Jihad tapes targeted professions

Posted by Robert on July 5, 2007 9:33 AM

Jihadists have targeted not just doctors, but also lawyers and scientists. Hmmm. Imagine a bunch of lawyers waging jihad -- how would we tell?

"Jihad tapes targeted professions," from the [1] BBC (thanks to all who sent this in):

Videos have tried to attract doctors, lawyers and scientists into Islamic extremism for more than a decade, the BBC has learned.

The tapes were used to try to shame Muslim professionals to get more involved in violent jihad.

One film from 1999 seen by the BBC shows a man claiming to be a third-year medical student in Birmingham.

He is shown claiming: "What we lack here is Muslims who are prepared to suffer and sacrifice."

Of fellow Muslim medical students he says: "They get their job, they get their surgery - £50,000, £60,000, £70,000 a year. No struggle, no sacrifice."


Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2007/07/jihad-tapes-targeted-professions.html

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[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6267616.stm