For the books of 2011, click here. And for the entire 2010 series, click here.
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Abdullah Lux — Yemen’s last Zaydī Imām- the shabab al-mu’min, the Malazim, and ‘Hizb allah’ in the thought of Ḥusayn Badr al‐Dīn al‐Ḥūthī
Anne Alexander — Brothers-in-arms? The Egyptian military, the Ikhwan and the revolutions of 1952 and 2011
Anne Stenersen — Al Qaeda’s Foot Soldiers- A Study of the Biographies of Foreign Fighters Killed in Afghanistan and Pakistan Between 2002 and 2006
Arabinda Acharya and Sonal Marwah — Nizam, la Tanzim (System, not Organization)- Do Organizations Matter in Terrorism Today? A Study of the November 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Arthur Saniotis — Muslims and ecology- fostering Islamic environmental ethics
Brian Fishman — Al-Qaeda and the Rise of China- Jihadi Geopolitics in a Post-Hegemonic World
Bruce B. Lawrence — The Late Shaikh Osama bin Laden- A Religious Profile of al-Qaeda’s Deceased Poster Child
Christopher Melchert — Ahmad Ibn Hanbal’s Book of Renunciation
Degang Sun — Six Decades of Chinese Middle East Studies- A Review
Diego R. Sarrio — Spiritual anti-elitism- Ibn Taymiyya’s doctrine of sainthood (walāya)
Emil Souleimanov — The Caucasus Emirate- Genealogy of an Islamist Insurgency
Felicitas Opwis — Shifting Legal Authority from the Ruler to the Ulama¯ #- Rationalizing the Punishment for Drinking Wine During the Saljuq Period
Gabriel Weimann — Cyber-Fatwas and Terrorism
Géraldine Mossière — Modesty and style in Islamic attire- Refashioning Muslim garments in a Western context
Harvey Stark — Religious Citizens After September 11th- The Impact of politics on the Jurisprudence Concerning Muslim American Military Service
Iqbal Akhtar — Race and Religion in the Political Problematization of the American Muslim
Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller — The Edge of Violence- Towards Telling the Difference Between Violent and Non-Violent Radicalization
Jarret M. Brachman and Alix N. Levine — You Too Can Be Awlaki!
Month: December 2011
New statement: "Glad Tidings: The Media Launch With Great Devolution of the Ibn Taymīyyah Center for Media"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Glad Tidings- The Media Launch With Great Devolution of the Ibn Taymīyyah Center for Media
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al-Ma’sadat Media Foundation presents a new poem from Abū Yūsuf al-'Urdunī: "Our Resolve and the Martyr al-'Awlaqī"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Yūsuf al-‘Urdunī — “Our Resolve and the Martyr al-‘Awlaqī”
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New statement from Anṣār al-Jihād in the Sinai Peninsula: "Founding Statement"
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al-Katāi'b Media presents six new statements from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn
al-Malāḥim Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "The Martyr of Da'wah"
UPDATE 1/3/12 6:53 PM: Here is an Arabic translation of the below video in English:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula — “The Martyr of Da’wah” (Ar)
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NOTE: For some analysis of this video do read J.M. Berger’s insightful thoughts.
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Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa'l-Jihād presents a new article from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī: "No Women in Mīdān at-Taḥrīr"
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — “No Women in Mīdān at-Taḥrīr”
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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Americans Must Substantially Recompense Iraq for Nine Years of Occupation!!"
NOTE: Vieled message of what the Ṭālibān expects from the US after it leaves Afghanistan, too?
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On the 15th of December 2011, America announced that it officially ended its nine year occupation of Iraq by withdrawing its troops and handing the country over to Iraqis.
There is heavy skepticism and doubt surrounding the extent of honestly of America regarding its statement because American sources also announced that there will still be some seventeen thousand US nationals (bigger than any single military division) remaining behind under the name of diplomats, security officials, experts of oil refineries and contractors!! However there isn’t any doubt that a large part of the American occupation has left Iraq and the last of its military convoy also exited the other day but rather the important question which needs an answer is: to what state and condition have the Iraqi people been left behind to?
It is clear that the American invaders left behind Iraq in a condition in which the country’s treasury, historical artifacts and infrastructure has been looted and destroyed; its high rise commercial and political buildings turned to rubble; its green areas and parks turned into junkyards; its roads and bridges pock-marked with craters and on top of this, one hundred and fifty thousand innocent Iraqi’s have been murdered and around one million Iraqi’s have been displaced whereas its resource rich wealthy people have been thrown into a ditch of poverty and destitution.
It is an open secret that America made baseless excuses to occupy Iraq so it can control its rich mineral resources and fill its belly with oil. To attain its objective, America (in its own words) spent about one trillion dollars and sacrificed 5000 of its soldiers but it was the will of Allah Almighty that in this Muslim country, the neck of imperialism would be broken, its plots and determination made fruitless and it would be forced to flee empty handed in the end.
The 9 year violation of Iraq by America disclosed to the Muslim Ummah (Nation) that this notorious criminal did not give Iraqi’s anything other then killings, destruction, plunder and poverty. On top of this, it ruined the nation’s unity; created and dispersed sects under the names of nationalism and faith; conjured fire and enmity under the disguise of Shia, Sunni, Arab and Kurd and then left all of it behind.
So what is needed now is that America be asked to provide justification and explanation for its violation of an Islamic country’s sanctity and sanctums, taking of its people hostage for 9 years, causing billions of dollars worth of damages, liquidating its military and political strength and for killing and maiming about half a million Iraqi’s!!?
The nations of the world must put pressure on the United Nations and other international organizations to drag and put on trial those perpetrators of the American administration who had a role in burning the Iraqi people in the flames of gunpowder for nearly a decade under false pretexts. It is the due right of the Iraqi people to expose the American authority and to ask for a heavy compensation for causing the catastrophic destruction of Iraq.
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al-Fajr Media presents a new poem from Abū 'Aṣām al-Andalusī: "Lamentations for Shaykh Jamāl Ibrāhīm (‘Aṭīyyatullah or Maḥmūd al-Ḥasan)
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū ‘Aṣām al-Andalusī — “Lamentations for Shaykh Jamāl Ibrāhīm (‘Aṭīyyatullah or Maḥmūd al-Ḥasan)”
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New statement: "Glad Tidings and Vexation for the Enemies of God: Statement Announcing the Establishment of al-Ibadā' Foundation for Media Production"
إلى الإخوة الأحباب الكرام في المنتديات الجهادية والإعلامية المباركة على الشبكة العالمية.
وفقكم الله ورعاكم ونصركم وسدد خطاكم /
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاتهنحمد إليكم الله الذي لا إله إلا هو وهو أهل الحمد والمجد والثناء، سبحانه وتعالى وتبارك وعز وجل، وأصلي وأسلم على عبد الله ورسوله حبيبنا وقدوتنا محمدٍ النبي الأمي وعلى آله وصحبه ومَن سار على نهجه إلى يوم الدين.
وبعد :
استجابة لفريضة الله عز وجل في جهاد أئمة الكفر والنفاق لإعلاء كلمة لا إله إلا الله ولتلبية دعوة قادتنا ومجاهدينا الأشاوس في شتى البقاع والأقاليم في إيصال كلمة الحق إلى كافة المسلمين والعالم أجمع يسرنا أن نعلن بعد توفيقٍ من الله عز وجل عن إنشاء مؤسسة الإبداع للإنتاج الإعلامي والتي ستكون بإذن الله حربة من حراب المجاهدين ضد أئمة الكفر والمنافقين.
كذلك يسرنا أن نستغل هذا الإعلان بدعوة كافة الأخوة الأنصار في المساهمة والرقي بالإعلام بما هو حق وواجب علينا وأن لا تكونوا ممن يتابع الأخبار بل من يساهم ويعمل فنكون يداً واحدة ضد عدو الإسلام.
وفي الختام ونسأله تعالى العفو والعافية والسلامة، ونسأله تعالى أن يصلح لنا أعمالنا ويتقبلها منا ويعفو عن السيئات ونحن لها أهل، وهو جل وعلا أهل المغفرة.
والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وآله وصحبه أجمعين.
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