Most
of the dispatches that the Messenger
of Allah ^ sent from Madinah
were in search of spoils of war. Badr
itself was an expedition headed by
Muhammad ^ himself in pursuit of
a caravan of goods belonging to the
Quraish.
In fact, the classical scholar Ibn Rajab
al-Hanbali states that the purest
and best form of sustenance for the
believer is that of ghanJmah (spoils
of war) because it was the source of
living Allah has chosen for His most
beloved of creation, Muhammad ^.
The Messenger of Allah ^^ said: "My
sustenance was made to be under my
spear"
It is known from the sJrah that the
Messenger of Allah ^ lived off the
fifth of the fifth of the spoils of war
which was prescribed to him in the
Qur'an.Throughout our early history,
the greatest source of income for the
Muslim treasury was through the
revenue generated from fighting fi
sabJiillah. Spoils of war, jizyah (a tax
taken from the Jews and Christians),
and kharaj (a land toll taken from
conquered land) represented the
most important sources of income
for the Islamic treasury.
The issue of Fatwas in Islam is a
serious one. It is for this reason that
scholars have drawn up stringent
conditions/requirements for the Mufti
(the authority issuing fatwas). Of
these conditions is that he must be
fully qualified in scholarly learning/
knowledge. Of the conditions specific
to the fatwa itself is having established
the proper object of application (manat)
according to place, time, and person,
circumstance, and consequence/future
outcome.
The notion of loyalty and enmity (al-
wala'wa al-bara') must never be used
to declare anyone out of the fold of
Islam, unless an actual article of unbelief
is held. In all other cases, it actually
involves several types of judgment
ranging according to the juridical five-
fold scale: permissible, recommended,
not recommended, non-permissible,
and required. Therefore, it is not
permissible to narrow the application
of this notion and use it for declaring
Muslim outside the fold of Islam.
Yes, fatwa is a serious matter and
should only be issued by those
qualified. Hence, the Muslim masses
today need to beware of any fatwa
that calls for the re-interpretation
of well grounded, accepted, and
valid fatwa's given by the classical
scholars of the past whom the
ummah accepted and recognized as
righteous men of knowledge. We are
living in a time when the West has
publicly stated that it will use Muslim
against Muslim in the battlefield and
will use scholar against scholar in the
battle for the hearts and minds of the
Muslim ummah. As one CIA official
stated: ''If you found out that Mullah
Omar is on one street corner doing
this, you set up Mullah Bradley on the
other street corner to counter it".
Abdullah bin Mas'ood (may Allah be
pleased with him) said: "Follow those
who have passed away because the
living is not secure from fttnah (trials
that may cause a person to lose their
religion)."
The early generations have
formulated a framework for all the
issues covered in this declaration:
jihad, extremism, rules of leveling
charges of kufr against a Muslim,
and al-wala'wa a l-bara'. Therefore,
there is no need to re-interpret these
core tenants based on what is clearly
nothing more than an approval of
a worldview as defined by those in
power, i.e. the West.
In closing, one has to wonder
as to why there was a great
emphasis placed on the fatwa of
Ibn Taymiyyah on Mardin by the
issuers of this declaration. The fatwa
of Ibn Taymiyyah was in-line with
the opinions of the scholars before
him and after him. So to believe
that somehow the mujahidin are
so dependent on this fatwa and are
basing their jihad on it is not the case.
Many, if not most, of the mujahidin
have never even heard of it.
The media has also showed interest
in the "New Mardin Declaration." Here
are some of the headlines:
- Muslim scholars denounce Osama's
jihad^
- Fatwa rules out violence, scholars
say^
-Osama bin Laden misinterpreted
jihad fatwa^
- Muslim scholars recast jihadist's
favorite fatwa^
So why did the media in the West
give this "New Mardin Declaration"
more weight than it deserves? Is it
some kind of breakthrough fatwa
that would shake the foundations
of the jihad of today? Not at all.
This declaration is pretty much
meaningless. Even the Mufti of
Turkey, albeit for different reasons
than what I mentioned, stated that
it is "incredibly meaningless."This
comes from a Turkish newspaper
covering the event:
But top Turkish religious leaders were
notably absent from the gathering.
Members of local Mardin press outlets
speaking with Sunday's Zaman on the
sidelines of the conference noted that
many locals viewed the conference
with suspicion before it even began.
"People are worried that the conference
sponsors are connected to the British
government and that the whole
thing is part of some sort of effort to
use Muslims' own religious texts and
resources to tie their hands when it
comes to issues of jihad as defense.
They're worried that the conclusion of
the conference will be that jihad is no
longer valid in our day and age ~ and
that this will rule out resistance even
under situations of oppression such as
that in Palestine today/'one journalist
said, speculating that the absence of
some scholars could be due to their
unwillingness to be associated with an
event that might prove to be locally
unpopular.
However, the marketing schemes
used for this "Declaration" were
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6 (ZeeNews.com 01 April 2010)
7 (Reuters News Agency 31 March 2010)
pretty fascinating. They gathered
from different countries and went
all the way to Mardin, they held
an entire conference to study the
Mardin fatwa, and then the itinerary
for the conference stated that the
scholars were going to have a special
session for the announcement of
the"New Mardin Declaration" with
all the scholars signing it as if it is
some kind of great manuscript and
then they are to pose together for a
"group photograph" for this historical
moment!
The reality of the matter is that the
"New Mardin Declaration" is probably
more relevant at scoring points for
its signatories with the West, as is
apparent by the Western media
hailing it, than causing any change
on the course of the modern jihad
movement.
Closing Comments:
Our scholars should focus more
on justice than on peace. A people
who have their land occupied,
their resources plundered by major
Western corporations, their kings
and presidents are stooges who have
authority to oppress and steal but
no authority to act independently of
their Western masters, their children
and women are fair play for American
firepower; such a people do not need
to hear needless sermons on Islam
being the religion of peace. They
need to hear how Islam will bring
them justice and retribution. They
want to hear how Islam can help
them bring an end to occupation,
how Islam can allow them to live in
dignity under their own system of
government, and ruled by their own
people. They need to be empowered
and encouraged. This is the message
the Muslims are waiting to hear from
our esteemed scholars.
The "New Mardin Declaration" is not
worth the ink and the paper it is
written on. It is a disgrace for those
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who agreed to take part in it, and has nothing to do with the
ummah whom Allah described as being: {...the best nation
brought forth to humanity}.
Determining the path for the future of the i/mma/? was not left
to our whims but was already set forth for us by the Messenger
of Allah ^. He said: "A group of my ummah will continue fighting
until the Day of Judgment''. He also said: '7 was instructed to fight
mankind until they testify that there is no one worthy of worship
other than Allah".\Ne stand firmly by these statements of our
beloved Prophet ^ and we will, by the will of Allah, fight to
uphold them and call others towards them. We stand firmly
by the giant classical Imams of the i/mma/? and we will not be
deterred by the dwarfs of today, and we refuse all attempts of
rewriting the Islamic shari'ah to kowtow to a New World Order
that doesn't belong to us and must be challenged and changed.
Just as the khilafah and the shari'ah rule were dismantled, we
now see such dangerous attempts at dismantling the body of
fiqh of our early scholars. This call to discard the fatwa of Ibn
Taymiyyah should not be seen as merely a disagreement with
ibn Taymiyyah on a particular point of legislation but as part of
an orchestrated effort, under the sponsorship of the West, to
discard the body of work done by centuries of scholarly work
by the Imams of the i/mma/?. But to put it that way is to put it
mildly. It is in its essence a covert attempt at abrogating all the
verses of Qur'an and hadith that call for the establishment of
Islamic rule, fighting aggression, and fighting for the spread of
the call of Islam. According to these scholars, these rules simply
have no place in the modern world. According to them there is
a New World Order that necessitates a New World fiqh. A fiqh of
submission, a fiqh of rendering what is unto Caesar to Caesar,
a fiqh that would allow the cowards to live in peace. It doesn't
matter what quality of life they live as long as they are living.
Changing the status quo is not an easy task. Rocking the boat
affects everyone. The Prophets experienced the consequences
of challenging the status quo that was instituted and defended
by the powerful. They suffered, and their followers suffered.
But that did not deter them from carrying on their mission.
Today the status quo is fiercely defended by the powerful and
not everyone has the courage to go against it. If you defy it you
suffer. You pay a price. Those who oppose the status quo see
a powerful current and they are reluctant to cross it because,
in the eyes of many, to go against the tide in today's world is
insanity. Sadly, today many of our scholars have opted for the
option of safeguarding themselves rather than safeguarding
the religion. The problem is when this personal weakness is
masked underthecloakof religion, and religion is used to justify
a position that cannot be justified neither by our fiqh nor our
history.
Jihad will continue in its various forms and fighting will continue
until the Day of Judgment and will not be harmed or deterred
by those who betray it. -
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INTERVIEW WITH
SHAYKH ABU SUFYAN
THE VICE AMIR OF AL QAEDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Al-Malahem (AM): In the beginning
we welcome Shaykh Abu Sufyan al-
Azdi. We begin by asking about your
experience at Guantanamo where
you were imprisoned for almost six
years. Please tell us about the reasons
of your imprisonment and how were
you treated.
Abu Sufyan (AS): All praise is due
to Allah who blessed us with the
blessing of jihad in His path. The
reason behind my imprisonment is
supporting Islam and the Muslims
in Afghanistan. In the battle of
Qandahar Airport, I was injured and
taken into Pakistan where I was later
arrested by the Pakistani army who
then took me to Quetta Military
Hospital. The Americans came to
interrogate me but I refused to
speak to them. Then I was visited by
interrogators from the government
of al-Saud who promised to take
me back to the land of the Two
Holy Mosques in a specially charted
medical jet but I refused to speak
to them too. So the Pakistani
government handed me over to the
American army in Quetta Airport.
The Americans transported me from
Quetta Airport to Qandahar and then
to Cuba.
The treatment of the Americans
was the treatment of an enemy to
an enemy and this is natural but
what I did not expect is to find the
Americans to be a people without
any principles, whether we are
talking about moral principles or
general human values. But also that is
not unexpected from a nation that is
leading the world into a moral decay
that makes humans equal to animals.
In fact animals have more values than
some Americans. It is part of their so-
called civilization to turn women into
a roaming toilet which could be used
casually by men. One of the things
that bothered us in prison was their
attempts to seduce us through their
women but all praise is due to Allah,
we were protected from this human
trash.
Regarding torture I think that many
of my brothers have already spoken
extensively about that so there is no
need to repeat it here.
After spending this time in
prison and being exposed to this
inhumane treatment, did your view
of Americans change?
AS: Yes it changed. Before
imprisonment I used to think
that there was some bottom-line
humanity left in the Americans as is
found in human beings in general
regardless of the differences in beliefs
and the fact that we are enemies. But
after I got to deal with them directly, I
came to the conclusion that mankind
needs to protect its humanity by
fighting Americans who are the
enemies of the human race.
ynivi After six years of imprisonment
you were released without a court
proceeding and you were handed
over to the Saudi government who
held you in prison for seven months.
Why did you head towards Yemen
even though the Saudi government
said that it has subjected the
Guantanamo inmates to a
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rehabilitation program?
AS: I headed towards Yemen because
the mujahidin in Yemen have raised
their banner. The Muslims are still
being killed, manmade laws are still
ruling over our land, the disbelievers
are still on the soil of the Arabian
Peninsula, and our honor is being
violated. All of these are reasons why
I cannot put down my arms.
The rehabilitation program you
referred to was basically a set of
new religious beliefs imposed by
the American tyrants on the Muslim
societies and is being enforced by the
traitor governments of the Muslim
world. Whoever goes against these
beliefs is imprisoned or murdered
and unfortunately there are some
who wear the cloak of scholarship
but have sold their religion for a
cheap price and they are marketing
these false beliefs on behalf of the
Americans.
AM: What is your position regarding
the government of al-Saud? And
what do you advise the Muslims
of the Land of the Two Sacred
Mosques to do regarding the al-
Saud government? And what is your
advice to the Muslims in general?
AS: My position towards the al-Saud
government is the Islamic position:
They have entered into apostasy
from more than one door and Islam
orders me and orders every Muslim
to revolt against them and fight
them. Fighting Jihad against the al-
Saud government is a religious duty
and I invite the Muslims of the Land
of the Two Sacred Mosques to revolt
against them by word and deed and
I ask them to support the mujahidin
according to their abilities. My advice
to the Muslims in general is to give
support to their brothers in the
Land of the Two Sacred Mosques in
their fight against this government
because if it falls by the will of Allah
and the rule of Allah returns to it,
then the rest of the Muslim lands will
be opened.
AM: When you came to Yemen, a
unified organization of al Qaeda was
announced for the Arabian Peninsula.
What were the objectives of this
announcement?
AS: Yes, by the blessings of Allah we
were able to correspond with our
brothers in Yemen and following that
we joined them. After discussing the
issue, we decided to announce a joint
organization for Yemen and the Land
of the Two Sacred Mosques. This step
has struck fear into the hearts of the
apostates and the Americans and we
praise Allah for that. The base of the
organization and its leadership need
to be in a protected place that is not
weak from a security standpoint and
this is why we chose Yemen. Also
we do not accept these man-made
borders between our countries and
we consider the Arabian Peninsula
to be one country. Our leader Abu
Baseer, may Allah protect him, is
approved by the general leadership
of al Qaeda in the land of Khurasan
and he is the appropriate person
for this responsibility. Working
together is an objective for us, and
our goal is the establishment of an
Islamic state that follows the way
ofthe Messenger of Allah ^ and
the righteous Caliphs that followed
him. Our objective is not to remove
these petty states only to replace
them with other petty states, but
we intend to unify the Muslim lands
under shari'ah and this step of ours
has been blessed by our brothers
and leaders in Khurasan whom we
gave our pledge to, may Allah protect
them all.
What is your assessment ofthe
work in Yemen so far?
AS: The work in Yemen has passed
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through stages. The most important
stage is this last stage in which our
Amir Abu Baseer - may Allah protect
him - has assumed responsibility
of the organization. There was a
strategic change that was needed in
the area and it was the blessing of
Allah that has made the organization
into what it is today. For the
supporters of the organization it
inspires hope and for its enemies it
strikes fear. There are obstacles but
they will be removed by the will of
Allah such as the obstacle of those
who have laid down their weapons
and are attacking the mujahidin
invasion of both Afghanistan and
Iraq. In al-Sham, Israel wants to
destroy the Mosque and build in its
place the Temple of Solomon and
they have their plans of establishing
a greater Israel. But the ummah is
working on lifting the siege on Gaza
and the mujahidin would continue
their work against Israel.
AM: In your speeches and writings
you frequently speak about the
danger of the Shi'a. Some may
wonder why this emphasis on the
Shi'a when our principle battle is with
America?
these arrests signal?
AS: This shows that the governments
have entered into a hysterical state
that has made them forget the basic
morals of war. It also shows that
these governments are on the brink
of falling. The mujahidin need to
strike at the critical points of these
governments and they would fall by
the will of Allah.
AM: What is your advice to the
Muslims in the West?
AS: My advice to the Muslims in the
They should strive to follow the command of the Messenger of Allah
^ who warned Muslims from living amongst non-Muslims. They
should either immigrate or fight Jihad in the West by individual
Jihad or by communicating with their brothers in the lands of Jihad.
with their tongues out of envy and
ignorance and have thus made
themselves servants of the Zionist-
Crusader project whether they are
aware of that or not. But we have
comfort in the glad tidings of our
Prophet who said that the victorious
group would not be harmed by those
who betray them or those who go
against them.
AM* You have participated in the
jihad against the Crusaders' war
on Afghanistan and then you were
imprisoned. Since you had a chance
to deal with the Americans close
hand, what are your expectations
for the future of the area in this war
between America and the Muslims?
AS: I expect, and Allah knows best,
that America will withdraw from
populated areas and would stay on
their bases and keep their presence
in the seas surrounding the area.
They would try to enflame a sectarian
warfare between Iran and the Gulf.
The Iranian role was critical in the
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AS: Allah has made it clear to us in
the Qur'an that our worst enemies
are the Jews and the polytheists. The
Shi'a are polytheists and therefore,
are amongst the worst enemies of
Islam. They speak in the name of
Islam but are against the Muslims
of ahl as-Sunnah. Now the Shi'a
have established a state in Iran and
they have followers in the Gulf. The
Shi'a now are at their highest level
of military preparedness and they
have an alliance with America when
it comes to fighting against ahl as-
Sunnah and this is why I emphasize
the issue of the Shi'a. May Allah have
mercy on Shaykh Abu Mus'ab al-
Zarqawi since he knew the reality of
the Shi'a very well and he drew his
sword upon them. We ask Allah to
grant us victory against them.
AM: Lately, the al-Saud government
has arrested one of our sisters.
Also in Yemen the government has
arrested two sisters, one of them an
Australian, the other an American of
Bengali parents. In your view what do
West is to praise Allah for guiding
them to iman and allowing them to
practice this great religion. I advise
them to learn Islam according to
the creed of ahl as-Sunnah and they
should beware of those who speak
Islam but do not practice it such as
the government scholars who give
fatwa according to the wills of their
governments.
Second: They should strive to follow
the command of the Messenger of
Allah ^ who warned Muslims from
living amongst non-Muslims. They
should either immigrate or fight
Jihad in the West by individual Jihad
or by communicating with their
brothers in the lands of Jihad.
Third: The operations of our brothers,
Nidal Hassan and Umar al-Farouk,
may Allah grant them steadfastness,
are great heroic acts so whoever may
add himself to this great list should
do so and we ask Allah to grant them
success. And all praise is due to Allah. D
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This is the story of the Muslim American jihadi,
Samir Khan. After worl<ing a few years in the jihad
media sector in America, he packed his bags and left
for Yemen to help the mujahidin. This is an account
of how he happily became a traitor to America and
why he chose to make such a decision.
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fter my faith took a
180-degreeturn, I
knew I could no longer
reside in America as
a compliant citizen.
My beliefs had turned
me into a rebel of
Washington's imperialism. My faith
t\ and convictions gave me strength to
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beefed up their military, all so that they
-^j. could further their political goals of
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'^ policing government that would
include in its policy the containment
toWV>^ Jl of all Islamic resistances that work for
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process to this day, they have freely
raped the Islamic riation at will, robbed
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what they pleased, and murdered for
their'democracy' while their donkey
puppets went around capturing, killing
and torturing those who have an ounce
of willpower to defend their Islamic
nation.
I decided to take up the pen and
write out my thoughts and feelings
regarding America's cowboy behavior
in the Islamic lands. I knew that I had to
stay under the guidelines of the laws
regarding freedom of speech, but at
the same time, I knew the real truth
wouldn't be able to reach the masses
unless and until I was above the law.
I proceeded to travel to Yemen,
the land of faith and wisdom. After
spending some time in Sana'a as an
English teacher, I made my move
quietly. I praise Allah and laugh at
the intelligence agencies that were
watching me for all those years. Back
in North Carolina, the FBI dispatched a
spy on me who pretended to convert
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to Islam; I took this man's shahada
and kept him under my wing. At one
point, he broke his cover, revealing
his true identity. There were quite
a few other incidents of regular
surveillance and even one where
they set me up to rain blows on
an agent who pretended to be a
jerk that hated me for my online
work. I knew I had to rush out of
America before the FBI got me in for
a flimsy excuse as they have done
to individuals likeTariq Mehanna.
Even when in Sana'a, I caught one of
their agents spying on me near my
hotel. As I left Sana'a, I was surprised
that they all easily fell for my cover.
Throughout my experience of
traveling from America to Yemen, I
was expecting to be stopped and
detained. But the most trouble I went
through - if it's even considered
trouble - was that it took thirty
minutes extra to get my boarding
pass in North Carolina since, as the
receptionist told me, I was being
watched. It still surprises me when
I reflect on it; I mean, I was quiet
open about my beliefs online and it
didn't take a rocket scientist to figure
out that I was al Qaeda to the core.
That proved to my soul that if Allah
wants to protect you, no one has the
power on earth to harm you. I was to
learn that lesson continually in close
encounters with death later on.
I remember when I traveled from
Sana'a, for what seemed like years.
in a cartooneofthe bases of the
mujahidin, the driver played this
one nashid repeatedly. It was'Sir
ya bin Ladin'. I already knew of this
nas/7/"cf from before, but something
had struck me at that moment. The
nashJd repeated lines pertaining to
fighting the tyrants of the world for
the purpose of giving victory to the
Islamic nation. But it also reminded
the listener that Shaykh Usama bin
Ladin is the leader of this global fight.
I looked out the window at the tall
mud houses below the beautiful sky
and closed my eyes as the wind blew
through my hair. I took a deep breath
to let it all out. At that moment, I
realized that my entire life would
be changed by this one decision
of mines. I was about to officially
become a traitor of the country
I grew up in for most of my life. I
thought about many of the possible
effects it could have on my life; but
whatever they were, I was ready for
it. That's because I am an individual
convinced that Islam's claim to power
in the modern world is not going
to be as easy as walking down a red
carpet or driving through a green
light. I am acutely aware that body
parts have to be torn apart, skulls
have to be crushed and blood has
to be spilled in order for this to be a
reality. Anyone who says otherwise
is an individual who is not prepared
to make sacrifices that heroes and
champions make.
As my eyes passed over the
mysterious twirls of the sand dunes,
I was reminded of the enigma of
jihad in the contemporary world. It's
just absolutely enthralling to know
that guerrilla's can fight off global
superpowers with the bare minimum
resulting in great enemy losses,
drainage of the enemy's economy
and a rising popular support for the
mujahidin.
After some time passed in the
company of the mujahidin, I quickly
acknowledged that success does not
rely upon the job you undertake from
nine to five, nor does it rely upon the
wealth that you have accumulated,
nor does it rely upon how far you
have taken your studies in college.
All of these things are respectable,
but by being with the mujahidin, it
helped open my eyes that our reason
in life has nothing to do with any of
these things. The only thing in the
entire world that matters to me, more
than ever before, is the condition
of my heart when I die. From our
Islamic traditions, if the heart is
tainted with greed, arrogance,
haughtiness, niggardliness, and
such, then entering Paradise will be a
difficult task. So being in jihad makes
me focus on my souTs wellbeing
for the purpose of being accepted
by the Lord of the Worlds since
death surrounds jihad although
the guarantee of death is not there.
Straying from the focus only brings
me destruction, even if I were to own
half the world. That is my message to
those who rule the Muslim lands.
How could I become a traitor to
myself by throwing away this holy
odyssey? Living with myself would
then be like a fish taken out of water.
Thus, it only brought me gleeful tears
and great joy to hear that America
labels me a terrorist due to my love
for correcting and straightening my
soul out for the better. I have become
a traitor for chasing after my love.
What more evidence does one need
that America and her allies hate
Muslims who want to practice their
religion to the very core?
I would always laugh whenever the
start of Ramadan would occur in
America and the President would
take a few minutes to articulate on
how marvelous Islam is; almost as if
he himself was to become Muslim.
I would laugh because they would
show this face in their country, and
a different face in Iraq, Afghanistan,
and Guantanamo Bay. After knowing
what America has accomplished
in the Islamic world, what Muslim
wouldn't want to be a traitor? I
seriously question the veracity of
one's faith when they have to think
twice on taking a stand against
America whether it is directly or
indirectly. The list is endless when
it comes to the crimes they have
perpetrated upon the Islamic world.
The recent leak of a 92,000-page
document on the American crimes
and realities of the war in Afghanistan
is really only a scratch upon the
surface. America has a long history of
massacring and subjugating Muslims
and yet the American regime is still
scratching its head on the question:
why did Usama bin Ladin attack
us? America, take a hint for once:
maybe you did something. It should
then come as no surprise that the
Muslims in your midst - like Nidal
Hassan, Faisal Shahzad, and others
- became traitors of your state due
to your conduct. If you don't want to
spend the rest of your life worrying
about preventing another attack,
then take the advice of Wikileaks
editor, Julian Assange:"lf U.S. forces
are demoralized because they have
been assassinating people without
going through the judicial process
or because they have been engaged
in civilian casualties; if they are
demoralized by that, they should
change their behavior."^
With that said, my status
as a traitor is not entirely
a reaction to America's
criminality. The core
of my being is really based on
religious convictions in the absence
of politics. I began on this path as an
Islamic activist who didn't believe in
fighting any government since, as I
had believed, taking on a standing
army was impossible for Muslims
today. I was already aware that the
government's of the modern world
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were not particularly happy about
a shari'ah-based state that would
have jihad as a part of its foreign
policy. However, that didn't stop
me from believing in my general
Islamic obligation of working for the
establishment of an Islamic State.
The ninth verse of ^urah as-^aff was
my inspiration: {It is He who sent
His Messenger with guidance and
the religion of truth to manifest it
over all religion, although those
who associate others with Allah
may hate it}. The way I understood
this verse was that Muhammad ^
was sent with the mission of bringing
Islam to the world; not for it to only
remain in the homes and mosques,
but to have it as a working system of
government that would shape entire
societies based on the guidelines of
Qur'an and Sunnah.
When my views changed regarding
the obligation of jihad in this age
- that it will remain individually
obligatory (fard ^ayn) upon all
the Muslims of the world until all
of our lands are recaptured from
the occupiers - through a purely
intellectual conviction from the
religious texts (as opposed to pure
hatred of American foreign policy), I
knew at that point that my religion
required me to fight America and
her allies as Islam doesn't shy from
stating who is the occupier. I didn't
require sitting with any esteemed
scholar to confirm this as the Islamic
evidences supporting this position
have remained irrefutable ever
since the fatawa of Shaykh Abdullah
Azzam became widespread; and as
for many of those whom I tested,
I saw fear and denial in their faces
because, quite simply, the truth hurts
as it requires our sacrifice to make it
manifest.
I am a traitor to America because
my religion requires me to be
one, {although those who
associate others with Allah
may hate it}. I am terrifically proud
to be a part of such a religion and
what Muslim wouldn't? Islam has
the answer to life's problems and it
is what bonds humanity together
for the good. The annual hajj is just
one example of that. Islam requires
its domination and after eighty plus
years of living in a post-Caliphate
world, I would think that it's about
time Muslims came together to
tear down the obstacles. The most
important of these obstacles today
is obviously America. It is America
who has her military and intelligence
bases spread throughout our lands
in order to help protect their client
governments from Muslims who
work for Islam's establishment. It is
America who has killed millions of
Muslims around the world and is
able to get away with it wearing a
tuxedo. In the case of the oppressive
state of Israel, it wouldn't be what it is
today without heavy U.S. military and
financial backing.
A traitor can either be praiseworthy
or despicable. The good and bad are
defined by a certain political agenda
in the eyes of someone. A traitor of
Islam however only gains a loss of
both worlds; the type of traitor that
America prefers working with. The
beauty of Islam has taught me that
nobility is in the perpetuation of
victorious principles and humiliation
is in the inability to hold on to
righteousness. Righteousness is not
that you turn your face to the East
or West, butthatyour belief in Allah
remains unwavering no matter the
consequences.
Therefore, I am proud to be a traitor
in America's eyes just as much as I
am proud to be a Muslim; and I take
this opportunity to accentuate my
oath of allegiance (baiyah) and the
mujahidin of the Arabian Peninsula's
baiyah to the ferocious lion, the
champion of jihad, the humble
servant of God, my beloved Shaykh,
Usama bin Ladin, may Allah protect
him. Verily, he is the man that has
shook the thrones of the tyrants of
the world. We pledge to wage jihad
for the rest of our lives until either
we implant Islam all over the world
or meet our Lord as bearers of Islam.
And how reputable, adventurous
and pleasurable is such a life
compared to those who remain
sitting, working from nine to five? D
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~^ merica is a terrorist state and Americans are
complacent in some of the worst forms of
' terrorism our Muslim nation has been subjected
to. Millions of Muslim lives have been lost to
American brutality. It is about time Muslims wake up and
payback America what is due to it. ^^ZSSS
In this section; the OSJ, we give our readers suggestions
on how to wage their individual jihad. Here is one idea
of how an individual Muslim may do so. It is a simple
idea and there is not much involved in its preparation.
All what is needed is the willingness to give one's life for
Allah.
he implementation of details
of this operation should
be subject to the security
requirements.
The idea is to use a pickup truck as a
mowing machine, not to mow grass
but mow down the enemies of Allah.
You would need a 4WD pickup truck.
The stronger the better. You would
then need to weld on steel blades
on the front end of the truck. These
could be a set of butcher blades or
thick sheets of steel. They do not
need to be extra sharp because with
the speed of the truck at the time of
impact, even a blunter edge would
slice through bone very easily. You
may raise the level of the blades as
high as the headlights. That would
make the blades strike your targets at
the torso level or higher.
Pick your location and timing
carefully. Go for the most crowed
locations. Narrower spots are also
better because it gives less chance
for the people to run away. Avoid
locations where other vehicles may
would
ult to get away
To achieve maximum carnage, you
need to pick up as much speed as
you can while still retaining good
control of your vehicle in order to
maximize your inertia and be able
to strike as many people as possible
in your first run. Keep in mind that
as soon as people realize what you
are up to, they would scatter and run
in every direction looking for cover.
They would look for areas where the
vehicle cannot reach them. Therefore,
it is important to study your path of
operation beforehand.
The ideal location is a place where
there are a maximum number
of pedestrians and the least
number of vehicles. In fact if you
can get through to pedestrian
only" locations that exist in some
downtown (city center) areas, that
would be fabulous. There are some
places that are closed down for
vehicles at certain times due to the
swarms of people.
If you have access to firearms, carry
them with you so that you may use
them to finish offyour work if your
vehicle gets grounded during the
attack.
After such an attack, we believe it
Hence, it should be considered a
martyrdom operation. It's a one-way
road. You keep on fighting until you
achieve martyrdom. You start out
your day in this world, and by the end
of it, you are with Allah.
This idea could be implemented in
countries like Israel, the U.S., Britain,
Canada, Australia, France, Germany,
Denmark, Holland and other
countries where the government and
public sentiment is in support of the
Israeli occupation of Palestine, the
American invasion of Afghanistan
and Iraq or countries that had a
prominent role in the defamation of
Muhammad ^. In such countries
we may strike at the public at large.
As long as they target our non-
combatants, we will target theirs.
This is one of many ways to
implement this idea. You may modify
it and add or subtract to it according
to what is suitable for your particular
conditions.
If Allah guides your heart to such a
great operation please leave behind
a note.Tell the world why you did it.
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Forget about the constitution, forget about your riglits, and forget about tine law. If tine authorities
suspect you, they will take you in on real charges or trumped up ones, it doesn't matter. America
cares less about the law when it comes to Muslims.Therefore don't get them suspicious in the first
place. Here are some tips:
• Beware of informants: If the Feds suspect you are up to something, they may try to set you up
through an informant. There were quite a few brothers who were arrested using this method. The
Fort Dix brothers were set up by an informant. Najibullah Zazi, and the three brothers in New York:
Mahmud Faruq Brent, Rafiq Abdus Sabir, Abdulrahman Farhane, were all sold out by brothers who
ended up collaborating with the authorities.
Learn your lesson: beware of individuals who are unknown to you and do not put your trust in those
who pose as mujahidin.
• Do not attempt to travel overseas to join the mujahidin in an overt matter. In November 2009, five
brothers from Virginia were arrested in Pakistan for attempting to join al Qaeda. Brother Zachary
Adam Chesser is also accused of attempting to travel to Somalia. Therefore we strongly encourage
our brothers to fight jihad on U.S. soil. In fact even if traveling to join thefrontsof jihad was acces-
sible and easy, we would still encourage them to perform operations in the West. To kill a snake,
strike its head.
For those planning on executing operations:
• Take extra care and precautions when using electronic media. The Internet and mobile phones
greatly facilitate communication for the mujahidin. The Internet has allowed for the spread of the
jihadi doctrine and played a role in guiding many towards the truth. Mobile phones have also been
used extensively by mujahidin for day-to-day communications. But for those living in the West, the
brothers need to be extra cautious. The rules concerning surveillance in the West have been relaxed
when it comes to monitoring Muslims and you could be arrested for the least suspicion. Therefore we
advise our brothers to eliminate their using of the Internet and mobile phone except for non-jihadi
related communication. If it is necessary for the work to use the mobile phone or internet, then use it
with proper security measures such as using a coded language that would not raise suspicion or
using encryption software from a terminal that cannot be traced back to you.
• If you are clean stay clean. Avoid contact with jihadi minded individuals. Do not visit jihadi web-
sites. Do not keep in your possession any suspicious material. ^^ /
• Have a convincing cover story for anything suspicious. The story needs to be good
enough to convince a jury if you ever get that far.
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• Take your time. No rush. A successful operation in 6 months time or even a year or more is
quite better than a rushed botched attempt that winds you up behind bars. Case out your tar-
gets. Think it out. Contemplate your best options. Look for the maximum effect. If you think
you are under watch, disclose your thoughts to nobody.
• Whenever possible try to get the information you need from websites that are non-Islamic
or are not related to jihad. For example you may visit sites that report on the mujahidin and
cover their material such as SITE intelligence group or Memri.
Different options for operations
The Firearm Operation: Nidal Hassan and Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad. It's the least sus-
picious if you already own a firearm. For this choose the best location. A random hit at a crowd-
ed restaurant in Washington DC at lunch hour for example might end up knocking out a few
government employees. Targeting such employees is paramount and the location would also
give the operation additional media attention.
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The advantages of the random shooting line of operations:
o No one else is involved. The idea doesn't leave the mind of the mujahid. This eliminates the
chances of the Feds catching wind of what's going to happen.
o Demands the least preparation. All what is needed is the weapon, the ammunition, and sur-
veillance of the site,
o The fastest operation to perform. Other operations may need more time to prepare.
If you have access to welding equipment, the operation of "The ultimate mowing machine"
would be another simple and effective operation. The advantages of this one:
o This method has not been used before.
o It would cause chaos and trauma among the public. The "terrorizing" element here is great.
With blades welded to the truck and slashing out at the enemies of Allah at high speed, you
can imagine the scene after such an operation!
o It is a simple operation with great results.
o With the exception of the welding part, the authorities would have no way of figuring out
what you are up to. Owning a truck is by no means an indication of terrorist intent. When you
get to the welding part, do it fast so as to not give the authorities a chance to botch the opera-
tion. Do the welding right before you take off.
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Another option for the individual jihad is the idea we proposed in "Make a bomb in the kitch-
en of your mom". The pressurized cooker should be placed in crowded areas and left to blow
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up. More than one of these could be planted to explode at the same time. However, keep in
mind that the range of the shrapnel in this operation is short range so the pressurized cooker
or pipe should be placed close to the intended targets and should not be concealed from
them by barriers such as walls.
These are some of our suggestions. The best operation however is the one where you come up
with an innovative idea that the authorities have not yet turned their attention to, and that
leads to maximum casualties or - equally important - maximum economic losses. Also those
brothers of ours who have specialized expertise and those who work in sensitive locations that
would offer them unique opportunities to wreak havoc on the enemies of Allah should take ad-
vantage of their skills.
For those mujahid brothers with degrees in microbiology or chemistry lays the greatest oppor-
tunity and responsibility. For such brothers we encourage them to develop a weapon of mass
destruction, i.e., an effective poison with the proper method of delivery.
Poisonous gases such as nerve gas are not out of reach for the chemist and require simple
equipment. A microbiologist would be capable of developing the most effective strains of
Clostridium botulinum and thus develop the most lethal toxin of all: botulin. An effective botu-
lin attack administered properly could lead to hundreds if not thousands of casualties.
For such brothers we would ask them to take the utmost security precautions and take their
time even if that means years. Such an operation is worth the wait.
Brothers with less experience in the fields of microbiology or chemistry as long as they posses
basic scientific knowledge would be able to develop other poisons such as ricin or cyanide.
Due to the extreme importance of moving the war with America over to the next stage, the
stage of weapons of mass destruction, we will In Sha' Allah cover such topics in more detail in
our upcoming issues. Until then may Allah protect you all and guide you to what is best for
you in this life and the afterlife.
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decrypting files on your computer. Afterwards, we will
discuss the File Shredder process.
Before we start talking about that, it is important to note
that getting caught from the intelligence services for using
this program will most likely end you up in prison. So we
have explained how to use the program, but it is entirely
up to you on how to establish communication between
contacts without being obvious to the intelligence services
that you are using this program. It will take research and
exploration on your part in order to devise a well-thought
out plan to keep every identity safe.
Let's say you have a Word Document on your computer
that you don't want any prying eyes to see. You could just
use the hidden feature available on the system or bury the
file somewhere in some system file, but it's still possible
that someone can find it if he searches hard enough. For
law enforcement agencies however, finding files isn't
much of an issue. They have programs exclusive to their
departments that can seek out what they are looking for
based on both the file name and its contents. In order to
have some peace of mind, the encryption method would
be the best alternative to take.
Towards the bottom of Figure 1 .0, you will see a series of
tabs.The first of them is 'Select File to Encrypt'. This is what
we want. What will happen in this process of encryption
is that a copy of your file will be made and converted
into an unreadable format, leaving the original intact. In
order to get rid of the original, place a check in 'Shred Out
Original File' towards the bottom.
Next, click the yellow folder to the right to select your file.
When you click open, you will see the path bar filled in. If
not, try again.
Next, you will chooseyour Pub/Privkey and click the
large red arrow. Then you will choose the one which will
be able to see your encrypted file and click the large blue
arrow.
Afterwards click'Encrypt File' towards the top left of the
menu. You should get a message saying that the file was
encrypted successfully. You should then see a file that
ends with .enc in the same place your original file is. If you
get an error saying 'No mail box specified', then it means
you haven't properly chosen either the Local or Remote
User (i.e., the blue and red arrows).
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above. In the main window, you will click on the tab on
the bottom 'Select File to Decrypt'. Click the yellow folder
to select your file then click'Decrypt File' at the top left in
the menu. You will be asked for your password. Type it in
and click OK. Once that's finished, depending on the size
of the file, it will take some time to decrypt. You should
then get a message saying that the file was decrypted
successfully. In the same folder where your encrypted
file is, a new folder will be automatically created called
'Decrypted'. In it you will find your
file.
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Many intelligence officers are able
to find deleted files on a hard drive
through the use of specially made
programs. For instance, let's say a
person deleted a file and formatted
their computer. After a few years,
the hard drive falls into the hands
of the intelligence agency. Through
their programs, there's a high
possibility of them recovering that
file. The Asrar program has a feature
for permanently deleting your files,
making it harder for the enemy to
retrieve them.
Click on 'File Shredder' on the left
menu.
From here, the process is simple.
In Figure 1 .3 you will see three
columns. Starting from the left, the
first column shows the root folders
and disks of your computer. You
will select the folder in which your
file is located from here. Once you
select the folder, the second column
displays all the files in that folder. To
delete the file, simply click on it, drag
it into the third column and click
the 'Shred Files' button towards the
bottom.
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do the same. If you ever come across
them, you will find options such
as wiping three times over, seven
times over and so on. This just means
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I In the Qur'an, Allah directs the ques-
tion: {Do you think?} Or the state-
1 ment: {Never think.. } This sonnetinnes
i was directed to the Messenger of
Allah ^ sometimes directed to the
f disbelievers and sometimes to the
hypocrites or disbelievers. In this
\ article we will commentate on these
verses. We begin with the verses di-
rected at the Messenger of Allah ^
and the believers.
I Allah H says: {And never think of
those who have been killed in the
cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they
are alive with their Lord, receiv-
ing provision. Rejoicing in what
Allah has bestowed upon them of
His bounty, and they receive good
tidings about those [to be mar-
tyred] after them who have not yet
joined them - that there will be no
fear concerning them, nor will they
grieve. They receive good tidings of
favor from Allah and bounty and [of
the fact] that Allah does not allow
the reward of believers to be lost}
[al-lmran: ^69-^7^].
Allah says they were "killed" so He
approved their apparent death. But
Allah says that the actual aspects of
death do not apply to them. Thus,
even though their bodies are dead
their souls are alive. The life of their
souls is beyond the mere conscious-
ness that all souls, Muslim or non-
Muslim, poses after death. Allah says
they are with their Lord and they
are being provided by Him. These
two qualities are the forms of plea-
sure that are granted by Allah to the
martyrs. They loved Allah during their
life on this earth so their souls were
granted the great honor of being in
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the presence of Allah.
Allah says they rejoice because of
what He has granted them. They
also rejoice in the news they receive
about their brothers who are still liv-
ing but would eventually join them
as martyrs. This proves that Allah
reveals to the souls of these martyrs
part of the knowledge of the unseen
by giving them the glad news regard-
ing the people whom they knew who
would be granted martyrdom. They
rejoice in this news for two reasons:
The first: Their brothers would be
granted martyrdom. The second: That
they will continue fighting the ene-
mies of Allah. They would also rejoice
when they come to see what Allah
has rewarded them with and see that
their efforts were not wasted: {Allah
does not allow the reward of believ-
ers to be lost}.
There is evidence in this verse that
the martyrs are given the knowledge
of the future outcome of the life of
their loved ones and the ones who
are of concern to them.
Allah 3fe says: {And never think that
those who rejoice in what they have
perpetrated and like to be praised
for what they did not do - never
think them [to be] in safety from the
punishment, and for them is a pain-
ful punishment} [al-lmran: 188].
The People of the Book changed the
book of Allah and called their people
to it. They deceived the masses in the
name of Allah and then they wanted
to be praised for their falsehood and
they were proud in taking credit for
their false actions.
The other interpretation is that this
verse is talking about the hypocrites
who stay behind the Messenger of
Allah ^ when he goes out to jihad.
When the Messenger of Allah ^^
returns, they rush to him and give
excuses for their staying behind and
they want to be counted as having
the intention of jihad.
Allah 36= says: {And never think that
Allah is unaware of what the wrong-
doers do. He only delays them [i.e.,
their account] for a Day when eyes
will stare [in horror]. Racing ahead,
their heads raised up, their glance
does not come back to them, and
their hearts are void} [Ibrahim: 43].
In this verse Allah reminds us that the
deeds of the oppressors and wrong-
doers will not go unanswered. The
one who does not believe in a day of
reckoning may wonder: how come
there is so much evil in the world? He
may ask: why do the tyrants and op-
pressors get away with their wrong-
doing? The believer may also forget
that these wrongdoers are going to
face Allah. Thus in this verse, Allah
reminds us that the evil doers will
be humiliated on the last day. Allah
says that He is delaying them to a day
when the eyes of all creation, includ-
ing the transgressors, will stare in
horror. Allah says they will race ahead
with their heads raised up, staring up
at the horrors of the Day of Judg-
ment. Allah then gives a telling and
unique description to the hearts of
these people. He says their hearts are
void. The terror is so great for them
on that day that their hearts fail them
and become empty.
Allah 8& says: {So never think that
Allah will fail in His promise to His
messengers. Indeed, Allah is Exalted
in Might and Owner of Retribution}
[Ibrahim: 471
This verse is directed to Muhammad
^. Even though the plural "messen-
gers" was used, it is Muhammad ^
who is intended. That is because the
promise of Allah to the messengers
has already passed and was fulfilled.
Allah is comforting His Messenger by
reminding him that Allah's promises
of victory for His Messenger in this
world and the ultimate and infinite
you will enter Paradise while such
[trial] has not yet come to you
as came to those who passed on
before you? They were touched by
poverty and hardship and were
shaken until [even their] messenger
and those who believed with him
said, "When is the help of Allah?"
Unquestionably, the help of Allah is
near} [al-Baqarah: 214]
In this verse, Allah is teaching this
Muslim nation an important law of
life: If you are a follower of the truth,
you will be tested. This is an essential
lesson of history that the new Muslim
ummah had to learn. The followers
some Muslims have doubts in victory.
But the true believers believe in the
promise of Allah. However, they un-
derstand that victory does not come
until the ummah goes through trials
that separate the believers from the
hypocrites.
Allah 'm says: {Or do you think that
you will enter Paradise while Allah
has not yet made evident those
of you who fight in His cause and
made evident those who are stead-
fast?} [d/-7mran: 142]
After the battle of Uhud, Allah
revealed these verses from ^urah
Today the Muslims are going through trials similar to an earthquake and some Muslims have doubts
in victory. But the true believers believe in the promise of Allah. However they understand that victory
does not come until the ummah goes through trials that separate the believers from the hypocrites.
pleasure in the afterlife will be ful-
filled.
Allah 3fe says: {Never think that the
disbelievers are causing failure [to
Allah] upon the earth. Their refuge
will be the Fire - and how wretched
the destination} [an-Nun 57].
In the verse before this, Allah prom-
ised the believers that their fear will
be replaced by security and that
Allah will give them victory in this
world. This verse was revealed at a
time when the believers were weak
and their enemies were strong and
had the upper hand. At such times,
when the believers felt surrounded
by their enemy, when the enemy
was stronger than them in numbers
and weaponry and when the enemy
seemed to be in control of the land,
at times like these, Allah tells the be-
lievers that no matter how strong the
enemy is, no matter how much they
appear to be in control of the earth,
there is no place for them on the en-
tire planet to escape from Allah. Allah
is the one who controls the affairs of
the heavens and earth and these dis-
believers have nowhere to run away
from Allah and in the Hereafter their
abode is Hell.
Allah Sfe says: {Or do you think that
of Muhammad ^ were new to the
truth and the Qur'an was teach-
ing them rules and laws that apply
to them just as they applied to the
followers of every prophet before
Muhammad ^. One of these laws of
Allah is that you will not enter Para-
dise until you are tested with poverty
or hardship. Allah states that the trials
the followers of the prophets went
through reached to the extent that
they were "shaken". The Arabic word
translated here as shaken means:
moving something from its place
violently. It can also mean earth-
quake, horror or adversity. What is
meant in the verse is that the way of
life of the followers of the prophets
were changed and shaken by the
trials. The trials reached to the point
that the prophets asked: When is the
victory of Allah? The question by the
prophets should not be understood
to mean that the prophets were
doubting the promise of Allah to give
them victory. What it means is that
the prophets of Allah were wonder-
ing when will the promise of Allah of
victory be fulfilled. Allah responded
to them, and to the Muslim ummah
by saying that the victory of Allah is
near.
Today the Muslims are going through
trials similar to an earthquake and
d/-V/T7ran. The Muslims lost the battle
and seventy of them were killed
including the uncle of the Messenger
of Allah ^.This came a year after
the resounding victory of Badr. In
this verse, Allah teaches the Muslims
that they must go through two tests:
Jihad and patience. To enter Paradise
you must go through Jihad and be
patient on the trials which would face
you onyourjourney towards Allah.
The two trials of Jihad and patience
are related because Jihad in itself
depends on patience and this shows
us the importance of the great virtue
of patience.
Allah Sfe says: {Do you think that
you will be left [as you are] while
Allah has not yet made evident
those among you who strive [for
His cause] and do not take other
than Allah, His Messenger and the
believers as intimates? And Allah is
Acquainted with what you do} [at-
Taubah:^6].
This verse illustrates the importance
of wala' and bara\AI-Wala' is loyalty
towards the believers and bara' is
disavowal of the disbelievers. Allah
says that every Muslim will be tested
for his loyalty. A believer will not
be left to claim belief without that
belief being verified and part of that
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verification is by testing where does
the loyalty of the believer lie. In every
time and age there will be believ-
ers and disbelievers. In the time of
the Messenger of Allah 0„ loyalty
to Allah and His Messenger and the
believers was by being a soldier of
Muhammad's ^ and failing that
test was in having loyalty towards
theQuraish or the Jews. Today loyalty
of Allah and His Messenger and the
believers is manifested in defending
Islam and the Muslims and failure
in that test is having ones loyalty
towards America and its allies and
the agents of America - the rulers of
the Muslim world. Those who do not
disavow the rulers have not practiced
the ^aqJdah of wala' and bara\ Allah
closes the verse by saying: {and Allah
is acquainted with what you do}.
Allah Sfe says: {Do the people think
that they will be left to say, "We
believe" and they will not be tried?
But We have certainly tried those
before them, and Allah will surely
make evident those who are truth-
ful, and He will surely make evident
the liars} [al-^Ankabut: 2-3]
Belief is not a claim to be made
without it being verified. There are
consequences for proclaiming La
ilaha ilia Allah. A Muslim is tested
through trials of life that show his
steadfastness. Allah says that the
nations before you went through the
test and you must go through it too.
Allah says that he will make evident
those who are truthful and those
who are not. For those who turned
out to be liars in their claims of faith,
this does not necessarily mean that
they were claiming faith outwardly
and inwardly they were disbelievers.
Rather, it means that even though
they did believe, their belief was so
weak it was not able to withstand
the trials and tests of life. It means
that they did believe in Allah but
they valued other things in life more
than Allah and they put these things
ahead of Allah. On the other hand,
the ones who turned out to be truth-
ful were the ones who were steadfast
in their faith until the end. They were
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the ones who loved Allah more than
everything else and they never put
anything ahead of Him. They were
the ones who understood that their
life on this earth is a test and that
they were created to worship Allah
alone.
Allah H says: {Or do those who do
evil deeds think they can outrun
[i.e., escape] Us? Evil is what they
judge} [al-^Ankabut: 4].
The disbelievers may succeed in win-
ning against the believers in a battle,
they may succeed in causing them
hardship, or they may have authority
and control to the extent that they
believe they may defeat the truth.
But they are mistaken. No matter
how strong the disbelievers are, no
matter how much control over the
land they have, no matter how many
battles they win against the follow-
ers of the truth, there is nowhere for
them to go. They have no escape.
And if they believe that they have a
safe haven that would protect them
from divine justice, they are wrong.
Allah 3fe says: {Or do those who
commit evils think We will make
them like those who have believed
and done righteous deeds - [make
them] equal in their life and their
death? Evil is that which they judge
[i.e., assume]} [al-Jathiyah: 21].
The believers are not equal to the dis-
believers in this world and the After-
life. In this life the believers are living
their life in the worship of Allah. They
are seeking His pleasure. They strive
for good and avoid evil. They fight for
good and battle the whispers of the
Devil. On the other hand, the disbe-
lievers are living for the fulfillment of
their carnal desires. They are slaves to
the Devil. So how can the believers
be equated to the disbelievers? They
are not equal in this life and their
situation in the Afterlife must also be
different.
In the Afterlife the believers will enjoy
the pleasure of Paradise in the care of
their Lord. The disbelievers will be in
Hellfire suffering the consequences
of their disbelief and evil deeds.
Allah Sfe says: {Or do those in whose
hearts is disease think that Allah
would never expose their [feelings
of] hatred? And ifWe willed. We
could show them to you, and you
would know them by their mark;
but you will surely know them by
the tone of [their] speech. And
Allah knows your deeds. And We
will surely test you until We make
evident those who strive among
you [for the cause of Allah] and the
patient, and We will test your affairs}
[Muhammad: 29 -3^]
Allah threatens the hypocrites who
used to plot against the Messenger of
Allah 0^ that He would expose their
evil plans. The definition of hypocrisy
is professing Islam and hiding disbe-
lief. The hypocrites in the time of the
Messenger of Allah ^ used to strive
to keep their disbelief secret. Allah is
telling them that the secret plots they
used to work hard on concealing
could be exposed to His Messenger if
Allah willed.
Allah says to His Messenger 0^ that
if He willed he could have exposed
the hypocrites to the him ^ one-
by-one, and Allah did reveal to His
Messenger ^ the names of some
of the hypocrites. And then Allah
says that even if He doesn't mention
them by name, the Messenger of Al-
lah ^ would be able to distinguish
their hypocrisy from their words. The
speech of the hypocrites exposes
them because it reveals some of the
thoughts which they hide.
Today hypocrisy reveals itself in the
wordsof support of America and its
stooges in the Muslim world. It re-
veals itself in servitude to the corrupt
rulers of today. Hypocrisy shows itself
in the betrayal of the mujahidin who
are defending the ummah today and
shows of loyalty to the enemies of
the ummah.
A CALL TO ISLAM
HAZIM NOOR
This is a message to the non-Muslims
of the world. I wish to echo this mes-
sage in every building, slum, desert,
house, media outlet and corner
street. I am not calling you to a race,
ideology, or country. Instead, I am
calling you to something that has no
boundaries in this world. I am calling
you all to the eternal light of Islam.
It is the same God that Abraham
humbled himself to which I am call-
ing all of you. It is the same call that
all the Prophets called to: "Worship
Allah and reject disbelief". Verily,
there is none worthy of worship
except Allah alone and Muhammad
is His final Messenger. To Him alone
belongs the dominion of the heav-
ens and the earth and there is not a
soul that has a share in His Magnifi-
cence. He is Allah; He is not in need of
anything but everything depends on
Him. There is none like Him as He is
above everything.
If you choose to accept this call, with
Allah's mercy you will taste the beau-
ty of Islam and enjoy life to its maxi-
mum even if you were the poorest
person under the sky. That's because
you will live Islam in every action of
yours and live with the knowledge
that Allah has preserved a remark-
able gift for you in Paradise. You will
find that following the lifestyle of
Prophet Muhammad ^ will become
your occupation as it will be the cool-
ness of your eyes. Islam will teach you
that every ism, including materialism,
is a mere creation of Allah and that it
will perish. But Allah will never perish.
As a Muslim, your life will begin
to revolve around the daily prayer
which is to be established five times.
The prayer is a re-connection from
the spiritual avenues of your heart
to Allah directly. If performed cor-
rectly, you will feel a change in your
spiritual station. In our materialistic
world of globalization, it's easy to
forget Allah. So the prayer is a chance
to repent, mend your ways, build on
your weaknesses, cleanse your heart,
and dampen your soul in the remem-
brance of Allah.
You will also begin to realize that
your wealth is nothing but a test
from Allah. The annual zakat requires
a Muslim to give 2.5% of their wealth
from the previous year's earnings to
charity. Wealth can be both trouble-
some and a blessing. If abused, every
penny will be counted against you
on the Day of Judgment. If used for
good causes, it will elevate your sta-
tus in Allah's eyes. You will also come
to the realization that you will have
a bank in the hereafter. This bank
however has no paper money, coins
or gold. Rather, it is a bank of deeds. If
your good deeds outweigh your evil
sins, you will find nothing but felic-
ity from Allah. You add to your deeds
from this world by doing all sorts of
acts of worship prescribed and ex-
plained by Islam. The one who rushes
to fill his bank of good deeds in this
world will be the one who will find
ease entering Paradise in the next, by
the permission and kindness of Allah.
Through Islam you will find a return
toyour inner self and natural being.
Every year in the month of Ramadan,
the Muslim is required to fast for
a full month. Each day he will fast
from dawn to dusk and break his fast
with light food.Throughout the day,
he makes an extra attempt to stay
away from all sorts of sins - whether
it be from the tongue, heart, private
parts etc. - and he does his best to
busy himself in all different types
of worship whether it be reading
the Qur'an, repeating Allah's name,
visiting the sick, giving to the poor,
doing additional prayers, cleaning
the mosque, using his time with
friends and family to talk on Islamic
affairs, spreading Islam to others or
even smiling. In the night, he stands
up in prayer and recites the beautiful
verses of the Qur'an to strengthen his
faith, conviction, wisdom and char-
acter.
Finally the hajj is what the Mus-
lim performs once in his lifetime.
The Muslim travels to Makkah and
performs the prescribed acts of wor-
ship there. This time is to be spent in
changing your habits and lifestyle for
the better.
Finally, the one who rejects Islam will
have to face the consequences of his
disbelief on the Day of Judgment.
The day where the hair of a child will
turn grey and the pregnant woman
will drop her load due to the great
terror felt on that day. Those who die
as practicing Muslims, and not die
in a stateof sin, will be of those that
are the successful. Those who chase
after the lifeofthis world will feel its
poisonous pangs in the hereafter: a
punishing fire that tortures people .
eternally in the most ferocious of
ways. Those who chase after the life
of the next will experience pleasures
that no eye has ever seen, no ear has
ever heard, and no mind has ever
thought of: an eternal life of delight
and happiness, empty of troubles
and difficulties. D
Shaykh Anwar al-Awlaki
Allah iisays^:
{Gardens of perpetual residence;
they will enter them with whoever
were righteous among their fathers,
their spouses and their descen-
dants. And the angels will enter
upon them from every gate, [say-
ing], "Peace [i.e., security] be upon
you for what you patiently endured.
And excellent is the final home} [ar-
Ra^of: 23-24].
Jannah is different from dunya in four
areas:
1 This world is temporary and akhira
is permanent. Allah says about dunya:
[mata 'al ghuroor]. And Allah says
about Jannah: {the afterlife is better
and everlasting}.
2 There's a difference in qi/ant/fy.
3 There's a different in qi/a//fy.
4 Everything in dunya is contaminat-
ed and everything in akhira is pure.
Dunya is temporary and akhira is
permanent. How long are you go-
ing to live in dunyal I was watching
the news strip on al-Jazeera and it
said the oldest man in the world has
passed away in Japan at the age of
one hundred and fourteen. That's the
oldest. One hundred and fourteen.
How long will you live in akhiral
Infinity. Nowif we wantto make a
ratio of dunya to akhira, what do you
1 The following is a transcript taken from
Shaykh Anwar's series on Mashari al-Ashwaq
(CD 3)
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do to make a ratio? You divide dunya
on akhira. So 1 14 divided by infin-
ity, what's the answer? Math tells
us that it's zero. Nothing. There isn't
even a ratio! But Rasulullah ^ was
more generous than that. He said,
"if this world was worth the wing of a
mosquito..." but then you can notice
that Rasulullah ^ said one wing so
the mosquito can't even fly! He didn't
even say two wings. So dunya is noth-
ing. Worthless.
In Paradise, everything is clean.
Everything is pure. There's no call to
nature or sweating. Our bodies will
come in a different form. Life therein
is infinite. There's no time pressure.
The people of Paradise are free to do
what they like, whenever they like
and for as long as they like. One of
them could recline on his throne for
forty years talking to his wife.
Subhan'Allah, when you think of this
concept of time, because there's
no time limit in akhira - since it's
infinite, eternal - if you come out of
your mansion for example and see
a flower that you like, you could sit
there for ten years watching it! You
don't have any appointments! You
don't have any work to do! You could
sit there for a hundred years if you
want. There's no time pressure what-
soever, so it's quite a difficult concept
to think about. And when you carry
it further, you can even think about
things like spending an entire year
with Muhammad ^; he would give
you that time. If you want for exam-
ple, you were reading in history and
there were somethings you wanted
to clarify about Umar bin al-Khattab,
you can go and meet him and spend
an entire month with him to discuss
what happened. There's no time
pressure, so there's no reason that
this offer would be turned down.
If they are busy for the first billion
years, you can meet them after that.
There's no time pressure whatsoever
and that's why Ibn al-Qayyim men-
tioned somethings aboutjannah say-
ing that a man would sleep with his
wife for eighty years! He mentioned
that it's in a hadJth but it might be
a weak hadJth; but all these things
are possible because there's no time
pressure whatsoever; you're free to
do whatever you want. You are given
four rivers, you can then go and
spend an entire summer on these
rivers enjoying its beauty because
there's no limit. Our minds in dunya
are incapable of thinking outside
the box when it comes to time. . . It's
infinity, it never stops, it keeps on go-
ing. The Energizer bunny would die
and you're still alive \njannah\
Nothing stands between you and this
enjoyment except dying as a shahJd.U
SBMaiaims
HESITANT ONE:
IT'S AN OBLIGATION!
ABU DUJANAH AL-KHURASANI
A message from the martyr, may Allah accept him, on the eve of
his martyrdom operation against a CIA team in Khost
This is a brief letter of motivation to Jihad in
Allah's path which I leave in the mailbox of a
Muslim who is wavering between the honor
of going forth and the humiliation of staying
behindJ Know, my brother, that I singled you out
for this letter due to my conviction that you are the
closest among all people to the mujahidin in Allah's
path. Almost no mujahid goes forth to the fields of
competition without passing through this stage of
indecision and lingering. However, while for some, a
few days, hours or minutes suffice, for others this stage
goes on and on until even his entire life isn't enough for
him to make up his mind. And don't think, my beloved
brother, that your brother, this poor slave, isn't aware
of your condition. I lived among you for such a long
time that it is as if I am wandering around in one of
the impoverished neighborhoods of your emotion,
or resting my head on a cold sidewalk in the border
zone between consciousness and unconsciousness
where you have hidden the love of jihad from sight
and exiled it like a stranger without an identity or like
a lonely heart searching for company. So I am calling
to you from there, from the depth of your hearts, with
words whose letters resemble pieces of my body which
I scatter like severed limbs in the ether, for their echoes
to reverberate in your ears forever, and for me to plant
them like seeds in your consciences, in the hope that
out of them will grow jihad if I water them with my
blood tomorrow. Oh, if only I had something other than
these words with which to call on you, then I would
have flown to you without wings, like a breeze which
comes before the winds, in order to stand in front of
each one of you, with my eyes looking into your eyes
and my hands on your shoulders, to shake you and
recite to you Allah's statement, {Unless you go forth. He
1 The following are a few sections taken from Abu Dujanah's speech
to the ummah in the As-Sahab Media recording, "0 Hesitant one: It's
an Obligation!".
will punish you with a painful punishment,
and put others in your place. But Him you
would not harm in the least} [at-Taubah:
39].
Oh, if only I had as many souls as there are
hairs on my head, so that I could send them
to the minarets of all mosques in the realms
of the Muslims, to call out to the people
on the day of the weekly congregation,
"O you who have responded to 'Come to
the prayer,' there is no good in you if you
turn your backs on 'Come to jihad!'" Until
when must love of jihad remain confined
to daydreams and private thoughts, only
coming into view in slips of the tongue?
Until when must this longing remain
reduced to an embarrassed tear you shed
when you see the tragedies of the Muslims,
or a passing elation you experience when
you hear a nashJd or read a poem? Until
when must the love of jihad remain just
another one of those hobbies of yours with
which you while away your free time. We're
neither looking for discerning viewers nor
the emotions of sympathizers: We're looking
for you in our midst and if we don't find
you, we shall continue to look, and look
again. We shall target you with our media
productions, laying for you emboldening
ambushes and plating motivational mines,
in the hope that they will blow up on you as
admonishments and reminders which will
fill your souls with thoughts and inflame
your hearts with a desire to join the caravan
of champions. And even if it means having
to preoccupy ourselves entirely with you
instead of our enemies, we will preoccupy
ourselves with you until you join us. We shall
continue to search for you and search again,
sometimes like a beautiful dream which
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tempts you, and sometimes like a
terrifying shadow winich chases you,
in order to disturb your peace and
quiet and make your life miserable
every time we remind you of your
desertion of the mujahidin. We shall
send you coded messages whose
meaning only you will understand,
in newscasts, newspapers, and
websites. Every report which talks
about us you will read as if it is talking
about you. Every discussion about
us will seem as if it is complaining to
Allah about your staying behind us.
You will hear your real names and
see your photographs between the
lines, among the words and behind
the scenes, as you are now on the
mujahidin's most-wanted list. You
will sense that the mujahidin aren't
targeting anyone else in this world
other than you, and that they aren't
inciting anyone to fight except you,
until you join us.
You shall never find enjoyment
in any of your habits, nor even in
youractsof worship, as long as you
continue to refrain from jihad. We
shall continue to search for you, and
search again, until you join us. My
brothers in Allah: Allah has tested the
ummah with idols who have led the
people away from their religion, and
thus the Sunnah has been deserted
and bid^ah has spread, and sound
nature has been corrupted and jihad
in Allah's path has become a reckless
venture and gamble in the eyes of
many among the Muslim laity; and
human devils sit beside jinni devils
on the pathways of the Muslim to
turn him away from jihad in the path
of Allah, by telling him, "Are you
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going to perform jihad in the path of
Allah, and get yourself killed, and let
your wife remarry and your children
become orphans?!"and by telling
him,'To whom are you leaving your
pretty wife?! Who will be dutiful to
your frail mother?! Who will take care
of your little child and your elderly
father?! And how can you abandon
your wonderful work and desert your
beautiful house?!" But if you were to
mention in front of them that you are
going not to jihad in Allah's path, but
to spend a summer vacation or take a
course in some worldly sciences, you
would see their faces brighten, and
they would help you with their time,
money and counsel, and they would
wish they could accompany you,
even if only in your suitcase. {If it had
been an immediate gain and a short
journey, they would certainly have
followed you, but the long journey
seemed too far to them} [at-Taubah:
42].
Beware, my brother, of being turned
away from the obligation of jihad by
these enemies, who have concealed
themselves in the cloak of family
and friends. Beware of letting them
deceive and mislead you. {O you
who believe! Among your wives
and your children are some who are
your enemies, so beware of them}
[at-Taghabun: 14].
And that when death inserts its claws
You find that all amulets are worthless
Woe to you that death has taken
you so quickly and in such a short
period of time. It is then that you will
realize that you are the loser and that
those slackers and deserters around
you swindled you. You will realize
that you aren't the same as those
mujahidin you used to love, even if
you resemble them in your points of
view and your claiming to love going
forth in Allah's path; whereas they
died the way they loved and wished
for, you died the way the slackers
around you love. And there is neither
power nor strength except with
Allah.
I swear by He in whose Hand is my
soul that this worldly life is narrower
and more restrictive for the believer
than the mother's womb is for her
fetus, and that the easiest way
for him to free himself from this
restriction is martyrdom in Allah's
path. In fact, the blood, suffering and
pain which the fetus goes through in
order to reach the life of this world is
a horrible tragedy when compared
with the killing of the martyr, for
whom it feels like nothing more than
an insect bite. This is death in the
culture of the mujahid: a transition
from one deficient life to another
perfect one, which, although he
hasn't experienced it, he knows by
heart, through Allah's description of
it. {And He will bring them in unto
the Garden which He has made
known to them} [Muhammad: 6].
Demolish the barriers, cross the
borders, defy all the security
apparatuses, and burst out from all
directions towards a Paradise as wide
as the heavens and the earth which
Allah has prepared for His slaves the
martyrs. {You will soon remember
what I say to you. And I entrust my
affair to Allah} [ad-Dukhan: 40]. D
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ABU YUSUF ABU ABID AL-MAKKI
AN AL-MALAHEM PRODUQION
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BARACK'S
Adorn Yahiye Gadahn
he fact is, Barack, if you ever decide to get
serious about improving America's securit
protecting the American people, and
preventing a sharp rise in the number of
American casualties at home and abroad, and in t
ir, at sea, and on land, then there are a number o
imple, sound and effective steps which you can 1
/hich can go a long way towards achieving those
oalsJ The Muslim mujahidin defending their fait
nd brethren against your nation's evil doing hav,
epeatedly made clear these steps, but because I
uspectyou have been living in the Ivory Tower a^
iformation vacuum in which arrogant Washingtc
isiders like you often live, I shall summarize thesi
Iteps here.
strongly suggest you heed and implement them
our own good and the good of your people.
I
i-irs!: you must pull every last one of your soldier?
-spies, security advisors, trainers, attaches, contrac
obots, drones and all other American personnel, ^
Ihips, and aircraft out of every Muslim land from
Afghanistan to Zanzibar.
Second: you must end all support, both moral
ind material, to Israel. And baryour citizens from:
raveling to occupied Palestine or settling there. /
^ou must impose a blanket ban on American trad
vith the Zionist regime and investment in it. Your
1 The following are sections taken from As-Sahab Media's
release, legitimate Demands 2: Baracl<'s Dilemma'.
those your special envoy made about
^~ possible suspension of American
IS, in and of itself, a largely
aningless gesture.
Shaykh Usama told you, if you
Vt heed our warnings and stop
ir support of Israel, we will have
choice but to continue to use
er ways to get our message
■n the name of Allah, the Most
Compassionate, the Most Merciful. From
Usama to Obama: peace be upon he
who follows the guidance. As for what
comes after: if our messages to you
were conveyed by words, we wouldn't
send them to you on airplanes; and the
message meant to reach you by way of
the airplane of the mujahid hero Umar
al-Farouk - may Allah release him - is
a underlining of a previous message
which the heroes of the 1 1th [of
September] brought to you, and which
has been reiterated both before and
since: namely, that America will never
dream of security until we actually
experience it in Palestine, and that it
is not fair that you enjoy life while our
brothers in Gaza are living the most
miserable of lives. And consequently,
Allah permitting, our raids against youj
ine Israelis coniinues. Mna may peac
be upon he who follows the guidanc
Third: you must stop a!! support i
and aid - be it nnilitary, political,
economic or otherwise - to the ha
regimes of the Muslim world. This
includes the so-called 'Developme
Aid', which your Secretary of State
recently identified as being one of
the most important elements of
future American efforts to combat
the Islamic renaissance and jihadi
awakening sweeping the Muslim
world.
Fourth: you must seize all
interference in the religion, society
politics, economy, and governmer
of the Islamic world. This means
putting an immediate stop to the
deployment of your Economic
Hit men, CIA jackals. Peace Corp
volunteers, US Aid Employees,
and UN and US sponsored non-
governmental organizations. All o1
which put together represent the
vanguard of American interfereno
our region and the world.
Fifth: you must also put an end to
all forms of American and America
sponsored interference in the
education curricula, and informati
media of the Muslim world. And y
must end all broadcasts targeting
our region especially those design
to alter or destroy the faith, minds
^orals and values of our Muslim people.
:h: you must free all Muslim captives from your
ons, detention facilities, and concentration camps,
ardless of whether they have been recipients of
at you call a fair trial or not. As our heroic brother
J Dujanah al-Khurasani told you with his words and
ons, we will never forget our prisoners.
s is a message to all kafirln, that we as Muslims, as
ijahidin, as muhajirln and Ansar, we never forget our
rtyrs. We never forget our prisoners. And we will never
get Aafia Siddiqui, and Sajadah Rishawi. And our jihad, In
j' Allah, will continue till we free our prisoners and until
i word of Allah prevails.
r refusal to release our prisoners or your failure to
Bt any of our other legitimate demands will mean
continuation of our just struggle against your
nny, until God willing, you finally relent. But only
r massive losses and great suffering for the people
America which you, Barack Hussein Obama, can still
■rent provided you make the right decision today.
let us be clear Barack, a pull out from Iraq alone
le absence of compliance with the remainder of
i legitimate demands will get you nowhere. So stop
;ting your time Barack, and start making some
ous moves. And Barack, there's one other thing you
uld keep in mind as you maul over your next move,
n one compares the already huge number of dead,
inded, displaced, and deprived Muslims, and other
pie for whose suffering you bear responsibility,
I the relatively small number of American's we have
.d so far, it becomes crystal clear that we haven't
n begun to even the score. That's why, next time,
might not show the restraint and self-control we
e shown up until now; so make your choice Barack,
^
Please excuse me,Oloveofmylife.
You have always been a mother of mercy.
Forgive me for the errors of my days,
And pardon me for that phase.
I know that I have wounded your heart,
Since I frequently experience the same dart.
But Paradise is calling me to conquer my fears
Thus I flew across the sea leaving you in tears. . .
Please excuse me, and don't say
That I separated myself from you to play.
How is it that I separated my soul
From the one who kept me from the cold?
How is it that I make you cry.
When you are the one most precious to my soul and eye?
You are more precious than the day which my heart loves
As the thought of you gathers the most beautiful doves.
If you knew all the facts
You would certainly relax.
So lend me your compassion.
As I explain myself in succinct words of expression.
Mother, the Muslim's humiliation is called peace.
And the heedless Rulers have put the Ummah up for a lease.
Mother, the Regimes of Sabotage have gathered on our land.
Sinking our Ummah's nobility to that of sand.
Mother, Palestine is the little child under the rubble.
And her grieving mother can only be heard in a bubble.
Mother, I can't let this humiliation continue.
Allowing the disbelievers to rape our Nation in the holiest of venues.
The enemy will shout, yell and scream
But I will continue to let my heart beam
For I have put my worries behind my nation's.
Preparing myself to leave all of life's stations.
Even if it means that I fight and die.
Without saying goodbye.
Mother, I want to be above all of the strife.
So please excuse me, 0/o\/eof/T7y//fe.
PLEASE EXCUSE
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