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Australian Muslim waging jihad in Syria calls on other Muslims to join the Syrian jihad

May 10, 2014 9:04 am By Robert Spencer

AhmedShaheedLittleFriendWe’re constantly told in the West that only greasy Islamophobes think that the Islamic concept of jihad has anything to do with violence, so how did this Muslim from Australia get the idea that jihad had something to do with guns and warfare? Mainstream analysts never ponder the implications of what people like Ahmed Shaheed III do and say. They can’t, because doing so would explode all their cherished assumptions.

“Australian Muslim ‘Ahmed Shaheed III’ shares startling vision of gunfire and bombing raids from the Syrian war front,” by Taylor Auerbach, Daily Mail, May 10, 2014:

He poses proudly with a bazooka in the Syrian desert.

But ‘Ahmed Shaheed III’ still hides his face in this grainy image which gives a stark insight into life on the Syrian war front.

The former Bond University student from Sydney has joined the treacherous fighting in the middle east, a deadly mission he describes as his ‘jihad’.

He is in Aleppo, in northwest Syria, locked in a civil war with the Syrian Armed Forces.

He refers to his opponents as the ‘Kuffar’ – an Islamic term for non-believers. And he doesn’t like the west.

A video Shaheed shared with his Facebook friends shows an American base in Afghanistan being destroyed by a cheering jihadist’s bomb.

In another one, martyred Sydney sheikh Mustapha Al Majzoub – who was killed in Syria in 2012 – delivers a lecture.

But most chilling are the photographs of guns and explosives and the videos of Shaheed practicing his shooting in the war torn state.

‘Say hello to my little friend,’ he wrote above a photo of a powerful machine gun and four huge shells.

Followers around the world egg him on. Beneath a photo of a rocket launcher, one friend wrote: ‘Land one of those in the mouth of the Assad troops’.

In February Shaheed posted a video, purportedly of a strike on his base by the ‘Kuffar’. Massive explosions and heavy artillery fire can be heard in the video, which is accompanied by the caption: ‘A small clip of it sounds like for the Kuffar to advance on your HQ’

In another video Shaheed hides behind a Guy Fawkes mask as he shoots a round of tracers into the distance.

A recent lengthy post criticised the west for waging their own jihad and called on like-minded Muslims to pick up their guns and join the fight.

‘By performing jihad, bithni’lah it will liberate the muslims from oppression and restore back our honor. Support the mujahideen and dont fear the blame of the blamers (sic),’ he wrote.

He describes as ‘having a bit of fun’ the moment he marches towards a building dressed in camouflage and a balaclava while shooting a machine gun at the lower level.

Shaheed calls Sydney his hometown and is part of the Facebook group ‘Martyrs of Hijra’, dedicated to Muslims around the world who have undergone a pilgrimage to the holy lands.

He is one of a worrying and growing number of young Australians who have chosen to fight in Syria. Anti-terrorism officials fear the war has the potential to turn moderate Muslims into radicals.

Earlier this week a 29-year-old mother-of-four was arrested with her children at Sydney airport as she tried to board a plane for the besieged middle eastern country.

It is believed she was attempting to smuggle equipment to the front line for Syrian fighters – including her husband – and was found with cash and camouflage.

In January The Sydney Morning Herald reported that western Sydney pensioner Hamdi Alqudsi, 39, had been charged with recruiting locals to join the war alongside terrorist groups in the country .

There are fears that Facebook and other forms of social media are being used to muster up support for the fight in Syria.

A number of chat groups exist, aimed at Sydney Muslims, which encourage people to meet up and organise trips to the war torn region.

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  1. mortimer says

    May 10, 2014 at 9:09 am

    He ain’t callin’ them to do floral arrangements.

  2. Charli Main says

    May 10, 2014 at 9:33 am

    Further the ” Australian ” Muslim´s call to Jihad
    Hadith 2683.
    ” I charge you with 5 things of what Allah has charged me with
    To assemble
    To listen
    To obey
    TO IMMIGRATE
    TO WAGE JIHAD FOR THE SAKE OF ALLAH
    Jihad does not end until all the World is Islamic and Muslims should not stop until Islam dominates the World.
    Muslim immigrants—-the nest of vipers that Australia has taken into its home.

    • John Haller says

      May 10, 2014 at 11:18 am

      This joker can go and do what he wants, but not in my name and after he’s done with his jihad he can kiss his own ass goodbye, cos he sure as hell ain’t coming back to Australia.

  3. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    May 10, 2014 at 10:34 am

    An inspiring moment of nobility and utility
    Lo, Ahmed Shaheed! You do the dirty deed, not for your gain, but for the creed,
    Immigrate to wage Jihad for Allah, on to Aleppo to kill and pray, what Allah said.
    Proud noble Haji, load the magazine and pull the trigger to kill to plant the seed,
    Of one of the world’s great religions, Dubya said, aim and make Infidels fall dead.

    • kikorikid says

      May 11, 2014 at 12:47 pm

      DEATH TO JIHADIS!

  4. Jax Tolmen says

    May 10, 2014 at 10:37 am

    I sincerely hope the police and ASIO are monitoring these insidious Facebook groups – I’m fairly certain treason is still a crime here in Australia. And I am curious as to what is being done to stop these violent lunatics from returning back here and engaging in Jihad?

    I believe a swift and vocal condemnation is needed for but the chances of that actually occurring are slim to nil.

    • Geordie says

      May 11, 2014 at 7:36 am

      Jax wrote: “I sincerely hope the police and ASIO are monitoring these insidious Facebook groups – I’m fairly certain treason is still a crime here in Australia.”

      Sadly I think the Aussies followed the lead of the UK (1998 T Blair) and removed the death penalty for the crime of high treason. If not, the killers of Fusilier drummer L/Cpl Lee Rigby would have been charged with committing it and would likely be swinging from a rope.

      • Lee says

        May 11, 2014 at 8:17 am

        Yes I believe treason is punishable by life imprisonment. Of course by definition sometimes a life sentence is a specific period of years (20-30). After that time people may get out if they have “behaved well”.

        • Geordie says

          May 11, 2014 at 9:13 am

          I’ve just had it confirmed that the life sentence for treason can be life long, with a minimum time set before any appeal is possible.

  5. Notta_allah_followa says

    May 10, 2014 at 11:34 am

    A Muslim could be suspected of committing atrocities in Syria, committing rapes, murders, torture, infanticide, hell, even canibalism, and when he’s done (or just needs a break from the action) and wants to fly back to his western host country to collect some more welfare and fatten himself up, he will be allowed to do so, he’ll probably be welcomed back by the Left. To keep him out would be islamophobic.

  6. Walter Sieruk says

    May 10, 2014 at 11:53 am

    These militant Muslims with the evil and madness of their militant jihadism that is very much part of Islam, Sura 2:216. 9:111,112. 47:4. By the Quranic teachings of the violence and killing of this death cult and the the violent actions of those who are engaged in the jihad thejihadists have exposed the true colors of fruits of the essence of Islam with its deadly violence and tragic outcomes. Jesus did teach “By their fruit you will recognize them.” Matthew 7:20. Furthermore, this type of evil and mad mindset of the jihadists may well be described in the Bible.
    Which reads “The hearts of men are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they join the dead.”
    Ecclesiastes 9:3. [NIV]

    • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

      May 10, 2014 at 12:01 pm

      These militant Muslims…

      Are you serious in this implication of Moderate Moslems? The vast majority don’t take up Jihad, but they believe in and support Islam, which has military for one its three parts. Even a non-mujahidin Moslem is militant, because Islam itself is.

      … with the evil and madness of their militant jihadism…

      Non-militant Jihad? That’d be one heck of an internal struggle.

      • Salah says

        May 10, 2014 at 3:17 pm

        “Are you serious in this implication of Moderate Moslems?”

        Yes, moderate Muslims do exist. They are decent human beings just like the rest of us, they were born Muslims and they know how hard it is to change their religion. The only way for them to keep behaving decently (without getting killed for apostasy) is to ignore the violent verses of Islam. They say that these verses were written for a certain period of time, for a certain situation etc. and should not be applied today.
        We may disagree (I certainly do), however, Muslims who behave decently, respect the other, reject violence, jihad, stealth jihad, sharia etc., should be respected.
        I don’t care whether they pray five times a day, fast Ramadan etc. as long as they do not impose their beliefs on others and DO NOT ask for special accomodations.
        They may worship a stone if they want to as long as they do not throw it at me.

        Egypt’s Sisi is one of them.
        “He only wants religion to be prayer and fasting.”
        Read it all here:
        http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Egypts-Sisi-turns-Islam-on-the-Islamists-20140509-5

        • Alarmed Pig Farmer says

          May 10, 2014 at 6:36 pm

          Yes, moderate Muslims do exist. They are decent human beings just like the rest of us.

          I don’t buy this for a second. They’re passive and conciliatory when living off the fat of whatever Dar al-Harb land they’ve moved to, but they’re still Moslems. For example, the scandal several years ago when Moderate Moslems were caught in Canada shipping millions of dollars in donations to Jihadist organizations such as Hamas. It’s happened repeatedly, and yet there are those who believe non-mujahidin Moslems are genuine Unicorns.

          Egypt’s Sisi is one of them.
          “He only wants religion to be prayer and fasting.”

          Praying about what? If you read the Islamic scriptures, there’s nothing moderate in what they pray for.

          Read it all here:

          I no longer bother reading taqqiya, except to analyze their technique of falsification and opinion programming.

        • enwhitenment says

          May 10, 2014 at 10:23 pm

          “They may worship a stone if they want to as long as they don’t throw it at me”
          Reminds me that history carries a period yet to be lived & not found in text that tells of stones coming from the sky destroying everything in their path.
          As if by miracle none of the stones hit Israel.
          There are a number of senior religious figures bothered by dreams of such events & so they should be.

        • kikorikid says

          May 11, 2014 at 1:01 pm

          Yes! Yes! Yes!
          All of that stuff.
          No one would give a s..t one way or another
          If Islam did not carry out heinous acts of
          murder on a daily basis. Islam tells followers
          to kill the infidel. The faux mask of “religiosity”
          is Taqiyya deception to further protect
          the murderer. These guys need a trip to
          the Desert.’

  7. JMD says

    May 10, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    Let’s encourage them. The more would-be jihadists who go to Syria from Australia, UK, USA and Canada the better. When they are killing each other, the world wins.

    • don vito says

      May 10, 2014 at 3:05 pm

      I too, would support them going to do their religious duty in Syria. It would be delicious payback for Syria supporting Iraqi jihad against our troops. I wish there were a foundation I could give money to that would faithfully send the devout to Syria under a contract that they must remain in Syria until they are martyred.

  8. lee kay says

    May 10, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    @Salah The Koran also tells Muslim to sit dormant and be peaceful in your host country until the time is right and your numbers are strong to take said country So may well be moderate but there all scared to death by the radical’s and will not stand against them I urge Australia to get to grip’s with this issue fast or you will just be another country like mine(UK)over run by them and tree hugging hippies who want to be seen as “Politically Correct or Modern Men/woman”Helping them do it the Labour Government and that Twat Tony Blair have catered for and bent over for(while they fuck them and UK up the arse)in the name of lmao”Multiculturalism” and they do not and will not Integrate with westerners but the will take our Benefit’s Australia act now before it’s to late You have from what I’ve seen (all be it on the TV)a beautiful country and good way of life KEEP IT THAT WAY

  9. kikorikid says

    May 11, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    They will not assimilate.
    They are not here to assimilate.
    They are here, AUS_US_UK etc., to
    Conquer
    Submit
    Convert or
    Kill
    You pick, no other choices.

  10. dumbledoresarmy says

    May 12, 2014 at 1:48 am

    Let’s all us Aussies here present, posters and lurkers, write – not email, not phone, WRITE – to ASIO and the AFP and the Imigration and Foreign Ministers, and their Shadows in Opposition.

    State flatly that 1/ we should do *nothing* to prevent any Mohammedan, currently resident in Australia, from departing to wage Jihad in Syria or, for that matter, in any other jihad hotspot within the Desolation of Islam;

    but that 2/ all such should be monitored, and once it is securely known that they *are* in the dar al Islam, and engaging in jihad whether actively or as behind-the-lines supporters, then

    3/ their Australian citizenship or residency status must be stripped from them, and they must never be permitted to return into this country or into any other part of the Lands of the Non-Muslims.

    Hammer home, at every chance, the Precautionary Principle.

    These people are manifestly *dangerous*.

    The danger they represent is real, immediate and obvious to Blind Freddy. (The danger represented by other Muslims who are lyin’ low at the moment, is less easy to see; waking people up to *that* will take longer. In the meantime, we go for the Low-Hanging Fruit).

    Let them go.

    Do .not. let. them. back. in.

    Problem diminished.

    And since our current state and federal governments are much exercised about the need to pay off debts and reduce expenses, point out over and over, loud and clear, that we’ll save a lot of money if hundreds or – let’s be optimistic – *thousands* of dangerous people who would otherwise require to be permanently, anxiously, *expensively* “monitored”, for years and years and years, were… NO LONGER HERE.

  11. Denise Ward says

    May 15, 2014 at 6:33 pm

    Test

  12. Craig says

    May 23, 2014 at 1:36 am

    there are moderate Muslim’s no doubt, but the problem is that Islam encourages muslins to act moderate while there numbers are small and it is ok to lie and deceive for their own protection and for the sake of Allah about such things as being peace loving, being pro democracy and believing everyone is equal etc, while harbouring an infidel killing and forced conversion type agenda. those type of Muslims are really a terrorist sleeper cell. so the Questions that keeps me up of a night are:-
    1. How big are these cells (closet radicals)?
    2. How big will it grow in the future?

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