New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: "Regarding the 13th Year of the American Invasion"

On 7th of October 2001, the detested President of America, George W. Bush, trampled on all human and Islamic standards, began the invasion of Afghanistan and declared an open Crusade.

Bush, who had completely lost his senses and could not fathom anything except savagery and depravity, demanded the entire world support this odious war by either sending their armies or by providing financial and logistical support. That is when 49 nations including NATO, without having a legitimate warrant while failing to reject Bush’s stubborn terrorism and accepting the sound reasoning of the oppressed Afghans, unfortunately sided with Bush and practically invaded our beloved homeland in the form of an anti-Islamic coalition.
America and its coalition armies violated all Islamic and human norms and began the systematic torture, detention and killing of every Afghan who stood firm on his Islamic fervor and Afghan pride.
The barbaric Americans tortured thousands of Afghans in the prisons of Guantanamo, Bagram, Kandahar as well as in the internal and foreign secret and open prisons, thousands of other defenseless Afghans were martyred, massive bombs were dropped on their mud built compounds and even banned as well as poisonous weapons were used throughout the country.
But no international humanitarian organization or self proclaimed defenders of Human Rights pointed a finger towards these American and NATO brutalities in a proper manner and neither did the Security Council ever call a meeting with the intention of condemning the actions of these ruthless American and NATO armies or placing a blame on them!!?
America used every war stratagem through their well-known Generals to win the war in Afghanistan and used 850 billion dollars on its war machine however Allah Almighty defeated and humiliated them despite all these war maneuvers. They failed to make any progress in the war front and according to their own tally; thousands of their soldiers have died in this war, most of which are American.
The Mujahideen not only aborted and scraped every war technique and tactic of America, NATO and their stooges but established their own writ in the vast swaths of Afghanistan, limited and confined the foreign and internal enemy to their bases and government buildings and forced the arrogant enemy to accept the existence and presence of the Islamic Emirate in the political field while openly declaring that they are quitting Afghanistan and want to bring the conflict in Afghanistan to an end through talks.
Bush’s abominable war and repulsive democracy!! proved that they entered Afghanistan with over a hundred thousand troops only to bridge a gap between the Afghans and their religious and national traditions, endanger national unity and the existence of a unified Afghanistan, afflict Afghans with the hardships of poverty and destitution and finally to turn Afghanistan into the oven of fire and gunpowder!!
If America had not implemented these anti-Afghan programs and projects, then let it show what major development projects it has completed except the building of a few kilometers of low quality asphalt roads, most of which are built with the help of other countries? What positive economic changes have they brought into the livelihood of ordinary Afghans not counting those of a few of their own stooges?
On the other hand for the first time in the history of Afghanistan, the current regime in Kabul won first place in corruption, fraud, insufficiency, embezzlement, terror and savagery the foundations of which are laid by America and which is also an important achievement of the American invasion and Bush’s repugnant war.
What is even more fascinating is that after 13 years, the stooge president of the Kabul regime is only now asking America to endeavor wholeheartedly in the redevelopment and economic improvement of Afghanistan and that only at the price of signing the Strategic Partnership Agreement!!
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan strongly condemns the attack and invasion of America, NATO and other tyrannical regimes on October the 7th and considers it a black day like that of the Russian aggression on the 6th of Jaddi . We are immensely thankful to Allah Almighty for the victory which is at hand of the Afghan Mujahid nation and also for the approaching days of the uprooting and abscondence of armies of Bush and its international Taghut from our beloved motherland. May the Merciful Lord Allah Almighty accept all the sacrifices of the Afghans as well as every sacrifice of the Mujahideen their martyrdom in His Supreme Court and may He bring an end to the hardships of the Afghans with the blessing of their blood so they can have glorious Islamic government and breathe serenely.

 

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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New article from Dr. Iyād Qunaybī: "To Our Brothers in the [Islamic] State"

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله. اطلعت على كلمة الشيخ أبي محمد العدناني حفظه الله بعنوان (لك الله أيتها الدولة المظلومة)، وعلى بيان مجريات التحقيق في مقتل أبي عبيدة البنشي رحمه الله الذي أصدرته حركة أحرار الشام وفقها الله. وبعد أن أسأل الله أن يوفقنا جميعا لقول الحق والعمل به أقول إخوتي: 1.    كلمة الشيخ أبي محمد حفظه الله فيها إشارات طيبة حول منهج الإخوة في جماعة الدولة في التعامل مع فصائل الجيش الحر ومع من يحاول جرهم إلى معارك جانبية، وفيها كذلك تبرؤ مهم من علاقتها بتفجير المساجد والأسواق، وتأكيده على أنها تعتبر عامة المنتسبين إلى أهل السنة في العراق والشام مسلمين، وأنها لا تكفر إلا بأدلة قطعية الثبوت قطعية الدلالة. بل وفيها خطاب طيب واعٍ للجيش الحر أن الدولة ترفض الانجرار إلى قتال معه. 2.    كما ذكر الشيخ حقيقة أن إنجازات الجماعة تُهمش عمدا بينما تعمم أخطاؤها، تمهيدا لضربها والاعتداء عليها. وهذا أمر جلي للمتابع. 3.    ومن أحسن ما قاله الشيخ حفظه الله: (وأما الاجتهادات والتصرفات الفردية والأخطاء: فلا يمكن لأحد ضبطها ومنعها بالكليّة في صفوف جيش كامل، وقد كانت موجودة حتى في جيش النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، ومَن ثبتت له علينا مظلمة فهذه أموالنا، وهذه ظهورنا، وهذه رقابنا خاضعة لشرع الله، بدءاً من أمير الدولة، وانتهاء بأصغر جندي فيها، وهذه قنوات الاتصال مفتوحة، وتلك مقرّاتنا معلومة). أقول: كلام الشيخ صحيح، لا بد من أخطاء فردية. وهذا يتطلب من قيادات الفصائل كلها العمل على تجفيف منابع هذه الأخطاء من خلال تربية الأفراد على الأخوة الإيمانية والحب والولاء لإخوانه من الفصائل المجاهدة بقدر ما فيهم من طاعة لله ورسوله بغض النظر عن الجماعات والمسميات. نتابع فنقول: والموقف الذي أعلنه الشيخ من هذه الأخطاء يستحق الثناء: (ومَن ثبتت له علينا مظلمة فهذه أموالنا، وهذه ظهورنا، وهذه رقابنا خاضعة لشرع الله). من هنا نقول لإخواننا في الدولة حفظهم الله وسددهم: ها هي قضية أبي عبيدة البنشي رحمه الله تنتظركم أن تطبقوا هذا المنهج الطيب وتلتزموا ما ألزمتم أنفسكم به. وإذا بحثت عن التقي وجدته  رجلا يصدق قوله بفعال وأنتم لذلك أهل بإذن الله. أحبتنا وإخوتنا في الدولة أكرمكم الله ورفع قدركم وسددكم، ما يدعو مثلي إلى التمسك بقضية أبي عبيدة هو إعلانها من قِبَل أصحابها منذ حوالي الشهر دون رد واضح من الدولة عليها، وإلا فوالله ليس العبد الفقير منتميا إلى الأحرار ولا إلى غيرهم، ولا أرى إلا أن لدى كل جماعة من الجماعات التي تعلن إرادة الشريعة خيراً أُحب أن أعززه وأخاطبها به، ولدى كل منها ما تناصَح فيه. وكثرة عيوب الناصح وذنوبه لا تمنع الفضلاء من القبول منه. وكم سمعنا من أمور تُنسب إلى الإخوة فامتثلنا أمر الله تعالى: ((لولا إذ سمعتموه ظن المؤمنون والمؤمنات بأنفسهم خيرا وقالوا هذا إفك مبين)). ولا والله ما لنا بنقد أي من إخواننا ولع، بل لنا في دعوة عامة المسلمين وتحبيب الشريعة إليهم ومحاولة جمع كلمتهم على الحق والتصدي لأعدائهم وبيان فريتهم على الجهاد وأهله ثم شؤون الحياة الشخصية وهمومها…لنا في ذلك كله شغل عن أن نتسقط أخطاء إخواننا لمجرد القدح فيهم والعلو على أكتافهم! يا إخوتي أكرمكم الله وأعلى قدركم وسددكم، أعود فأقول: ما دفعني إلى التمسك بقضية أبي عبيدة البنشي هو إعلان تفاصيلها من إخوتنا في المكتب الشرعي للأحرار دون رد من إخوتنا في الدولة، وإلا فقد نُقلت إلينا حوادث أخرى لكن ما كان من سبيل إلى التوثق منها بدليل ملموس، مهما وثقت في ناقليها. وقد جاء في بيان مجريات التحقيق في مقتل أبي عبيدة رحمه الله أن إخوتكم في أحرار الشام خاطبوكم مرارا وزاروكم في مقراتكم مرارا واستخدموا قنوات الاتصال مطالبينكم بالاحتكام إلى شرع الله في هذه الحادثة، فلقوا تأخرا عن التجاوب معهم. ولستُ هنا أعاتب على شيء فائت، لكن أطالبكم يا حفظكم الله وسددكم أن تبينوا للناس: هل ما ورد في بيان الأحرار صحيح؟ أم أن لديكم رواية أخرى وتفاصيل تشفي صدور إخوانكم؟ وإن كان ما جاء في البيان صحيحا، فاللهَ اللهَ يا إخوة الإيمان، فساد ذات البين هي الحالقة التي تحلق الدين، فلا يشغلنكم الجهاد عن توفية إخوانكم حقهم وتقديم الجناة لمحاكمة شرعية. وإلا فكيف ترجون معيَّة الله تعالى في جهادكم ونصره لكم وأنتم تعلمون قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فيمن آوى محدثا جانيا ومنع من الاقتصاص منه؟ فهذا أوان أن نرى مصداق كلمة أبي محمد حفظه الله وقوله: (ومَن ثبتت له علينا مظلمة فهذه أموالنا، وهذه ظهورنا، وهذه رقابنا خاضعة لشرع الله). وهذا الظن بكم وبكل من يعلن إرادة تحكيم شريعة الله تعالى: أن يقوم بها على نفسه أولا. قال ابن القيم في إعلام الموقعين: (فإذا قام العبد بالحق على غيره وعلى نفسه أولا، وكان قيامه بالله ولله لم يقم له شيء، ولو كادته السماوات والأرض والجبال لكفاه الله مؤنتها، وجعل له فرجاً ومخرجاً، وإنما يؤتى العبد من تفريطه وتقصيره في هذه الأمور الثلاثة، أو في اثنين منها، أو في واحد). وإننا والله يا إخوتي لفي أمس الحاجة إلى كفاية الله لنا وقد رمانا الشانئون عن قوس واحدة. وإخوانكم إنما يدعونكم إلى الاحتكام إلى الله ورسوله: ((إنما كان قول المؤمنين إذا دعوا على الله ورسوله ليحكم بينهم أن يقولوا سمعنا وأطعنا))، فلا تتركوا الشيطان يحرش بينكم وبين إخوانكم ويوغر صدورهم عليكم. وليس ولي المقتول هو المطالب أن يسعى وراء فئة القاتل ليأخذ حقه، بل أنتم أهل لأن تسارعوا في تهدئة النفوس ونزع فتيل الفتنة ذلا وخضوعا وانكسارا لأمر الله تعالى، الذي جعل الذل للمؤمنين من علامات الطائفة المنصورة: ((فسوف يأتي الله بقوم يحبهم ويحبونه أذلة على المؤمنين أعزة على الكافرين يجاهدون في سبيل الله ولا يخافون لومة لائم)). وإنا لنشهد لكم بالعزة على الكافرين والبسالة والقوة والبأس الشديد في قتالهم, ونناشدكم الله أن تقروا أعين إخوانكم بشواهد الشطر الآخر ((أذلة على المؤمنين)). وليس لنا معكم ومع كل فصيل مجاهد إلا هذا: أن ندافع عنكم جميعا، وندعو لكم جميعا، وأن نسعى في التأليف بينكم وصد شياطين الإنس والجن عنكم، ونرفض فكرة استخدام السلاح ضدكم وضد أي فصيل مجاهد، فالأمة بحاجة إليكم جميعا. فالله الله يا إخوتنا! إن تنازعتم وفشلتم وذهبت ريحكم، فمن للأسيرات العفيفات يحملن في أحشائهن نطف الكلاب، ويتمنين الموت فلا يجدنه؟ من للأرامل واليتامى؟ من للعجائز والثكالى؟ من للأسرى في السجون يعذبون؟ من للمعاقين من أثر الحرب؟ من لأراض فتحتموها أهلها عيال عليكم؟ أسأل الله أن يشرح صدوركم لما يحب ويرضى. ((فبشر عباد (17) الذين يستمعون القول فيتبعون أحسنه)) والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله.

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New video message from Ibn Taymīyyah Center for Media: “The Crimes of the Egyptian Military in the Sinai #2"

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Hizballah Cavalcade: Liwa’a al-Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba: A Shia Militia Fighting in Rif Dimashq/Ghouta

NOTE: For prior parts in the Hizballah Cavalcade series you can view an archive of it all here.

Liwa’a al-Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba: A Shia Militia Fighting in Rif Dimashq/Ghouta  
By Phillip Smyth ([email protected])
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Figure 1:  A vidcap of the LIHM’s logo. The symbol reads: “Liwa’a al-Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba. A red flag reading, “Ya Zaynab”, a reference to what Shia militias in Syria claim to be fighting for (e.g. the “defense of [the] Sayyida Zaynab” shrine in Damascus) flies on the alif in Liwa’a.
Throughout the summer of 2013, a collection of new Shia militias were announced to be fighting in Syria via social media. On July 23rd, one of these groups was announced on Facebook, carrying the name of Liwa’a al-Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba-Sariyya Shahid Ahmed Kayara (The Brigade of Imam Hasan the Chosen-The Martyr Ahmed Kayara Unit or LIHM). LIHM purports to operate in rural and urban sections outside of the city of Damascus. According to material the group has published on social media, the militia has been particularly deployed to defend the Damascus Airport road near Shebaa, in the southeast of Damascus.
The LIHM’s name references Shia Islam’s 2nd Imam, Hasan ibn Ali, who is often referred to in Shia literature as, “The Chosen”. Unlike other Shia militias operating in Syria, LIHM appears to have named sub-divisions of the organization and seems to be more open with announcing the establishment of these groups.  Thus, based on social media posts by the group, it can be established that LIHM is split into smaller battalions with differing tasks. This is markedly different from how other Shi’a militias have presented themselves on social media. While it is possible they too have smaller units, usually the names of these groups and the fighters in them are rarely publicized.
Generally, LIHM’s claimed units only post photographs featuring 5-8 fighters. It is unknown if these combat units are limited to only that amount or if they are comprised of larger numbers. LIHM has also claimed to have its own mortar and rocket unit. Other infantry units are called The Abu Hamr Battalion and there is a so-called “Rapid Intervention” unit. The latter is called The Ashtar Battalion (Kata’ib al-Ashtar). It is likely this grouping was named after Malik al-Ashtar, “a long-standing and dedicated follower of the Imam [‘Ali].”[1] The existence of most of these units was announced in September 2013.
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Figure 2: Ahmed Kayara (left holding the SVD-type sniper rifle) stands with other Shi’a militia commanders.
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Figure 3: A martyrdom poster featuring Kayara and the late Iraqi Shia Islamist Grand Ayatollah Muhammed Sadiq al-Sadr.


Another one of these subdivisions is Sariyya Shahid Ahmed Kayara or The Martyr Ahmed Kayara Unit. In fact, LIHM’s official Facebook page includes this subdivision in its title. It is claimed that Hajji Thamer leads this group. Ahmed Hasan Kayara, also known by his nom de guerre, Abu Hamza, was one of the first publicly announced dead from the Damascus-based Shia militia, Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas. Videos of him in combat could be found online in early 2013. It was slowly established on social media circles that he was held a command position in Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas.
In late May and early June, comments on Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada’s (KSS) original private Facebook group (before it was closed) claimed that some of the killed KSS members in Syria had been part of the Martyr Ahmed Kayara Unit. However, claims of the existence of a similarly named fighting group were only presented by the Facebook supporters of the different Shia militia groups, not by official administrators. Only with the creation of the LIHM’s Facebook were the militia and this particular subunit’s existence formally established.
Unlike other Shia militias operating inside Syria, LIHM has not posted any photographic material showing a link to Iran. However, when basic details regarding their fallen fighters are analyzed, it is clear these militiamen came from an Iranian-backed Iraq-based front group known occasionally as Harakat Nujaba. It has been established that Harakat Nujaba is a front for the Iranian-backed Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq and Kata’ib Hizballah.[2] This front organization was first analyzed on Hizballah Cavalcade when it announced that it was supplying fighters to Liwa’a ‘Ammar Ibn Yasir, a Shia militia which claims to operate in Aleppo. The reasons for excluding the Iranian Revolution (1979) themed material may be part of an effort to create more support for Shia militia operations in Syria along a broader Pan-Shia line.
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Figure 4: LIHM’s “Rapid Intervention” unit, The Ashtar Battalion.
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Figure 5: LIHM’s “Abu Hamr Batallion” (Kata’ib Abu Hamr) which claims it, “protects the holy shrines”.
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Figure 6: LIHM claims this is their “Mortar and Rocket Battalion”.
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Figure 7: Haji Thamer, the commander of LIHM’s Martyr Ahmed Kayara Unit.
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Figure 8: An LIHM fighter by the name of Saif al-Salam sits wrapped in a blanket near a sandbagged position.
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Figure 9: Sajad al-Iraqi, reportedly a member of the LIHM’s Martyr Ahmed Kayara Unit, takes aim with a PKM-type machine gun. Note the distinctive shoulder patch.
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Figure 10: Abu Muqtada al-Baghdadi, another LIHM militiaman. Note the distinctive shoulder patch.
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Figure 11: LIHM’s Hashim al-Baghdadi holds a FAL-type rifle mounted with optics. Note the distinctive shoulder patch.
LIHM’s Martyrs
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Figure 12: Fala’ Hasan Rahman (left) and Fala’ Hasan Rama’ al-‘Aqabi (right) are pictured in a joint martyrdom poster. In the center sits the golden dome of the Sayyida Zaynab Shrine in Damascus. This and other posters identify them as members of Harakat Nujaba.
Name: Fala’ Hasan Rama’ al-‘Aqabi
Death Announced: September 2, 2013
Notes: ‘Aqabi’s was listed as a member of the Harakat Nujaba. Harakat Nujaba is a front set-up by Kata’ib Hizballah and Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq to funnel fighters from Iraq to Syria. The group is the main front which supplies fighters to Liwa’a Ammar Ibn Yasir.
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Name: Fala’ Hasan Rahman
Death Announced: September 3, 2013
Notes: Rahman was listed as a member of Harakat Nujaba.
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Combat Videos
LIHM’s fighters have been featured in a number of videos uploaded to YouTube and Facebook. In one of the videos, an interviewer claims the group is fighting, “irhab al-kafir” or “infidel terrorism”. Shia identity is also reinforced with the singing of an ad hoc nashid and chants which praise historic and symbolic Shia leaders like Abbas and Zaynab.
Like other Shia militias in Syria, these videos often feature videos demonstrating the group’s acumen when it comes to deploying snipers. One interesting feature of these clips is to show LIHM fighters firing a round and then showing a split screen utilizing footage of Syrian rebels being shot and killed.  Additionally, common Syria-oriented Shia militia songs used by other Shia militias and some older footage from Liwa’a Abu Fadl al-Abbas (particularly video of Ahmed Kayara) has been repackaged in these videos.



[1] Reza Shah-Kazemi, “A Sacred Conception of Justice: Imam ‘Ali’s Letter to Malik al-Ashtar” in M. Ali Lakhani, The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam: The Teachings of ʻAlī Ibn Abī Ṭālib, (North Vancouver, B.C.: Sacred Web Publishing, 2006), P.64. [2] See: https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-syria-crisis-iraq-idUSBRE97T0XH20130830

Ajnād Foundation For Media Production presents a new release from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shām’s Abū al-Barā’ al-Madanī: "Recitation of Sūrat Muḥammad"

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Abū al-Barā’ al-Madanī — “Recitation of Sūrat Muḥammad”

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New video message from Himam News Agency: “Report 28: Distributing Some Clothing by the Mujāhidīn of Jabhah al-Nuṣrah Stationed in Eastern al-Ghūṭah – Damascus"

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Articles of the Week – 8/24-10/4

Saturday August 24: How We Killed Privacy — in 4 Easy Steps – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Kelsey D. Atherton, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/15jQxqu  Al-Qaida Advises the Arab Spring: Al-Maqdisi – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/15jQPhf  Monday August 26: An Empirical Study of Suicide Terrorism: A Global Analysis – Charlinda Santifort-Jordan and Todd Sandler, Southern Economic Journal: https://bit.ly/15pkQMH  Tuesday August 27: Hizb Allah’s Gambit in Syria – Matthew Levitt and Aaron Y. Zelin, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/182cWaC From Karbala to Sayyida Zaynab: Iraqi Fighters in Syria’s Shi`a Militias – Phillip Smyth, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/18WG5H9=&0=&=&1=& An Islamist ‘renaissance’? Religion & politics in post-revolutionary Tunisia – Anne Wolf, The Journal of North African Studies: https://bit.ly/1bsT5XB  Friday September 20: Do Excellent Surgeons Make Miserable Exegetes? Negotiating the Sunni Tradition in the ǧihādī Camps – Simon Wolfgang Fuchs, Die Welt des Islams: https://bit.ly/16ndj1Y In Internet’s Way: Radical, Terrorist Islamists on the Free Highway – Raphael Cohen-Almago, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/17PEgdC  Sharia courts of the Sinai – Mara Revkin, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/14rgpkd  Saturday September 21: Al-Qaida Advises the Arab Spring: The Case for al-Baghdadi – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/1eyzJSa  Tuesday September 24: The Swedish Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria – Per Gudmundson, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/19xm9J0  Pakistani Fighters Joining the War in Syria – Zia Ur Rehman, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/19xnqjh  The Siege in Nairobi – Clinton Watts, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/19xpgAz  Media Discourse on Jihadist Terrorism in Europe – Sybille Reinke de Buitrago, Journal of Terrorism Research: https://bit.ly/19xpUhx  Islamist groups in the UK and recruitment – Mohammed Ilyas, Journal of Terrorism Research: https://bit.ly/19xq6gP  Wednesday September 25: Weathering Morocco’s Syria Returnees – Vish Sakthivel, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/18q2agJ  Thursday September 26: Harvest of violence: the neglect of basic rights and the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria – Hakeem O. Yusuf, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/1fr4nON  Dilemmas of “going legit”: why should violent groups engage in or avoid electoral politics? – Susanne Martin, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/1fr6VMV  Friday September 27: The Dangers of Success: Why it’s not so simple to crush and kill al Qaeda affiliates – Dan Byman, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/16SxK3a  Monday September 30: Gulf charities and Syrian sectarianism – William McCants, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/1hfv0BV  Al-Qaeda’s Offensive Against Iraq’s Sahwa – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Bridget Moreng, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/15MtDLd Tuesday October 1: Keeping Score in the War on al-Qaeda – StephenTankel, War On The Rocks: https://bit.ly/15GuUU2  Twitter’s Week of Reckoning – J.M. Berger, Foreign Policy: https://intelwire.net/1hidyg1  Wednesday October 2: Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring – John Gledhill, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/1fKdPwJ  Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring: The Case of Egypt – Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/173QkWe  Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring: The Case of Yemen – April Longley Alley, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/1fKdMkG  Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring: The Case of Libya – Brian McQuinn, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/173Qmxl  Conclusion: Managing (In)security in Post-Arab Spring Transitions – John Gledhill, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/173Qq02  The Malian Crisis and its Actors – Dario Cristiani and Riccardo Fabiani, The International Spectator: https://bit.ly/173R8dD  Thursday October 3: Increasing Numbers of Central Asian Jihadists in Syria – Jacob Zenn, CACI Analyst: https://bit.ly/16kIniU  Al-Qaeda in Iraq Resurgent Part II – Jessica Lewis, Institute for the Study of War: https://bit.ly/16kJEqa  The Rise of Persian Salafism – Mehdi Khalaji, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/16kNj7o  Population Redistribution and Language Spread in the Medieval Muslim World – Ghada Osman, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/16JLTpj 

New statement from Salafīyyah Jihādīyyah in the Sinai: "But If They Cease, Then There Is To Be No Aggression Except Against The Oppressors"

UPDATE 10/12/13 11:22 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Salafīyyah Jihādīyyah in the Sinai — “But If They Cease, Then There Is To Be No Aggression Except Against The Oppressors” (En)
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Salafīyyah Jihādīyyah in the Sinai — “But If They Cease, Then There Is To Be No Aggression Except Against The Oppressors”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new exclusive interview from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog: "Part One of a Dialogue with Shaykh Muḥammad al-Nūkāwī, Former Amīr of the Movement of Mujāhidīn in Morocco and a Prisoner Currently in the Local Prison in Tangier"