The Global Islamic Media Front presents a new article from Shaykh Ḥasan ‘Umar: “The Islamic Perspective on Current Events from the Thoughts of the Egyptian Revolution #3″

NOTE: For earlier articles in this series see: #2 and #1.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله وحده والصلاة والسلام على من لا نبي بعده صلى الله عليه وسلم وبعد :
قبل أن نقول أي كلمة في حق الشيخ محمد حسان أو غيره نذكر أننا نعتقد اعتقاد السلف الصالح، وأننا لا يوجد بيننا وبين الشيخ محمد حسان خصومة شخصية أو علاقة على أي مستوى، ولكننا نتابع بعضًا من أحاديثه الكثيرة ولا يختلف أحد معنا في أننا نمتلك حق النقد والتوجيه والتعليق ما دمنا منضبطين بضوابط الشرع الإسلامي من جهة وما دمنا نتكلم بدون تجريح لأحدٍ، ونرفض ابتداء مبدأ تقديس شخص بعينه حيث لا عصمة لأحدٍ بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، والحمد لله أننا لسنا من المتكلمين في الفضائيات حتى لا يظن أحد أننا نتنافس مع الشيخ حسان أو غيره ولكن نكتب هذه الكلمات البسيطة لننبه الأمة الإسلامية جميعًا على أهمية التفكير بالعقل وفق الضوابط الشرعية من خلال هذه الكلمات، وحتى لا نطيل في هذه المقدمة نقول بعون الله :

1- أن الشيخ/ محمد حسان تناقض بقوة في موقفه مع الحكومة المصرية بل الحكومات العربية قبل ثورة 25 يناير وبعد نجاحها فقبل النجاح، ذهب الشيخ حسان عام (2008م) ومعه بعض السلفيين إلى ( ليبيا ) في شهر رمضان لتوزيع جوائز تحفيظ القرآن الكريم تحت رعاية الأخت! ( عائشة القذافي ) التي تقف الآن في خندق الطاغوت الليبي لقتل الشعب الليبي وقبل هذا كان الشيخ حسان يعلم جيداً أن القذافي علماني ولايحكم بالشريعة الإسلامية وأنه ينكر السنة النبوية تماماً بل إنه إذا تكلم عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يقول عنه إلا كلمة (محمد) فقط دون أدنى توقير بل قال -قاتله الله- أن النبي ساعي بريد، وبالطبع كانت الرحلة إلى ليبيا مدفوعة الأجرة وتكاليف السفر والإقامة …… إلخ.

2- عندما حدثت مشكلة (كامليا شحاتة) التي كانت نصرانية وأسلمت برغبتها وقامت الكنسية بخطفها وقت ذهابها لإشهار إسلامها بل أعلن الأنبا بشوي -المرشح لخلافة شنودة-: أنها محبوسة في أحد الكنائس، بعدها خرج علينا حسان ليعلق تعليقًا أمنيًا على الحدث وليس تعليقاً دينياً حيث قال: “أن ما حدث يمثل اعتداءً على سلطة الدولة”؛ ثم طالب العقلاء من الطرفين بمنع الفتنة بين المسلمين والنصارى، ولم يذكر شيئًا عن الاعتداء على الدين الإسلامي فبدا كأنه رجل أمن وليس برجل دين، أو بتعبيرٍ أدق ينقل ما يريده رجال الأمن، فالمهم عنده هو سلطة الدولة وألا تمس بسوء.

3- لم يكن من عادة الشيخ/ حسان أبدًا مهاجمة الحكومة المصرية لا شرعاً ولا واقعاً ولا يتحدث عن كفر أو ظلم وقعت فيه، بل كان ينتقد أي عمليات تحدث ضد الأمريكان بحجة أنهم مستأمنون دخلوا البلاد بتصريحٍ من (ولي الأمر) إلى أن أغلقوا له قناة الرحمة فهنا ناشد المسؤلين بفتح قناة الرحمة، و أخذ يتوسل ويذكر أنه وقناته لا يتحدثون في السياسة وليس لهم علاقة بأي احتقان طائفي وأنهم لا ذنب لهم حتى تغلق قناة الرحمة، ولم نسمعه يذكر كلمة انتقاد واحدة حتى بذكر الظلم أو بذكر من منع الخير عن الناس!، وقال حسان: “نحن والأمن في خندق واحد” وكأنه يستعطفهم لفتح القناة مرة أخرى، و لكن نظراً لأن إغلاق القنوات كان بطلب من شنودة الذي هدد بإغلاقه القنوات التي تهاجم الكنيسة أثناء قضية إسلام (كامليا شحاتة) فكان من العسير وقتها قبول شفاعته سريعاً.

4- عندما حدثت أحداث التحرير ظل حسان صامتًا بعض الشيء وكأنه يترقب ما ستسفر عنه الأحداث ثم ظهر على قناة المحور – المعروفة بموالاتها للنظام السابق وكل اللقاءات التي تقدمها في هذا الاتجاه تخدم النظام الحاكم- وكان ظهوره مخزيًا لعدة أسباب:
أ‌- الحديث إلى قناة تدعم النظام دائمًا خاصة من قبل مذيعيها ( الأخ/ سيد! والأخت/ هناء! على حد تسمية حسان).
ب‌- كانت الأخت هناء بكامل زينتها وشعرها المكشوف وفتحة الصدر المناسبة والشيخ السلفي ينظر إليها دون حرج ولم يرفض مجالستها على هذه الهيئة أو حتى يطلب منها أن تلبس أي شيء ساتر لشعرها وصدرها فهل هذا يليق برجل دين واعظ يحمل لحية كثة ويعتبر قدوة للناس وهو من أبرز من يدعوا إلى الحجاب وإلى غض البصر عن النساء فكيف تساهل حسان بل تساهل وهو يعلم أن الملايين يشاهدون لقاءه!.
ج‌- قال حسان كلمات خبيثة في لقائه المذكور منها زعمه “أنه يعلم أن هناك (أصوليين) يقفون خلف المتظاهرين في التحرير ولهم أغراض خاصة” وهذا كلام خبيث كاذب و اتضح للجميع كذب ذلك ومن جهة أخرى فكلمة (أصوليين) لا يستخدمها المشايخ ولكن يستخدمها الأمن والعلمانيون وهذا يدل على أن حسان يردد كلام الأمن، ومن العجيب أن يتهم حسان الجماعات الإسلامية بأغراض خاصة وهو يعلم أن كل القضية في التحرير أو غيره من ساحات مصر هي إرادة دفع الظلم والقهر الذي كبت المصريين وعذبهم مدة عقود طويلة و هذا يبين أن حسان شكك في الثورة كما فعل النظام و إعلامه قبل سقوط النظام.
د‌- قال حسان أيضًا: “لقد سمى الرئيس الشباب بالشرفاء، فلا تلوثوا ما قمتم به.. لا للتخريب.. ولا للتحريق” وهذا كذب من محمد حسان لأن رجال الثورة لم يخربوا ولم يحرقوا بل كان شعارهم وفعلهم هو(سلمية سلمية) وإنما الذي قام بالتخريب والتحريق هم الشرطة والبلطجية الذين أطلقت الشرطة جزء منهم لإحداث بلبلة عامة تجعل الناس تلعن الثورة بمن فيها … إذاً حسان كأنه يوجه خطابا للشباب وكأنهم ارتكبوا جريمة وهو ينصحهم للرجوع عنها.
ه- لم يوجه حسان كلمة واحدة للشرطة التي قتلت الناس بالرصاص الحي وداستهم بالسيارات المصفحة، ونفس الحال لم يوجه حسان كلمة للبلطجية الذين استأجرهم رجال الحزب الوطني لضرب المتظاهرين بالتحرير وهذا يدل على أن حسان يقر بالمنكر و لا يحب أن يغضب النظام والأمن في شيء ويدل على أن حديثه كان متفقاً عليه أمنياً باعتبار أنه كان يوجه الخطاب للمتظاهرين بالتحرير وكأنه يحملهم أعمال القتل والتخريب ولم ينكر على الفاعل الحقيقي لذاته.
و- أثناء تقديم هذا اللقاء حدث قطع لعرض مشهد خارجي وهو لقاء منتقى بدقة مع حوالي ست أو سبع شخصيات من الشارع يتم سؤالهم عن رأيهم فيما يحدث وكلهم يجيبون بإجابة واحدة وهي: (كفاية مظاهرات نريد أن نعود لحياتنا فأنبوبة الغاز ب 45 جنيه والسلع ارتفعت أسعارها والحال يزداد سوء وحرام على من تسببوا في التضييق على الناس)، وكان هذا قبل تنحي مبارك مما يعني امكانية انهيار الثورة.
ز- عرض المذيعين (الأخ سيد والأخت هناء على حسان أن يخطب بالمتظاهرين) ومن الواضح جداً لكل عاقل أنه اقتراح أمني قدمه المذيع العبقري فجأة كأنه اكتشاف اللحظة، ومن الواضح جداً أنهم كانوا يريدون امتصاص الثورة بمثل هذه الشخصية التي لها قدرة واضحة على الخطابة ومخاطبة العواطف حتى يمكن أن يوجه المتظاهرين أو أكبر كمية منهم كما يريد خلال تصدره

English translation of article by 'Abd al-Ra'ūf Ḥikmat: “The Prison-Break: How To Turn Fantasy To Reality” from Issue #60 of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s al-Ṣamūd Magazine

NOTE: To view issue number sixty of the Ṭālibān’s magazine al-Ṣamūd see here.


PART 1
Kandahar Prison
Kandahar’s main prison is located west of the city in the Sarpoza area, north of Kandahar-Herat highway. It is largest government prison in south Afghanistan, with the capacity to hold thousands of prisoners. The prison comprises several sections surrounded by high and impenetrable walls.
This prison is fundamentally well-built, with high surveillance and watch towers set up at its four corners. It is also surrounded by a number of subterranean walls, further to its high [over ground] walls, to prevent tunnels being dug to the outside.
Despite its strong construction and tight security measures, this prison has become the scene of a wonderful story not only in Afghanistan around the globe. Over the past eight years, political prisoners have been able to escape from this prison only three times. The first time was in June 2003 when Mujahideen prisoners dug a tunnel from inside the prison to the outside, enabling all 45 of this ward’s prisoners to escape via the tunnel. Also in June 2008, the Islamic Emirate launched armed and martyrdom attacks on this prison that resulted in the death of all the prison’s guards and released close to 1,200 Mujahideen prisoners. After this incident, the Americans and Kandahar officials paid close attention to the maintenance and preservation of this prison; Canadian forces trained special policemen to guard the prison, watch towers were increased and monitoring cameras installed; the entire prison was encircled by a deep and wide trench. Despite all these measures, the Mujahideen were able, after long planning, for the third time to release 541 prisoners on 25 April 2011.
Pure Fantasy
One of the Mujahideen in Kandahar city, who by his connections gained full knowledge of the inside and outside of the prison, pondered whether it would be possible to dig a tunnel from the inside of a house on the other side of the street into the prison as a means of releasing the prisoners. This fantasy and vision seemed laughable at first even to its owner; he dared not share his opinion with others, but, after more time and continued thinking, he reached a conclusion. On one of these days, while he was riding a motorcycle with two of his comrades, he shared that view with them. They thought it was impossible and deemed it dangerous to attempt, but they placed their trust on Allah and shared their opinion with the Mujahideen high command in Kandahar and they revealed to their trusted comrades their decision to implement this plan regardless of danger.
Concrete Workshop
Six months ago these Mujahideen rented a house opposite the south corner of Kandahar prison. Initially they built a new room. Then they brought in all necessary equipment and machines to make concrete, hiring a number of workers who worked during the day. But in the afternoon, when the workers left, the Mujahideen stayed under the pretence of serving as guards. It was during that time that they proceeded to dig the tunnel from within the room they had just built.
Hard Work for Four Months
At first, four Mujahideen implemented this process: one of them was to hit with the pickaxe, digging the tunnel, while the other three were to move the soil. The tunnel was narrow and the soil could not be moved out by wheelbarrows, so some operation planners went to the market and bought a number of children bicycles, removing their small wheels and fixing barrows on them. They were able to prepare wheelbarrows that suited their task. Now they filled these barrows with soil, pulling them by a rope to the tunnel opening and collecting the soil there before moving it to the lorry. In the morning, when the dirt trucks headed to the city for its sale, the Mujahideen would bring in their soil-filled lorry and sell the dirt to get rid of it. For two months, four Mujahideen were working in the tunnel digging, then their number increased to eight Mujahideen and they were digging four meters every night. When their continued work reached 100m, they faced the issue of ventilation and lack of oxygen; nevertheless they carried on until cutting a distance of 150m. At this point it was terminally difficult to continue working, due to lack of oxygen, and the work carried on no further. In the beginning they tried a ground fan; it resolved the ventilation issue but it was winter and the cold weather caused headaches. Then they made an air-pumping machine, delivering air by a pipe from the outside to the inside of the tunnel. This was the best method to resolve the ventilation and lack of oxygen – the machine worked quietly by a charged battery. But they then realized the risk of their digging a tunnel under the road that carried the heavy enemy vehicles to the interior of the prison: There was a possibility of a tunnel collapse under intense vehicle pressure. The question was how deep was the tunnel to be dug to exclude that possibility. As an experiment, they parked a lorry atop the tunnel; it suffered no damage, assuring them that it would not suffer because of enemy vehicles. The tunnel was 2.5m deep between the house and the public road, but as a precaution they deepened it further. Four months passed and the tunnel went 220m, a well iron pipe surprised them before realizing it was not a prison pipe but a pipe to a village south of the prison. In fact, the tunnel diggers, having no map, deviated from the correct path to the right, crossing the road and reaching a village close to the prison. Here Mujahideen recognizer that the target could only be reached with the prison map and distance measuring tools.
One and a Half Months of Efficient Work
The tunnel diggers who lost their way and made an extra 120m now downloaded the prison map off the internet and by which were able to pinpoint the prison location. Using earth measurement tools they re-dug at the distance of 100m of the tunnel directly towards the prison. However, with the passing of the winter, night was shorter. Consequently they increased the number of Mujahideen labourers until they reached twenty-one. Furthermore, earth evaporates less in summer, so ventilation was less of an issue, and the work was faster and more efficient. By digging 166m they reached the middle of the prison (it must be added that the Islamic Emirate’s site mentioned the distance dug by Mujahideen including the distance dug by error, giving a total of 360m, when the precise distance, excluding additional distance, was 266m. It is worth noting, however, that the tunnel’s height was 70cm and its width 60cm ). The Mujahideen inmates were in two separate locations within the prison: Most were in the political ward, where they numbered 530, but a small number were in a room called ‘Tawqif Khanah’ [detention room]. The tunnel was dug first towards Tawqif Khanah room, as it held a Mujahid aware of the case. He used to hit the ground for one reason or another so that the tunnel diggers would know whether they were ahead or behind or on target. Thus they were able to pinpoint the place, but for verification they poked a blade into the room, until the prisoner assured them of hitting the target. They moved on to the political ward. Five days produced a further 23m, reaching the political ward, cell 7 of which held two prisoners aware of the case. The aim was to take the tunnel to cell 7. Here again the tunnel diggers wanted to raise a blade to ascertain and avoid any error when opening the tunnel to the prison. The Mujahideen were hesitant: were they underneath cell 6 or 7? To keep the matter secret when the blade would be raised, the two prisoners held a Quran session; all the rooms were vacant, the two aforementioned prisoners left, one to room 6 and the other to room 7. When the blade was raised they realised they were under room 6, contrary to their expectation. Then two further meters were dug until reaching room 7. Now they could not vacate the rooms with the Quran completion excuse again, so the Mujahideen used the afternoon time when prisoners would go out to washing rooms and get prepared for the noon prayer; the blade was raised and it made it successfully to room 7. The opening place was specified for the escape operation day. It should be added that the blade raising operation was made subsequent to a wise and interesting plan: The prison ground was about 2.5m above the tunnel, with the tunnel’s height of 70cm, how a long blade could fit through this tunnel to reach the prison ground? The Mujahideen cut iron blades of 50cm length and joined them together; when they were raising a blade 50cm by a car jack, they would fix to it another blade and raise it by the jack. So for dismantling the blades, they prepared a machine that would be attached to each blade then hit by a hammer downwards. This was how they were able to pinpoint the location precisely.
The Plan to Extract the Prisoners
After construction of the tunnel, the persons responsible for digging finished their work and requested from the Islamic Emirate’s high command guidelines concerning the plan to extract the prisoners. Therefore officials from Kandahar Province’s and high ranking officials of the Islamic Emirate held continuous consultations in order to conduct a secure extraction.
As a result of the consultation, the following plan was adopted. The mastermind of this operation, who on his own swung the pickaxe laboriously to dig 300m of the tunnel, would himself be the commander of the prisoner extraction. During the operation, he would adopt

al-Katāi'b Media presents a new statement from Ḥarakat al-Shabāb al-Mujāhidīn: “Mujāhidīn Naval Forces Torch Kenyan Military Ships"


Mogadishu (20/11/2011) – Divisions from Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen’s Naval Forces stormed and burned military ships patrolling the waters along the Somali Coast , marking the first encounter between the Mujahideen and the invading Kenyan forces at sea.
Using high-powered speed boats and operating stealthily under the cover of darkness, two divisions from the Naval Forces launched a carefully calculated attack on two Kenyan navy ships travelling between the islands of Kudhaa and Madhawo, near Kismayo, at around 0300 hours Sunday morning. In the exchange of gunfire, one of the ships was set ablaze when hit by rocket-propelled grenades, while the other ship escaped unhurt.
The Kenyan ships were reported to have been patrolling the waters for weeks and persistently prohibiting local fishermen from fishing near the islands. In a series of recorded incidents, the Kenyan forces have previously sank at least 1 Somali-owned merchant ship and killed nearly 20 fishermen, thus prompting the Mujahideen Naval Forces to act with fierce force to stop the perpetrators.
On land, a dispatch of the Mujahideen military forces has successfully ambushed a convoy of 6 vehicles transporting Kenyan troops between the towns of Taabta and Dhoobley this morning. Two of the vehicles, including a white Toyota Land-cruiser carrying senior army officials, were burned down in the fire fight that lasted approximately 1 hour, before the Kenyan army fled the scene of the battle. 8 Kenyan soldiers were also killed in the ambush.
With the increased manoeuvres of the invading forces, Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen pledges to defend the Muslim people of Somalia from all forms of invasion, ideological as well as physical, which intends to subjugate the population, occupy their territory, plunder their resources and infect the teachings of Islam with the degrading values of democracy.
Press Office
Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen 
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Kavkaz Center presents a new video message from the Amīr of the The Caucasus Emirate Dokku Umarov: "To the Turkish People and its Government Regarding the Istanbul Assassinations"


Russian:

English:
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful!
Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you!
I want to appeal to the people of Turkey, to my brothers, to the Muslims of Turkey, to security services of Turkey, to officials, to President Gul and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan.
I am appealing to you about recent sad events took place on your territory. We must not forget that we are members of one Ummah, that we are the brothers in faith and have always supported each other, because we all worship one God – Allah.
I repeat that I am appealing to you today about the events that occurred in your country. As you know, some of our brothers, because of injuries or health issues, or because of family circumstances stayed on your territory. We know that you gave them shelter and hospitality.
Those brothers of us were not on your territory because of “good life”. The wicked (disbelievers), and the servants of the wicked (Kadyrov’s apostates – KC) of our people kill them today on your soil already.
We know that they are being killed because of the connivance of your current bosses, your intelligence. Why? Because these killers calmly cross the border into Turkey under the cover of tourists (and tourist business for you is a must). So fear Allah, as we must all appear before Allah!
Allah will not give you pardon if you justify your connivance in killings of your Muslim brothers in your land with an argument that tourism business presumably increases your cash.
These killers also penetrate to your own land under the cover of your construction companies, which are now erecting skyscrapers and built stadiums for those slaves.
You close your eyes on it because these construction companies increase your budget. So fear Allah, it’s not an excuse for you, and not an argument before Allah.
Weapons to kill your Muslim brothers are brought to Turkey under the guise of diplomatic baggage (from Russia).
You would say that diplomacy, it is politics, but Allah will not accept this argument from you too, because today they (Kadyrov’s apostates – KC) are killing Muslims.
These slaves, who sold themselves to the infidels, they know neither hospitality nor honor. Honor is not given to the slave! You are to fight for honor against the enemies who encroach on it, and the slaves are not capable to do that, because they have no honor and know no hospitality. And you open the gates of your state, you let them roam freely in your country and kill those Muslims whom you are obliged to protect, according to Islam.
So fear Allah! Do not forget that. I appeal to the whole people of Turkey, the Turkish government and remind you that no one has yet managed to escape death. Every man will appear before Allah and everybody will taste death, which completely closes the diary of our life.
What we are going to present before Allah is to be done sincerely and for Allah’s sake, but on you lays today the responsibility to protect your brothers.
If you allow those wicked and their killer slaves to roam freely in your country, and allow them to kill your brothers, then you are responsible before the Almighty in this life and the life to come, the eternal life.
We must not forget that the ideological politics of Russia has been always based on the plans to capture Istanbul, since they consider Istanbul the cradle of their religion.
I think that the Russians have actually captured Istanbul from you, because these killers feel so freely today on its territory. Their impunity means that they have achieved their goals.
So I once again appeal to you and encourage you that you take measures that these wicked are no longer capable to encroach on the lives of your fellow Muslims from the Caucasus.
If you are unable to take such measures, then, Insha’Allah, with Allah’s help we will take necessary measures ourselves, there can be no doubt about it! If we take a retaliatory action, then Russia will never think to kill even a single Caucasian on your territory.
We ask you, for the sake of Allah, do not allow this lawlessness happen on you territory. For Allah’s sake, because we are all to appear before Allah and only what we have done for the sake of Allah will be accepted from us on the Day of Judgment.
We love you for Allah’s sake and for the sake of Allah we urge you that you also love us for the sake of Allah, and protect your brethren on your territory. You must do that in accordance with Islam, because your territory is free for Islam, and the people who need your protection should be taken under protection on your territory.
Beside me stays my deputy Khamzat, the infidels are spreading rumors that he was the one killed in Turkey. The Muslims killed in Turkey were there for health reasons, and if the health of the Mujahideen health allowed it, none of them would have been there today, because every believer in Allah who obeys to His command, feels healthy in his body and has healthy spirit, is in the Jihad here, Insha’Allah.
This is the true grace of Allah, which the Almighty has given us!
Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you!
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New statement from Zabīhullah Mujāhid of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Regarding the Resolutions Adopted in Kabul by the Supposed Loya Jirga"


As we have stated before that in this so called Loya Jirga there were no genuine representatives of the freedom loving people of Afghanistan who would consider the interests of our nation and our Islamic values but rather all the participants
were either current governmental officials like ministers, governors, district chiefs, judges and other officials or those faces who had been supporting the invaders for the past ten years and had repeatedly participated in such futile Jirgas. As it was a complete military atmosphere in which they were surrounded by tens of security belts manned by thousands of foreign troops and their mercenary forces so to protect them from the wrath of the Afghan Mujahid nation, it was endorsed with a few superficial and misleading conditions that the occupying America, which has come to our country with hundreds of thousands of troops and with the force and use of different types of weapons and which has for the past ten years raided the homes of Afghans, martyred their relatives or have thrown them in their inhumane prisons, razed their homes and orchards and are still continuing their tyranny on a daily bases an example of which is the beheading of 4 family members a few days ago in Kandahar’s Ghorak area during one of their raids; this barbaric army must stay for at least another decade!?
We believe that these resolutions were predetermined by America and the name of Loya Jirga was only used to declare its intentions. Therefore, these resolutions will be a catalyst for stirring regional sensitivities and will make misfortunate Afghanistan a center of tumult for a long period, evoking extra wrath and anger of our nation which will enkindle the strongholds of Jihad. So this step can be considered reinforcement for the need and intensification of the Jihadi process which will play an important factor in the further awakening of our nation where it can be confidently said that it will bring about the end date of the American affliction even closer, if Allah wills it. And those people who are perpetrators of this irresponsible resolution have further shown their enslaved faces to the nation and made it clear that they do not consider any Islamic or national principles in order to please their whims and they were and are ready to sell the glory, honor, dignity and purity of this nation to satisfy their desires. These kinds of people have always been rejected by our nation and are considered as the notorious faces of history.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, besides strongly condemning and rejecting such agreements wants to reassure its nation that such steps by the invaders and the guile and deception of its slaves will never become an obstacle for the Jihad waged by the nations real sons. They should further recognize the face of the foreign and internal enemy and unabatedly continue their sacred Jihad until the complete independence of the country so that the foreign enemy along with their slaves face a complete and ignominious defeat due to its strikes and take such ominous plans and aspirations along with themselves to their graves.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan sees the fundamental solution to this problem in the removal of all foreign troops. Until this fundamental is recognized, this and other Jirags and conferences will only negatively impact Afghanistan, America and the coalition and will intertwine the crisis instead of pushing it towards a solution and it will yield nothing except time wasting.
Spokesman of Islamic Emirate
Zabihullah Mujahid
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Madad News Agency presents a new newsletter from Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen: “News Report, Issue #2″

UPDATE 2/8/12 9:21 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic report:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen — “News Report, Issue #2″ (En)
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NOTE: For the first issue, click here. For those who haven’t gotten their Anwar al-Awlaqī or Samīr Khān fix lately, there are new pictures of them with guns in this issue.


Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen — “News Report, Issue #2″
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Check out my new article at Foreign Policy's Middle East Channel: "Ennahda's Tight Rope Act On Religion"


This past Sunday, the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda — fresh off its win in last month’s elections — came under fire following a rally in Sousse, Tunisia with Houda Naim, a member of Hamas. Besides Naim, Ennahda’s general secretary, Hammadi Jebali, who has been proposed as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia, made some controversial remarks about the return of the Caliphate. Jebali stated: “My brothers, you are at a historic moment…in a new cycle of civilization, God willing…we are in sixth caliphate, God willing.” This quickly raised alarm bells with Tunisia’s secular and liberal elements who had been warning prior to the elections about Ennahada’s purported double speak: saying one thing publicly while saying something more nefarious privately to its followers.
In response to Jebali’s pronouncement, Ettakatol, a party that won the fourth largest bloc of seats in the recent election and is in coalition talks with Ennahda, said the party was suspending its participation in talks on a governing coalition in the forthcoming Tunisian Constituent Assembly. Khemais Ksila, a member of the executive committee of Ettakatol, stated: “We do not accept this statement. We thought we were going to build a second republic with our partner, not a sixth caliphate.” While Lobna Jeribi, an Ettakatol Constituent Assembly member, proclaimed that Jebali’s statements raised major concerns that needed to be clarified before any coalition talks resumed.
This is not the first controversy that Ennahda has been embroiled in since they won a little more than 40 percent of seats to draft the constitution in the new Constituent Assembly. A little more than a week ago, Souad Abderrahim, a prominent female member of Ennahda, talking to Radio Monte Carlo Doualiya stated that single mothers are a disgrace to Tunisia, “do not have the right to exist,” there are limits on “full and absolute freedom,” and that one should not “make excuses for people who have sinned.” In both cases, Ennahda had to walk back the statements of both Jebali and Abderrahim, downplaying their significance.
Are these two recent examples a sign of double speak finally seeing the light of day in the aftermath of its election victory — or is it a sign of Ennahda’s political immaturity and lack of experience? The latter is more likely. Prior to and following the election there have been no signs of some type of hostile Islamist takeover by Ennahda that would then try and institute a radical interpretation of the shari‘ah.
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