Month: March 2011

The Jihādī Media Elite present a new book from Dr. Qāsim 'Abbās al-Zahrāwī: "First Aid: In the Jihadist Arena, Book #1"

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NOTE: The individual who wrote the below book is most likely taking his name from the famous Andalusian Arab physician Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al ‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī who lived from 936–1013 CE. In Europe he was known as Albucasis. He is considered one of the best medieval surgeons and the father of modern surgery. His most important contribution was his Kitāb al-Taṣrīf (The Method of Medicine), a thirty-volume encyclopedia of medical practices. It was widely used in both Europe and the Islamic world until the Renaissance.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Dr. Qāsim ‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī — “First Aid- In the Jihadist Arena, Book #1”

New statement from Hānī al-Sibā’ī: "Re-arrest of Shaykh Muḥammad aẓ-Ẓawāhirī and Took Him to an Unknown Location"

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NOTE: Muḥammad aẓ-Ẓawāhirī has been re-arrested after being released from prison after 12 years two days ago. Should be interesting to hear how Ayman reacts to all of this. You can see here three videos from when Muḥammad aẓ-Ẓawāhirī was released from prison.
Muḥammad aẓ-Ẓawāhirī is Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī’s younger brother. In 1981 Muḥammad was indicted in absentia for the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar as-Sādāt after Ayman implicated him in recruiting members to Tanẓīm al-Jihād while living in Saudi Arabia.  He was found not guilty. He then lived in Yemen and then moved to Sudan in the 1990s to meet up with his brother and the al-Jihād organization. Following the expulsion of jihādīs in 1996, Muḥammad returned with his family to Yemen. He worked as an engineer contractor and traveled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) frequently for work. He was once again brought up on charges in absentia, this time in connection with the Returnees from Albania trial and he was convicted. As a result, he was arrested in the UAE in March or April 1999 and renditioned to Egypt. He was sentenced to death, but since then he has been held at the infamous Tora prison run by the Egyptian security services.
Here are a couple of other recent statements from Hānī al-Sibā’ī that relate to the recent prison releases:

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علم مركز المقريزي من مصدر موثوق أن الشيخ المهندس محمد الظواهري (58 سنة) قد أعيد اعتقاله واقتياده إلى مكان مجهول اليوم السبت حوالى الساعة الحادية عشر مساءً بتاريخ 14 ربيع ثاني 1432هـ الموافق  19 مارس 2011م.

وقد أكد لنا في اتصال هاتفي الشيخ يحيى خلف أن كتيبة من قوات الأمن مدججة بالأسلحة قد حاصرت منزل الشيخ محمد الظواهري بمنطقة المعادي والشوارع المحيطة به واقتحمت المنزل بقسوة حيث لم تراع حرمة المنزل وروعت الأطفال والشيوخ والنساء ثم قامت باعتقال الشيخ محمد الظواهري من منزله بطريقة مهينة وغلظة وقسوة مع ذويه مع التهديد والوعيد إذا تم الاتصال بوسائل الإعلام!!

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فإن مركز المقريزي يندد بهذه الممارسات الوحشية لأزلام النظام البائد الذي قيل لنا إن جهاز أمن الدولة قد تم حله!! إننا نندد بإعادة اعتقال الشيخ المهندس محمد الظواهري واقتياده إلى مكان مجهول! كما أن مركز المقريزي يؤكد أن هناك جهات مشبوهة مجرمة قد ساءها وأغاظها الافراج عن الشيخ محمد الظواهري وعودته إلى أبنائه وزوجته! وهذه الجهات بمثابة طابور خامس يتآمر على خيار رجالات وشباب الأمة! ولا نستبعد أن يكون التحالف الحاقد على الإسلام في مصر وغيرها قد ضغطوا على المجلس الأعلى للقوات المسلحة ومن ثم قامت قوات أمن الدولة وقوات مكافحة الإسلام التابعة لوزارة الداخلية بتنفيذ هذا المخطط الإجرامي بغية إرضاء أعداء الإسلام!

لذلك فإننا في مركز المقريزي نقدم هذا الخبر هدية لكل الواهمين بعودة الخير على أيدي هذه العصابة الحاقدة المحاربة للإسلام في أرض مصر! كما أننا لا زلنا نكرر أن هذه الثورة المصرية مختطفة وأن فلول الطاغية المخلوع لا يزالون يعيثون في الأرض فسادا! والله من ورائهم!

مركز المقريزي للدراسات التاريخية

14 ربيع ثاني 1432هـ

19 مارس 2011م

New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Regarding the Foreign Intervention and Civilian Casualties in Libya"

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According to media reports, American and French forces fired more than 100 missiles last night, hitting targets in various places of Libya. They also bombed some areas and threatened to launch more missile and aerial attacks. Reports from areas hit by the invasion, say, many civilians have embraced martyrdom in the attacks.  Similarly, public installations have been destroyed.
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemn this politically-motivated and uncalled-for intervention  and adventure of the Western countries in the internal  conflict of  the people of Libya under the auspices of the United Nations. The consequences of such intervention certainly harm this Islamic country and the Islamic Ummah.
In the eye of the Islamic Emirate, it is a matter of pity that the situation in Libya evolved to the extent that paved the way for the anti-Islamic forces to intervene. We believe, the Western colonialists do  not want a solution in this country on the basis of aspirations of the people but rather have plans to weaken this Islamic country in a war of attritions and then occupy  its oil reserves through a direct invasions.
 
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan calls on the people of Libya through this statement to take the initiatives of the situation in their own hands and do not let others to play with their destiny. As a Muslim people, they should know their obligation and fulfill their Islamic and national duty, in order  that the internal and external enemies will not find chance to make them scapegoat for their warmongering policy. Similarly, we remind the Islamic Ummah and the rulers of the Islamic world not to remain neutral in this conflict facing the Libyan people but rather  should play their role in this issue being in line with the interests  of Islam and the believing people of Libya to enable this nation  not only to wriggle free from the current crisis but also save itself from the tentacles of the foreign colonialism in the long-term.


The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
20.3.2011

New Fatwā from Abū Muslim al-Jazā’irī of Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa'l-Jihād: "Ruling of the Referendum on Constitutional Amendments in Egypt"

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NOTE: Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī also wrote a Fatwā on the same issue: “What is the Ruling to Vote on Amending Some Articles in the Egyptian Constitution?”
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Abū Muslim al-Jazā’irī — “Ruling of the Referendum on Constitutional Amendments in Egypt”
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New Fatwā from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī of Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa'l-Jihād: "What is the Ruling to Vote on Amending Some Articles in the Egyptian Constitution?"

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Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shanqīṭī — “What is the Ruling to Vote on Amending Some Articles in the Egyptian Constitution?”
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New statement from Hānī al-Sibā’ī on the release of Muḥammad aẓ-Ẓawāhirī and others from Egyptian prison

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NOTE: Here are a couple of other recent statements from Hānī al-Sibā’ī that relate to the recent prison releases:

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ينشر مركز المقريزي أسماء المفرج عنهم اليوم الخميس بتاريخ 12 ربيع ثاني 1432هـ الموافق  17 مارس 2011م وأشهر هذه الأسماء الشيخ المهندس محمد الظواهري الذي كان ينتظر تنفيذ حكم الاعدام الصادر ضده من المحكمة العسكرية في قضية “العائدون من ألبانيا” في 18 إبريل 1999م.. و الشيخ محمد الظواهري شقيق الدكتور أيمن الظوهري كان متهماً في قضية الجهاد الكبرى 462 لسنة 1981م وحكم عليه غيابيا ثم بعد عدة سنوات خطف من دولة الإمارات سنة 1997م ويعتبر من أشد المناوئين لتراجعات الدكتور سيد إمام والجماعة الإسلامية؛ تلكم التراجعات التي كانت تتم بإشراف وتخطيط مباحث أمن الدولة المنحل!! فثبته الله تعالى وكان لخروجه آية من آيات الله ودرس للمتراجعين عن الحق فقد خرج الشيخ محمد الظواهري ونجاه الله من أشفار الموت بفضله وحده من حيث لا يحتسب هو ولا أشد الناس تفاؤلاً!! ومن أشهر الأسماء الثابتة على الحق الشيخ المهندس محمد عبد الرحيم الشرقاوي الشهير أبي عبد الرحمن الإلكتروني! وكان قد رحل عام 1995م رحل من باكستان رغم أنه حاصل على الجنسية الباكستانية ومتزوج من سيدة باكستانية وكان من المفترض أن يفرج عنه منذ سنوات حيث لم يقدم أي محاكمة ولكن لأنه رفض تراجعات أمن الدولة فتم التضييق عليه ونفي إلى سجن الوادي الجديد حتى أفرج عنه اليوم بفضل الله وحده.

وفي اتصال لنا مع الشيخ يحيى خلف أكد صحة الأنباء وأملى علينا أسماء المفرج عنهم على النحو التالي:

أولاً: أسماء المفرج عنهم من سجن العقرب بمنطقة طره:

(1) الشيخ المهندس محمد ربيع الظواهري.

(2) محمد محمود حسين السيد.

ثانياً: أسماء المفرج عنهم من سجن الوادي الجديد:

(1) الشيخ محمد عبد الرحيم الشرقاوي.

(2) أحمد محمد زكي قنديل.

ثالثا: أسماء المفرج عنهم من سجن برج العرب:

(1) محمد عبد الحميد عبد الهادي.

(2) مصطفى عبد الظاهر إبراهيم.

(3) عصام يسري محمد.

(4) بدر الدين نصر حامد عباس.

(5) فرج حماد موسى حماد (فلسطيني).

رابعا: أسماء المفرج عنهم من سجن استقبال طره:

(1) سيد حسني علي.

(2) علي العارف طلب.

(3) حسام أحمد دراج.

(4) وشقيقه محمد أحمد دراج.

(5) محمد علي مصطفى.

(6) محمد عبد الغفار حسن.

(7) محمد عبد الحكيم متولي.

(8) أسامة أحمد عباس.

(9) شريف محمد عبد الحميد الفارسي.

(10) تامر السيد الخضري.

(11) طارق نصر عبد اللطيف.

(12) محمد أحمد عباس.

(13) عبد الرحيم عوض عبد العال.

(14) أكرم عبد البديع أحمد.

(15) خالد حمدي عبد الحميد.

(16) محمد بدر الدين عثمان.

(17) حاتم مختار عبد الله.

(18) نزار أحمد سلطان عبد الحليم.

(19) فرج موسى عبد الله علي.

(20) سمير خميس محمد معروف.

(21) أحمد السيد هزاع.

(22) حذيفة مجدي كمال (ابن الشيخ مجدي كمال الشهير بأي حذيفة في بني سويف).

(23) أحمد محمود عبد الحميد محمود.

(24) محمود عبد الحميد محمود محمد.

(25) مروان محمد سالم حلمي.

(26) أحمد سمير سعد رمضان.

(27) محمد كريم علي الديب.

(28) فادي محمد ممدوح.

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فإن مركز المقريزي يحمد الله على الافراج عن هؤلاء الشباب والشيوخ المظلومين ونسأل الله تعالى أن يجعل ما تعرضوا له من سجن وتعذيب وأحكام جائرة في ميزان حسناتهم يوم القيامة..

كما يؤكد مركز المقريزي أنه لا يزال هناك مظلومون من أبناء الحركات الإسلامية مغيبين في السجون المصرية؛ وعلى رأسهم الشيخ نبيل المغربي الذي ناهز السبعين من عمره والشيخ أحمد سلامة والشيخ فتحي صابر والشيخ عادل عوض شحتو والشيخ أحمد عشوش والشيخ مرجان سالم وغيرهم.. لذلك فإننا نطالب بإطلاق سراح جميع المظلومين في السجون المصرية وتكريمهم وتعويضهم وعوائلهم عن كل يوم قضوه في غيابات سجون نظام الطاغية المخلوع.

مركز المقريزي للدراسات التاريخية

12 ربيع ثاني 1432هـ

17 مارس 2011م

Articles of the Week – 3/12-3/18

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Saturday March 12:
Still a Vanguard – Marisa Urgo, Making Sense of Jihad: https://bit.ly/dQmy16
Tuesday March 15:
Building an Insurgent State in Somalia? – Christopher Anzalone, Informed Comment: https://bit.ly/fTMOwm
Wednesday March 16:
Terror in Germany: An interview with Guido Steinberg – conducted by Raffaello Pantucci, Free Rad!cals: https://bit.ly/eYmvuw
Thursday March 17:
Global Jihad: Summary from Arabic Sources – The First Half of January 2011 – ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/dO2Xh9
Remembering Mansur – Liz Fuller, Caucasus Report:https://bit.ly/gvdLr1
Jihad in China? Marketing the Turkistan Islamic Party – Jacob Zenn, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/dNdKSg

New statement from Zabīhullah Mujāhid of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Clarification Regarding the Recent Assertions of the American General Petreaus"

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General David Petraeus, top commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, has returned to Washington to find answer to  questions and growing resentments of  American people and Congress regarding the War of Afghanistan.
According to an opinion poll published recently in The  Washington Post, a famous American daily, about two third of Americans   have no  confidence in the war of Afghanistan, considering it a fruitless mission. Similarly, hot debates are in full swing in the American Congress about the war expenditure in Afghanistan– reaching to the tune of billions of dollars.
Congressmen like the American people want to know, do these fruitless efforts deserve the  huge expenditure? General Petraeus, who is in charge of the war in Afghanistan,  tried at the  premises of the American Congress the other day during a hearing to give the Congressmen a spurious optimism.  He said, though the Americans have been  hearing about setbacks but there are some gains in the war of Afghanistan. These gains must be protected. General Petraeus  emphasized on  this point both during meeting with  the American President Obama and  American media, saying there were tangible advancements in the war. May be,  he was pointing to operations by the American troops in some areas in south Afghanistan in the past  recent months. We would like to say about the remarks of Petraeus that he is trying once again to give deceptive assurances to American people about the war of Afghanistan and quid pro quo, get  some  time and money for further prolongation of the war. However,  if we look at the ground realities in the country,  there is nothing to be called gains of the American troops. Not only they are losing the rural areas but also have become targets of effective attacks of Mujahideen in cities.
In the near past, the operation of Kandahar was one of the greatest ever carried out by the Americans. The Americans had had huge casualties  being unprecedented in terms of loss. They are still smarting from their casualties. Though, the Americans destroyed whole villages and vineyards of people in some areas of Kandahar and afterward,  built military bases there. Despite that, they were not able to wipe out  the writ of Mujahideen. The Mujahideen  are present in the areas and have blocked all ways and roads leading to the American bases. With the passage of every day, they  lay further blockades to the invaders.
 
Another project of Pettaeus was the training of the Afghan hireling forces to rely on themselves in terms of quality and quantity. This is also a failed effort. High ranking officials of the Kabul regime openly complain that no progress has been made in the way of boosting the hireling Afghan forces, and even it is not expected that the target could  be achieved during the next five years,  to put the forces  in a position to defend themselves on their own.
The common Afghans have rejected the Arbaki program launched by General Petraeus.  However, it is operational in a few areas, that too, with  a very low  capability. Contrarily, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate enjoy a high morale and warfare spirit. The Mujahideen continued their military operations successfully in this winter, and did not  let the enemy to take a breath of relief. Moreover, the martyrdom-seeking Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have carried out effective attacks against the enemy in various parts of the country, sending a jittery through the ranks of the enemy.
The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate continue their armed Jihad against the enemy, enjoying a high morale. They have the initiative of  the battle in their hands, being always in the aggressive position while the enemy is retreating from or evacuating their bases in many areas in the country as the have  withdrawn from Pech Valley. Thus  they flee the areas.
I would like to point out my opinion about  the assertions of Petraeus. Let’s sum up the results and the losses. The Americans had launched one of their greatest operations in Gerisk  district of Helmand province. It continued for one month. According to a survey conducted by Mujahideen, the Americans lost 54 tanks and armed vehicles as a result of road side bombs and attacks. But after the end of the operation, the situation did not change. The status quo is the same as before. The Americans went back to their bases after suffering huge casualties and losses. The Mujahideen are in control of the area. The same is the fate of other operations conducted by the forces of General Petraeus. It is very surprising that despite that,  the general tauts these failures as military gains.
Like the American people, two-third of whom believe this war is  fruitless war, the Islamic Emirate too believes that the current war of Afghanistan will bring in nothing for the Americans except defeat. We have faith in our God and believe, this legitimate Jihad of the Afghan people will ultimately result in the complete rout of the invaders. The surge and prolongation of the war will only add to financial loss and military casualties of America. Nothing more than that, if God willing.

Zabihullah Mujahid
Spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan