Year: 2011

As-Saḥāb Media presents a new audio message from Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī: "First Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt"

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 2/19 10:23 AM: Here is an English translation of the entire audio message below. There is no indication that Ẓawāhirī even mentioned anything about the protests, let alone that Mubarak resigned. Interestingly, too, Ẓawāhirī mentions something along the lines of: I also discussed this more in the second copy of Knights Under the Prophets Banner. The second edition was released on November 27, 2010.

Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī — “First Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt” (En)
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UPDATE 2/18 4:08 PM: Here is an English translation of Ẓawāhirī’s outline in the new audio/video. It should be noted that he only covered the ideological corruption thus far and has not discussed corruptions 2-4 or the second question that he raises. When Ẓawāhirī releases the other episodes I will make sure to update the outline:
Outline from Ayman aẓ-Ẓawāhirī’s Audio message- “First Installment of a Message of Hope and Glad Tidings to Our People in Egypt”
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NOTE: This is the first official message from al-Qā’idah Central’s senior leadership regarding any of the uprisings in the Arab world.
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Articles of the Week – 2/12-2/18

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Sunday February 13:
IMU – Unser Weg zur IMU – Abu Ibraheem al-Almani – Ahmad al-Zaky, Ma’alim fi al-Taqriq Blog: https://bit.ly/hRfSkZ
German Jihadi Brothers Met Anwar al-Awlaki – Florian Flade, Jih@d Blog: https://bit.ly/ijDBh0
Monday February 14:
Top 10 Jihadi Forums (Updated) – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/fsi4ba
Chechnya’s Youngest Insurgents – Liz Fuller, The Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/gyZYBO
A Crash Course in Jihadi Theory (Part 4) – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/fshJVd
Tuesday February 15:
AQAP on the Revolution in Tunisia – Gregory Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/h5qwbn
At a Loss for Words- Why is al-Qaeda keeping quiet about the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions? – Brian Fishman, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/fsgijp
Wednesday February 16:
New Insurgent Group Emerges In North Caucasus – Liz Fuller, The Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/frpsG5
Thursday February 17:
Global Ambitions: An Analysis of al Shabaab’s Evolving Rhetoric – Cody Curran, Critical Threats Project: https://bit.ly/dMDNHx
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group releases its Summary from the Jihadi Forums – The First Half of January 2011: https://bit.ly/dkKa9W
Russian Policies in the North Caucasus Fuels a New Generation of Insurgents – Murad Batal al-Shishani, CACI Analyst: https://bit.ly/fp4O0o
The dwindling Kashmir-Britain militant pipeline – Raffaello Pantucci, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/hPz4cn
“How I Joined Jihad”: Nigerian Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in His Own Words (Part 1) – Murad Batal al-Shishani, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/etAcfw

New article from Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī: "Lessons Learned Through the Fall of the Pharaoh of Egypt"

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NOTE: Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī has been one of the busiest writing about the Arab uprisings. For more of what he has written recently see:

al-Ṭarṭūsī is a Syrian Islamist who lives in London. al-Ṭarṭūsī is considered one of the most influential jihādī theorists. For instance, as highlighted by Vahid Brown on Jihadica, al-Ṭarṭūsī has 200 works in the jihādītext collection “A Mujāhid’s Bookbag.” Also, in the past al-Ṭarṭūsī has condemned Dr. Fadl for his revisionsand Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī for a variety of what al-Ṭarṭūsī views as problematic rulings.
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Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī — “Lessons Learned Through the Fall of the Pharaoh of Egypt”
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New message from Abū Adam al-'Almānī of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan: "To His Brothers in Germany"

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NOTE: This message from Abū Adam al-‘Almānī comes on the heels of a recent statement from his brother Abū Ibrāhīm al-’Almānī that detailed how they traveled from Germany to Yemen, where they met Anwar al ’Awlaqī, and then went to Pakistan to join up with al-Qā’idah, but later joined the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan instead. The below statement describes the various military operations the IMU has conducted over the past year.
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Abū Adam al-‘Almānī — “To His Brothers in Germany”
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