Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ḥurās al-Dīn — Condolences on the Martyrdom of the Two Mujāhidīn Shaykhs Abū ‘Iyādh Tūnisī and Abū Hamām al-Jazā’irī
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These leaked letters were originally sent in June/July 2014 and on August 17, 2014.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū ‘Iyāḍ al-Tūnisī — “Answer to the Essay of Abū Maysarah al-Shāmī- Letter to Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī”
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū ‘Iyāḍ al-Tūnisī — “Inspired By the Conquests of Iraq”
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
أقول للشباب:
إياكم وأنتم في قمة هذا الابتلاء ان تحقروا أنفسكم .. فوالله إن الشرق والغرب يبيت ويصبح على قضيتكم .. إنكم رغم ضعفكم وقلتكم وغياب الناصر تؤرقون أمريكا والغرب.. أنتم المشكل الذي ليس له حل.. أتدرون لماذا ؟ لأنكم باختصار أمناء الله على هذا الدين فاستبشروا ولا تنهزموا .. سيظل الباطل يطاردكم ويغريكم حتى تتنازلوا له عن شيء من دينكم فإياكم ثم إياكم… لزوال الدنيا وفناؤها الآن أهون عندي من أن نهادن أو أن نساوم في ديننا ووالله لو يعلم هؤلاء الطمأنينة التي يعيشها أصحاب المبادئ لما تجاسروا على أن يعرضوا علينا شيئا من دنياهم لأنهم لو عرضوا الدنيا بأكملها مقابل أقل مما يطرحونه لركلناها تحت أقدامنا ..
إنه باختصار شديد إما الله ولا غير سواه وإما الله ومعه سواه وهذا ما لا يرضاه الله.. فمع الله ولا أحد سواه حتى نلقاه وهو راض عنا..
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أنْصَارُ الشَّرِيعَةِ بِتُونِس
الجناح الإعلاميّ: مُؤسّسَةُ البَيَارِقِ الإِعْلَامِيَّةِ
بتاريخ الأحد 22 جمادى الأول 1435 الموافق لـ 23 مارس 2014
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū ‘Iyāḍ al-Tūnisī — “On the Occasion of the Third Annual Conference” (En)
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On May 10-11, Tunisian security services and police launched an unprecedented offensive against local Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST), cracking down on members who were delivering public lectures or passing out their literature on the street. In response, AST leader Sheikh Abu Ayyad al-Tunisi made a veiled threat that youths would defend Islam in Tunisia just as they have in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq, Somalia, and Syria — an indirect warning of potential full-blown jihad. Such a development would be a major break from Abu Ayyad’s public strategy over the past two years, in which he has argued that Tunisia is a land of dawa (i.e., proselytizing and associated Islamic outreach activities), not armed jihad. AST’s third annual conference in al-Qayrawan this weekend could help determine if the latest incident becomes a tipping point toward open conflict or an opportunity for both sides to back down.
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On a day when organizers had called for a peaceful protest to honor the Qur’an, most Tunisians will remember the images of young protesters who climbed a clock tower at Tunis’s main intersection to raise a black and white flag inscribed with the shahada, the Muslim testament of faith: “There is no god but God and Muhammad is His Messenger.” On that day, March 25, a small group of protesters also attacked and harassed a troupe performing in front of the city’s municipal theater. These controversial and heavily covered events raise questions over how the Tunisian government, led by the Islamist party Ennahda, will handle growing conservative movements.
While much of the Tunisian and Western press has focused on the debate between Ennahda and the secular opposition, Tunisia’s ruling party has also faced criticism both from within its own party and from more conservative Salafi groups. Ennahda’s approach to instilling Islamic values in society contrasts sharply with that of Salafi trends: while the party believes that society should gradually, and through democratic institutions, adopt the principles it once lost under colonialism and secular dictatorships, many Salafis assert that democracy infringes on God’s sovereignty by establishing humans as legislators. This intra-Islamist debate may prove to be the true battleground in the ongoing transition.
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Last weekend, thousands of Salafis filled the streets of Avenue Habib Bourguiba demonstrating in support of the Qur‘an. It was overshadowed though by the actions of some climbing the clock tower and confronting a theater group staging a separate event at the Municipal Theater nearby. Some news that went unnoticed though was the return of Tarek Maaroufi, a Tunisian who had recently been released from Belgian prison after serving for a number of terror charges, who arrived and also attended the Salafi show of force last Sunday.
According to Sayf Allah bin Hussayn (better know as Abu Ayyad al-Tunisi), who co-founded the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) with Maaroufi in June 2000 and currently the leader of the salafi-jihadi group Ansar al-Shari‘ah in Tunisia (AST), in an interview this past Friday with the Tunisian Le Temps newspaper, Maaroufi’s stay would only last ten days. Though it is possible that Maaroufi may be visiting family, he lived his entire adult life in Brussels and was stripped of his Belgian citizenship while imprisoned in January 2009. Therefore, it is highly unlikely Maaroufi will be returning to Belgium. This raises two important questions: (1) does Maaroufi still believe in the global jihadi worldview and (2) where does he plan to go after his stay in Tunisia (if he even decides to leave)? Answering these two questions may help determine what his future course is and what it may mean for Tunisia.
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