al-Malāḥim Media presents new statement from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "Blood of the Martyr is Light and Fire: Statement on the Martyrdom of Shaykh Anwar al-'Awlaqī and his Colleagues"

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan releases Issue #65 of al-Ṣomūd Magazine

NOTE: Previous issues: #64#63#62#61#60#59#58#57#56#53, and #51. You can also see English translations of articles from previous issues here.


Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — Issue #65 of al-Ṣomūd Magazine
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Jihadī Media Elite presents a new book from Shaykh Ḥasām 'Abd al-R'uūf ('Abd al-Hādī Muṣṭafā): "Muslims: Caught Between the Hammer of Democracy and the Anvil of Dictatorship"

New statement from the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog: "One Year of Work"

In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, his compagnons and those who followed him until the Day of Jugement. Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, this day marks the first year of activity of our blog dedicated to the struggle of Caucasian Muslims for Islam and Freedom. By the grace of Allah (swt) we have been able to increase our activity thanks to our contributors, may Allah (swt) reward them. We saw with satisfaction our work being quoted, reposted and translated in other languages. Be assured that we do our best to increase the quality of our work and we ask Allah (swt) to assist us in this task. The number of our readers is slowly but steadily growing, however, and with honesty, it remains fairly low. But it is not that important. We are realistic, we understand that simple words only can hardly improve the situation or even raise awareness about it. However we hope that, Insha’Allah, our modest contribution helped some people, Muslims or not, to partly understand the nature of the war in the North Caucasus. Or at least, that it helped people to remember this small piece of earth and the blood being shed on it on daily basis… If Allah (swt) allows it, we plan to expand our activities in the comming year. But this cannot be made without help. So currently, we are especially looking for translators from Chechen to English and from Russian to English. If you are interrested you can contact us at kavkaz.jihad(at)gmail.com. On the other hand, we are open to critics and suggestions to improve the quality of our work. We invite you not only to read but to share your opinions by commenting or by participating in the polls (check on the right of this page). We Insha’Allah, will continue to work for the benefit of our readers as long as Allah (swt) allows us to do so. In the end, we ask Allah (swt) to accept our efforts and our work on His path and we ask Him forgiveness for our mistakes. The Kavkaz-Jihad English blog staff.

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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Marking the 10th Year of the American Occupation of Afghanistan"

Exactly ten years from today on the 7th of October 2001, the arrogant American colonialists once again stepped on all Human Right conventions and norms, threw behind all respected principles for human freedoms and state sovereignty and attacked the independent soil of Afghanistan with full inhumanity. Afghanistan has now reached its 10th year of occupation. A lot of the realities which were cloaked with propaganda of the western media ten years ago have now been exposed. America, with its criminal and colonial policies, proved in the last ten years of its occupation that its slogans under the names of democracy, assistance, peace keeping and fighting terrorism in order to meddle in the affairs of sovereign nations are nothing more than means for furthering their exploitative and colonial agendas. American invaders who see themselves as international standard bearers of peace have demonstrated through their ten years of occupation that in reality, they are the most self-absorbed, oppressive and cruel people towards the entire humanity who will not withhold from committing any crime and oppression to further their colonial agendas. One the one hand, America has deprived Afghanistan of a legal Islamic government for the past ten years while on the other hand, it has also stripped the nation from the blessings of peace, security and safety. The nation has been damaged and suppressed from physical, spiritual, moral, ideological, educational and economical side also. The self-interested invaders have put all the gun-wielding, immoral, corrupt and hireling intelligence officials who were rejected and exiled by the people, as rulers over the honored Afghan nation. With the occupation of Afghanistan by the Americans, the Afghan people under the leadership of Islamic Emirate simultaneously showed zeal for their obligatory Jihad against the invaders and practically presented themselves for the struggle. The past ten years have also been edifying in terms of Jihadi achievements, enemy losses, divine victory and Mujahideen accomplishments. All praise is due to Allah, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate, with strong determination and reliance on Allah kept alive their Jihadic struggle against the enemy even with scarce weapons and equipment, steadily increased their Jihadi operations, used different tactics against the enemy and gave innumerable sacrifices which in the end forced the occupiers, who intended to stay forever to rethink their position and contemplate turning back and leaving this soil. Now that ten years have passed since the invasion of the arrogant Americans, fundamental changes have occurred in state of affairs, military tactics, stratagems and public opinion. And on international level, nations and people who take into account realities believe that the prolongation of presence of American troops in Afghanistan will add nothing to the end result except more expenditure, failures and humiliation. With the passing of the ten year proud Jihad by the Afghan people against the invaders, we must remind it that divine victory is with us alike the previous ten years. If we hold tightly onto the rope of Allah, avoid insincerity, dissention, hypocrisy an other illnesses than with the aid of Allah, our enemy will be forced to completely leave our country, if God willing. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ________

Articles of the Week – 10/1-10/7

Sunday October 2:
In Their Own Words: Al Qaeda’s View Of The Arab Spring – Gilad Stern & Yoram Schweitzer, Foreign Policy Research Institute: https://bit.ly/rd7WXJ
Larger Than Death – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/pPCq73
Yes, Awlaki execution was a triumph – but mainly in the propaganda wars – Leah Farrall, The Australian: https://bit.ly/nLKMWR
Monday October 3:
A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen – Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/qzEt5K
Post-Revolutionary Al-Azhar – Nathan J. Brown, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://bit.ly/oCHzOp
Friday October 7: 
God’s soldiers: Pakistan army’s ideology – Praveen Swami, The Hindu: https://bit.ly/o1PJjN
Continued Counterterrorism Success – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://lnkd.in/-T2QmP
The online effects of the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki (and Samir Khan) – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/n5IT2D
Islamist War of Words in Egypt – Ed Husain, The Arab Street: on.cfr.org/p27fTG