New statement from the Amīr of the Teḥrīk-ī-Ṭālibān Pākistān Ḥakīmullah Meḥsūd: “Message to the Muslim Ummah on the Blessed Occasion of ‘Īd al 'Aḍḥā"

New statement from Anṣār al-Islām: "Letter Issued By The Leadership To All Muslims On The Occasion Of ‘Īd al 'Aḍḥā"

UPDATE 11/11/11 10:11 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

All praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, the Trustworthy and Truthful, and upon all his family, companions, soldiers and followers. To proceed:

Muslim Ummah!
Indeed the obligation of Jihad is the true Eid of the Ummah which has been lost, its lands fragmented and abandoned by its people. Only a few are left, defending it with their bare chests, selling their blood and souls to Allah for a great price that mentioned in the Quran:

{إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ فَيَقْتُلُونَ وَيُقْتَلُونَ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْقُرْآنِ وَمَنْ أَوْفَى بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَاسْتَبْشِرُوا بِبَيْعِكُمُ الَّذِي بَايَعْتُمْ بِهِ وَذَلِكَ هُوَ الْفَوْزُ الْعَظِيمُ}

Verily, Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allah’s Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success. (Al-Tawbah: 111)
Allahu Akbaru Kabeera (I greatly magnify the greatness of Allah), walhamduliallah katheeran (many praises are for Allah), wa subhanallahi buktratan wa aseela (and glory be to Allah all morning and evening).
Labaik Allahuma Labaik. Labaik la shareeka laka labaik. Innal-hamda, wan-nimata laka wal-mulk. Laa shareeka lak.
At your service, O Allah, at Your service. At Your service, You have no partner, at Your service. Indeed all praise, all blessings and all dominion is solely Yours. You have no partner.
We congratulate the Ummah of the Quran, the Ummah of obedience, and the Ummah of the sword on Eid-ul-Adha, the apparent symbol of Allah, the religion of Muhammad, the path of Ibrahim, and the guidance of the Prophets sallallahu alaihim wa sallam.
Muslims!
Indeed the monotheist religion brought by Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is the complete structure for the religions and ways of the Prophets. Books of all times have firmly consolidated the Fiqh of Governance for the Muslims, and the milestones of change in the ruling governments. They based it upon established principles, from them the legitimate right of decision and its independence, the legitimacy of the employed methodology and its accordance with the way of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and the correctness of the goal, the results and the end. It is from these principles which we must create a political vision for the generation of reform in the Muslim Ummah.
Mujahideen all over the Muslim world!
Indeed the Spring Reforms with which all Muslims identified was a reaction to a bitter and miserable reality they were living due to the Taghuti governments. But the global forces of kufr stepped in between them and their goal with the Bernard Lewis plot for a new division of the Muslim world. Our view regarding these events is that various opportunists and agents who seek to prepare the way for newborn governments of the global Zio-Christian Crusader imperialists took advantage of it. People who have failed Jihad and the Sharia from those who identify themselves with moderate Islam from the Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen also stepped into the game, and the first victim of this conspiracy will be the Muslims, and the first aspect which will be sidelined is that of governance. The only losers are Ahl-us-Sunnah, and specifically the Mujahideen, then Islam as a whole, its methodology, its aspirations and its laws. The cost of Crusader support of newborn governments is the building of their permanent transatlantic interests and military bases in Muslim lands which safeguard the borders of its new division, working to solidify the uni-polarity of the Crusaders across the world.
Indeed these times and events is another page from the pages of the Will of Allah for this nation, and the prophetic guidance in the likes of these events is to place all of one’s trust in Allah, trust as defined by Jihad, which is to take all means possible and then to leave all matters to Allah Almighty.
From the most important religious means is to form military groups which will impose its presence in the arena at this stage. This imposition is an obligation. Indeed Allah has preserved the potential energy of Muslims for the likes of these times. The likes of these times and events bear one of the greatest opportunities to seize and fight for land which is slipping away. Gaining land area is one of the greatest of obligations, and defending it is even greater. However, wisdom must cloak this lofty palace, as working according to the best interest balanced between the religion and its implementation is one of the most apparent favors of Allah granted to the Muslims.
O sword-bearers in the Muslim lands! Do your best and utmost, and indeed Allah is with you. Allah has said:

فَلَا تَهِنُوا وَتَدْعُوا إِلَى السَّلْمِ وَأَنْتُمُ الْأَعْلَوْنَ وَاللَّهُ مَعَكُمْ وَلَنْ يَتِرَكُمْ أَعْمَالَكُمْ

So be not weak and ask not for peace (from the enemies of Islam), while you are having the upper hand. Allah is with you, and will never decrease the reward of your good deeds. (Muhammad: 35)
O Allah! Send prayers upon Muhammad and his family, as You have sent prayers upon Ibrahim, indeed You are All-Praiseworthy, All-Majestic.
O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and his family, as You have sent blessings upon Ibrahim, indeed You are All-Praiseworthy, All-Majestic.
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Check out my new post at al-Wasat: "On Flags, Islamic History, and al-Qa’ida"

After writing my post on Libya, AQIM, and the spotting of a flag that appeared to be al-Qa’ida in Iraq’s (AQI) hanging over a court building in Benghazi there has been much written over the past few days regarding this flag as well as one waved at a rally also held in Libya that showed the Islamic State of Iraq’s (AQI’s successor group) flag.[1] Earlier this morning, it sparked an interesting debate between Ed Husain and Will McCants on Twitter. The flags in question were the following two:

al-Qa’ida in Iraq’s flag. This was the one that appeared on top of the court house in Benghazi. Islamic State of Iraq’s flag.


Husain contended that one should not describe this flag as an “al-Qa’ida flag,” stating: “By calling it AQ flag we give them what is not theirs. The Prophet used those colours in his raids against pagans.” On the other hand, McCantsargued that Muhammad may have used similar colors (i.e. black and white), but no other Islamic movement uses the exact same styled flag as the Islamic State of Iraq. Husain mentioned Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) as a counter example, yet that does not hold up to scrutiny, see:

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s flag


Indeed, in the case of the AQI and HuT flags they both use black as the background and contain theshahada (Islamic testament of faith: ‘There is no God, but God; and Muhammad is the Messenger of God’). While the Islamic State of Iraq’s only has the first half of the shahada at the top while on the bottom is the seal that Muhammad used in official documents. They all differ a bit though since they have different styled typeface. Further, if one were to contend as Husain did that “we” are giving al-Qa’ida something that is not theirs then we should look back and see what flags the Muslim prophet Muhammad actually used as well as the Rashidun Caliphate, Ummayad Caliphate, and the Abbasid Caliphate.
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New statement from al-Jahād al-’Ālamī Forum: "Congratulations to the Muslims on ‘Īd al 'Aḍḥā for the Year 1432 H"

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله ربّ العالمين، والصلاة والسّلام على سيّد الأنبياء والمرسلين محمّد وعلى آله وصحبه أجعين، وبعد ..
فنحمد الله عز وجل أن أذن لعباده المؤمنين بإقامة شعائر الحج موحّدين له ومخلصين، متجرّدين من الدنيا عائدين إليه منيبين، ذاكرين الله كثيرا ومكبّرين . ونحمده تعالى أن أعاد هذا اليوم على أمّة الإسلام ثابتة وهي تدفع عدوها كما أمر وتتحرر من المزيد من رؤوس لطغيان والكفر .
ثم إلى أسرى المسلمين في سجون الكافرين، الذين ذاقوا الآلام ويذوقون ..
إلى أهالي الشهداء، الذين صدقوا ما عاهدوا الله عليه .. إلى الدعاة الصادقين والعلماء العاملين، الذي بيّنوا دين الله وما كتموه .. إلى الشباب الثائرين، الذين انتصروا على البغي .. إلى المجاهدين في سبيل الله بأموالهم وأنفسهم، الذين صاروا أفضل الناس .. إليهم جميعا وإلى كل أمة الإسلام الآمرة بالمعروف والناهية عن المنكر ..
نبعث تهنئة مطيّبة مزكّاة بمناسبة عيد الأضحى المبارك لهذا العام ونقول:
تقبل الله منّا ومنّكم، وكلّ عام وأنت بخير” سائلين الله تعالى أن يعيد عليهم العيد وقد تمسكوا بكتاب ربهم وسنّة نبيهم خير تمسّك، وعاد للأمة مجدها وعزّتها . والحمد لله ربّ العالمين
إخوانكم
إدارة شبكة الجهاد العالمي
الأحد 10/ ذي الحجة/ 1432 هـ
الموافق 6/ تشرين الثاني / 2011 م

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