The former Indonesian president, Abdurrahman Wahid, believes military intelligence has an active role in jihad activity committed in his country. This might explain why cleric Abu Bakar Bashir’s prison sentence was reduced. From the The Australian: In an interview with SBS’s Dateline program to be aired tonight, on the third anniversary of the bombing that […]
A crime against Islam
However benign the Muslim Brotherhood portrays itself today, their past and present influence still affects relations between the Islamic world and Israel. From the IQNA: The head of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait has warned Arab leaders that the normalization of relations with Israel constitutes a “crime against Islam.” Speaking at a diplomatic reception for […]
Terror hit by killer quake
From The Statesman: For all the years of jihad in Kashmir, the capital of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, was the hub of terrorist activity. It had a number of terrorist training camps, far beyond the reach of Indian security agencies. But they have been badly hit by nature. The fury unleashed by the killer quake, at least, […]
Dawa in Canada
Here is a curious article from the Arab News. A Hindu from birth, but “guided” into Islam while working in Saudi Arabia, Canadian resident Mr. Kapoor realizes dawa opportunities following the September 11th terror attacks. On the cold, winter night of Dec. 31, 2001, two average-looking Muslims, armed with nothing more than the love of […]
Seven stages to jihad
The Global Islamic Media Front, an advocacy group for al-Qaeda, has issued yet another discourse concerning the proper psyche a Muslim must possess in order to pursue jihad. From the SITE Institute: Jihad, described in the document as the “strongest of the religion’s imperative duties,” is considered most beneficial to a mujahid when he is […]
History will not judge us kindly if we fail to treat Turkey with respect
The Foreign Policy Centre has published a pamphlet entitled, Turks in Europe: Why are we afraid? The paper’s stated goal is that European multi-culturalism demands acceptance of Turkey into the EU. From EurActiv: The prospect of Turkey”s entry into the European Union has triggered a remarkable outburst of fear and anxiety in some European member […]
For God
A Saudi Arabian intelligence report claims the majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are from Algeria, Syria and Yemen. Other reports claim the opposite. From the AP: From hilly Zarqa and nearby Salt, from Cairo, Damascus and distant points, young Arab fighters have slipped across the desert and into Iraq. If that shattered land plunges […]
Bridging the cultural divide
An Islamic Television update. From the Arab News: Muslims should create, develop and make use of the media properly and reasonably, according to S.G.P. Jafry, president of Jafry Communications of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. “The system of messengers is a long-established and well-known tradition. The media is a powerful messenger, and Muslims must earn to use […]
Looking for adventure, not jihad
Australian jihadist David Hicks once wrote, “Pakistan, Kashmir and Afghanistan (will) join together in a true Islamic state. The Islamic state is nearly completed.” Was his jihadist experience just an “adventure” or is he now adopting the standard line of rehabilitation? From the Times Online: David Hicks, 30, whose mother was born in Croydon, South […]
Terrorists defy Jihad Council direction, kill ten in Rajouri
An update to the article below. From the WebIndia: Unidentified terrorists killed around ten persons in three different incidents in Rajouri on Sunday night, despite the Muttahida Jihad Council’s (MJC) chief Syed Salahudin having decided to suspend terrorist activities in the quake-hit Valley for the time being, as a condolence over the loss of lives. […]
Terrorism Rooted in British Prejudice
An earlier article reports the Church of England suggesting that Christian leaders should apologize to Muslim leaders for the war in Iraq. This report from the Agape Press now has the Church of England suggesting that all Christians should apologize to Muslims for the U.S.-British invasion. The five Anglican bishops suggested that Christians should apologize […]
Jihad Council decides to suspend activities in earthquake affected areas
As the death toll surpasses 20,000 from the devastating earthquake in Pakistan, India and Kashmir, the Muttahida Jihad Council decided to suspend all jihad activity in India Held Kashmir (IHK). This act will certainly prevent further suffering by the victims of this natural disaster, but it hardly denotes a change in their overall goals. From […]
Al-Qaida raises its head in Gaza
This article from The Jerusalem Post (thanks to Sr. Soph) reports Palestinian support and opposition to an al-Qaeda presence in the Gaza strip. Whatever the mood of the average Gazan and whether or not al-Qaeda is using Hamas as a proxy, there can be no doubt that the volatile situation in the region will only […]
Sheik Yasin making waves in Australia
Jihad Watch reader Terminator provides an update to this article concerning American-born Sheik Khalid Yasin. Is Mr. Yasin pushing “Australian tolerance to its limit?” Read the NineMSN interview here. SHEIK KHALID YASIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ISLAMIC BROADCASTING GROUP, DURING A LECTURE: And how can you put a sacred trust in the hands of a non-Muslim? There’s […]
Who won the Koranic duels? The Koran did, of course.
This report is an update for two Jihad Watch postings. One from November 2003 and the other from February 2005. It also explodes the myth of one becoming “rehabilitated” from the Qur’anic call to jihad. From The Telegraph, : A pioneering scheme to fight Islamist terror by encouraging jailed extremists to rethink their grasp of […]
Muslim party backs sentence cut for cleric Bashir
The Indonesian Islamic party supports the decision to reduce the prison sentence of Abu Bakar Bashir, the convicted conspirator in the 2002 Bali bombing that killed over two hundred people. From the AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: Under a presidential decree all well-behaved prisoners are eligible for two annual sentence cuts, one to mark […]
Islamists and secularists working together in Morocco?
Despite the differences in ideologies, these Moroccan activists work together to define the woman’s role in Islam. From WeNews: In a nation that has outpaced its neighbors in liberalizing Sharia family laws, two female scholars in Morocco–Latifa Jbabdi and Nadia Yassine–are swaying the religious debate about women’s role in Islam. Jbabdi is an ex-Marxist and […]
Laws and culture reject homosexuals
From the AP: When Ahmad Mahfouz told his mother he is gay, she took him to a psychiatrist, thinking he had a disease that could be cured by antidepressants. When that didn’t work, she urged him to date a woman. He ignored her advice. “So now, whenever she sees me, she beats me with anything […]
The voice of the new Islam?
Not really, but definitely a new voice reaffirming the original Islam. The Sheik confirms the inherent fears of persecution that lead followers to believe in wild conspiracy theories. Of course, those beliefs are the required “justification” to commit more acts of violence. From NineMSN: Muslim preacher Sheik Khalid Yasin grabbed the headlines recently with a […]
The Ahmadiyya under fire in Pakistan
From the AP: Assailants with assault rifles attacked a mosque belonging to a small Muslim sect in eastern Pakistan early Friday, killing at least eight people and wounding 19, police and a doctor said. The attack on the mosque belonging to Ahmadiyya sect happened in the village of Mong, about 240 miles northeast of Multan, […]