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This "new" group in the Gaza Strip is modeled after the "ideology" of al-Qaeda (a politically correct way of saying it's modeled after Islam's sharia and its division of the world into dar al-harb and dar al-Islam)."Pro-al Qaeda fighters train in Gaza Strip," by Nidal al-Mughrabi for Reuters, September 1:
GAZA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The masked gunmen threw themselves to the ground, rolled over and came up firing their assault rifles at an imaginary target.What, you mean the quarrel is not limited to land grievances with the Israelis, but includes all us non-Muslims?!Jaysh al-Ummah, or the Army of the Nation, a Palestinian Islamist group modelled on the ideology of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda, was training for battle with Israel.
"We are coming, Jews," read graffiti daubed on a wall inside its private training base in the Gaza Strip, where Reuters journalists were allowed rare access.
"Run, run, take the ground, shoot," Abu Hafss, Jaysh al-Ummah's leader, cried as some 25 gunmen, all clad in black, performed drills.
Jaysh al-Ummah refuses to say how many members it has in the Gaza Strip, territory seized by Hamas Islamists from the largely secular Fatah faction in June 2007.
Hamas allows it to operate, with the unwritten understanding that it stays out of internal Palestinian politics and does not use force to implement its beliefs on the people of Gaza.
The 35-year-old Abu Hafss, who has been briefly detained several times by Hamas, said Jaysh al-Ummah is not part of al Qaeda but "we share the same religion with our brothers and follow the path of our dear Prophet".
Pro-al Qaeda groups raised their profiles in the Gaza Strip after the Hamas takeover. Abu Hafss said al Qaeda's fundamentalist Islamic ideology was flourishing in the territory.
As part of that philosophy, Abu Hafss said, Muslims all over the world were obliged to fight the Israelis and the "infidels" until only Islam rules the earth.
Abu Hafss said his group relied on donations from residents of the Gaza Strip to finance its activities, which have included participation in fighting against Israeli soldiers carrying out raids against militants in the territory.Come now Abu Hafss: your earlier decisiveness was much more honest. You will "fight them" not till they are "uprooted," but till they live as second-class dhimmis, paying al-jizya we hum saghirun."The sons of Zion are occupiers and they must be uprooted completely," he said, ruling out any negotiations with Israel. "We will fight them as we are ordered by God and the Prophet Mohammad."
Hamas, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state but whose leaders agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in June, has said it does not support the actions and statements of al Qaeda.Where does one start with all the contradictions in that sentence?
"We say that the world will not live in peace as long as the blood of Muslims continues to be shed," Abu Hafss said.
And after all that -- walla! -- here we are back again to square one: this is all about "defending" Muslims.
Posted by Raymond at September 1, 2008 6:53 PM
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Who is shedding the most Muslim blood? Other Muslims!
Why do we tie ourselves in knots? Political correctness has no home in Islamdom. Why is it welcome here? A man can't report the actions of suspicious strangers lest he be accused of racial profiling!
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at September 1, 2008 7:23 PM
"Hamas, whose charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish state but whose leaders agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in June, has said it does not support the actions and statements of al Qaeda."
-- from the article above
There is no "contradiction" here. Hamas thinks it can work toward the destruction of the Jewish state (as does Fatah, but with a longer timetable and different tactics), but that when it, Hamas, feels it needs a temporary truce to regroup, it would be most unfair of the Infidel enemy, Israel, not to grant it. It just wouldn't seem right. And if it claims it does "not support the actions and statements of al Qaeda" it means only that the leaders of Hamas now realize that Al Qaeda is distinctly unpopular, and it is better to distance itself from it, formally, even if the essence of Hamas is no different from the essence of Al Qaeda. And that's all it means.
at September 1, 2008 7:29 PM
As part of that philosophy, Abu Hafss said, Muslims all over the world were obliged to fight the Israelis and the "infidels" until only Islam rules the earth.
Sounds Quranic to me...
So, 'moderate' muslims, what say you to that?
Posted by: duh_swami at September 1, 2008 7:39 PM
"we share the same religion with our brothers and follow the path of our dear Prophet"....from headline.
Yeah, you're dear "EVIL" prophet, who lived an evil life, and who left an evil example for his faithful to follow. Muhammad (blood be upon him) was no Perfect Man, that's for sure, but a guy with nothing but murder and sex on his mind. Not the Perfect Man, but the Perfect Perv!
at September 1, 2008 7:49 PM
Notice something, people?
"Jaysh al-Ummah, or the Army of the Nation, a Palestinian Islamist group modelled on the ideology of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda"...
Jaysha-al-Ummah, or 'the Army of the Nation'.
Hmmm.
Two years reading here at jihadwatch has given *me* the impression that the core or primary meaning of 'Ummah' is - the collectivity of all Muslims everywhere. 'Ummah' does NOT correspond to western terms such as 'ethnos' (ethno-linguistic people group) or 'nation-state', even though an uninformed person reading the above report would be led to think that.
Raymond: am I right?
In which case this bunch of jihadists are NOT about 'Palestine' at all except as a temporary tactic; they are the Army of the Ummah, the Army of the Muslims, of All Muslims.
Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at September 1, 2008 8:02 PM
Help for the Jews could be on the way, from Obama, just as many suspected:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/01/biden-obama-will-surrender-on-nukes-to-iran/
Posted by: Sounder at September 1, 2008 8:37 PM
@ dumbledoresarmy, you know that at the end of the day Islam is all about Arab supremacy, hence the war in Sudan. They have had all the Christians enslaved or murdered for some time now and they're fulfilling their 'final solution.' This is why CAIR will never condemn the genocide in Darfur but they'll defend the 'Palestinians' all day long. They're Arab supremacists. They're also a front group for Hamas.
"The masked gunmen threw themselves to the ground, rolled over and came up firing their assault rifles at an imaginary target."
Isn't the point of that particular training exercise to learn how to aim the semi-automatic rifle?
Posted by: jdamn at September 1, 2008 8:51 PM
" Isn't the point.......to learn how to aim the semi-automatic rifle?"
above
Aiming is beside the point..the thrill is just shooting..making noise..intimidating..hopefully.
What a bunch of ring-worms!
at September 1, 2008 9:14 PM
“…in the Gaza Strip, where Reuters journalists were allowed rare access.”
Journalists? Wrong noun.
Anyone else look at the pictures in the Reuters link? Note #3, automatic weapons all around the praying faithful. I remember a line from a Star Trek movie that goes, “What does god need with a starship?” The same holds here, what does god need with a “church” full of AK-47s. A “religion” that defines itself by force is not religion at all, but another noun all together. I miss the days when folks called things by their right name.
at September 1, 2008 9:35 PM
"Muslims all over the world were obliged to fight the Israelis and the 'infidels' until only Islam rules the earth"....from headline.
This statement will undoubtedly enrage the Moderate Muslims. Not! Keep your ear to the ground, folks, as you aren't very likely to hear one peep out of them.
at September 1, 2008 9:59 PM
"We will fight them as we are ordered by God and the Prophet Mohammad."
you cannot reason with these brainwashed people, what Israel faces is what the rest of the world will if not already.
Posted by: ZenaWarriorPrincess at September 1, 2008 10:25 PM
The sons of Zion are occupiers and they must be uprooted completely,
hmm when i look at the history of the land that the arabs are trying to grab back land THAT THEY CONCORDTR AND ARE THE OCCUPIERS NOT THE JEWS
Posted by: ISLAMSNOTFORME at September 1, 2008 10:47 PM
Not real sure how slaughtering innocent people is "defendin islam."
One hell of an agressive "foreign policy" they've got...
Posted by: Callidus at September 1, 2008 11:21 PM
"I miss the days when folks called things by their right name."
Posted by: butterfly
Me too. It seems the only groups that actually call a spade a spade, that actually say exactly what they mean, that don't mince words and don't worry about being politically correct, are .....(gulp) muslims.
Posted by: ImNoDhimmi
at September 2, 2008 7:04 AM
Just give the alligator a "morsel of food" and maybe he will not eat you. That is the philosophy of Europe and many other countries these days with regard to Islam. If Obama gets in control, we will have that philosophy here in the USA, if it is not here already.
That philisophy is popular as long as you are not the "morsel of food". It is easy for Europe to feed Israel to the alligator. But just maybe, Israel will have a different opinion (I hope).
Posted by: Spot on at September 2, 2008 9:27 AM
"Muslims all over the world were obliged to fight the Israelis and the 'infidels' until only Islam rules the earth"....from headline.
This statement will undoubtedly enrage the Moderate Muslims. Not! Keep your ear to the ground, folks, as you aren't very likely to hear one peep out of them.
Posted by: champ
Oh, but it will enrage them. They'll go to their compatriots and say: quiet down. You're ruining it for all of us. We are in the middle of the slow jihad. Do you want these stupid infidels to wise up? Pretty soon we'll have them right where we want them but loudmouths like you will give them the warning and all our hard work will have been wasted. So pipe down! Remember: Islam is peace! Islam says if you kill one it is as if you killed all of humanity. Get with the program. You'll have ample opportunity to kill or subjugate all the infidels but you have to let us do our job first.
Posted by: PMK at September 2, 2008 9:36 AM
--Abu Hafss said, Muslims all over the world were obliged to fight the Israelis and the "infidels" until only Islam rules the earth---
A position shared by more senior Palestinian terrorists who are happy to tell you all jihadists everywhere are fighting for the same cause:
"Yes we all need to fight the jihad locally. Yes there is Shia Hezballah and Sunni Hamas. My goal for now is to liberate Palestine. In Iraq, the Mujaheedeen must rid the region of American occupation. There is the fight against traitor governments like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, but its the same fight. The defeat of the anti-Muslim world...we are in World War Three. The Americans are doing everything to prevent Islam to emerge as the world superpower...there is one basic fact and that is all groups have the same goal and we know that Allah will bring victory to the believers and I am telling you that you are fighting Allah, not Islam. And Allah is invincible." --Abu Mosaab, Islamic Jihad
"There is one fight for all Islamic resistance and that is the fight for Islamic rule and all the signs prove that we are going towards a comprehensive confrontation. For the moment, the Americans are enjoying the fact that only a minority of fighters are fighting them, but this is changing. The victory will no doubt be to Islam and the defeat to the U.S. and its allies. This is a world war."
--Adassi Ramada, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
"(September 11 was) the beginning of the collapse of the American empire. September 11 was a great day...Palestinians went out into the streets and started distributing candies and started hugging one another. Everybody felt that Allah gave us a present and that history will never be the same because Islam finally got rid of the handcuffs that restricted and prevented it to express itself and its capacities."
--Abu Muhammad, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Jenin
(as quoted by Aaron Klein, Schmoozing With Terrorists)
at September 2, 2008 11:10 AM
PMK - ain't that the truth!
Posted by: champ at September 2, 2008 11:33 AM
These boys have too much time on their hands. Not to mention the AK-47s and hoods. Since jihad is a noble part of the Holy Qur'an, why do you have to wear a disguise? Reminds me of that Dylan lyric - "The executioner's face is always well hidden".
Posted by: tanstaafl at September 2, 2008 11:56 AM
Obama bin Biden DISGUST me! 69 years after Hitler's blitzkrieg on Poland, and Joe Biden is hoisting the White Flag and consigning Israel to likely destruction--I doubt that Joe or Jimmy or Zbig or Pat B. will shed any tears, should that come to pass.
Posted by: John C at September 2, 2008 6:55 PM
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