Saudi Arabia: 'Voice of the Jihad' Editor Reportedly Arrested

Posted by Robert on May 11, 2005 9:57 AM

You can find many reports about various issues of "Voice of Jihad" in the archives here. It is a primary Internet recruitment tool for the mujahedin. From [1] AKI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:

Riyadh, 11 May (AKI) - A militant arrested two days ago in the Saudi capital Riyadh has been identified by the police as the man in charge of al-Qaeda's information operation in the country. The pan-Arab newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat quotes a source from the Saudi interior ministry as saying he is the editor of the monthly on-line magazine 'Voice of the Jihad'. The Saudi national is reported to have been arrested after being injured during a gun battle on Monday.

A statement from the ministry said Abdel Aziz bin Rashid bin Hamdan al-Tawili al-Anzi is "one of the promoters of deviant ideology" ("deviant" being the word the Saudi authorities often use to refer to al-Qaeda), publishing statements from al-Qaeda's Saudi cell on the internet. The interior ministry also said his preaching and statements were used to defame peaceful Islamic principles "for evil purposes", and that al-Anzi said it was permissible to shed non-Muslim blood and kill security officers on religious grounds.

I'd like to see the Interior Ministry refute those assertions on Islamic grounds.


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/05/saudi-arabia-voice-of-the-jihad-editor-reportedly-arrested.html

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[1] http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.165728020&par=0