UPDATE 4/23/12 2:16 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Fajr Media — “Martyrdom of the Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd ‘Abd al-Mājid” (En)
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Fajr Media — “Martyrdom of the Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd ‘Abd al-Mājid”
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Category: AQSL
As-Saḥāb presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah’s Khālid bin ‘Abd al-Raḥman al-Husaynān [Abū Zayd al-Kūwaytī]: "Ramaḍān Lessons: Lesson #2: How to Learn to Keep Silent"
NOTE: Click here to view the first lesson in this video series.
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New statement from al-Qā’idah's General Command: "On the Determination of Britain to Hand Over Shaykh Abū Qatādah"
UPDATE 4/10/12 9:55 AM: Click here for an English translation of the below Arabic statement.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah — “On the Determination of Britain to Hand Over Shaykh Abū Qatādah”
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī: "A Message To Our People in Afghanistan: The Battle of Honor and the Sacred"
UPDATE 3/22/12 9:17 AM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī — “A Message To Our People in Afghanistan- The Battle of Honor and the Sacred” (Ar)
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī: "To the People of Pakistan On the American Attack on the Pakistani Army in Mohmand"
UPDATE 4/19/12 7:50 AM: Here is an Arabic translation of the below Urdu-dubbed video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī — “To the People of Pakistan On the American Attack on the Pakistani Army in Mohmand” (Ar)
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English Translation:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Dr. Ayman al-Ẓawāhirī — “To the People of Pakistan On the American Attack on the Pakistani Army in Mohmand” (En)
Video Message:
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq: "On the Martyrdom of Mullā (Mullah) 'Ubayd Allah Akhūnd"
UPDATE 4/4/12 5:37 PM: Here is an Arabic translation of the below Urdu and English release:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq — “On the Martyrdom of Mullā (Mullah) ‘Ubayd Allah Akhūnd” (Ar)
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English Translation:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq — “On the Martyrdom of Mullā (Mullah) ‘Ubayd Allah Akhūnd” (En)
Urdu Transcription:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq — “On the Martyrdom of Mullā (Mullah) ‘Ubayd Allah Akhūnd” (Ur)
Video Message:
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq: "The Cry of the Qur'ān"
Transcription:
Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq- “The Cry of the Qur’ān” (Ur)
Video Message:
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As-Saḥāb Media presents a new audiovisual message from al-Qā’idah's Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq: "Regarding the Martyrdom of the Hero Commander Badr Manṣūr"
UPDATE 3/18/12 1:47 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Urdu audiovisual message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq — “Regarding the Martyrdom of the Hero Commander Badr Manṣūr” (En)
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Statement:
Ustāẓ Aḥmad Fārūq — “Regarding the Martyrdom of the Hero Commander Badr Manṣūr” (Ur)
Audiovisual message:
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As-Saḥāb presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah's Khālid bin 'Abd al-Raḥman al-Husaynān [Abū Zayd al-Kūwaytī]: "Ramaḍān Lessons: Lesson #1: The Hidden Dangers"
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Check out my new al-Wasat article: "The Call to Islam: Hitin Urdu Magazine Interviews al-Qa’ida’s Head of Da’wah Khalid bin ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Husaynan"
Over the past year or two, with the death of many senior leaders as well as al-Qa’ida’s longing for religious legitimacy, Khalid bin ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Husaynan (Abū Zayd al-Kūwaytī) has risen in the ranks and has been described by Jarret Brachman as “Zawahiri’s in-house version of Awlaki” and by Christopher Anzalone as part of al-Qa’ida’s “missionary vanguard.” I would simply describe al-Husaynan as al-Qa’ida’s head of da’wah (the call to Islam/proselytization). Surprisingly, little has been written about al-Husaynan.
With the rise of Abu Yahya al-Libi from 2005-2008 many saw al-Libi as a potential Bin Ladin successor or at least al-Qa’ida’s main religious mouthpiece. Indeed, al-Libi has touched upon religious areas and performed al-Qa’ida’s khutabahs for ‘Id al-Fitr and ‘Id al-Adha, but al-Libi has also been a figure that discussed political issues just as much as religious ones. In contrast, al-Husaynan more or less has stuck to purely religious topics, not mixing his lectures with political overtones. This is important to note because many in the Muslim and non-Muslim world have questioned al-Qa’ida’s Islamic character (and not to mention the fact that 9 in 10 individuals al-Qa’ida has killed over the years have been Muslims) and bona fides. As such, one could argue that al-Husaynan is al-Qa’ida’s answer to its critics by showcasing a purely religious side of its media releases. In 2010, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, al-Husaynan released twenty-eight lessons related to religious life that one should ponder during Ramadan. Similarly, in April 2011, al-Husaynan began a series of “Da’wah Lectures” dealing with similar purely religious topics. For instance, the most recent was “Lecture 12: The Virtues of the Night Prayer.”
Besides his lectures though, not much is known about al-Husaynan’s background besides that he is from Kuwait and was a religious teacher employed by Kuwait’s Ministry of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs. As such, Issue #7 of Hitin’s Urdu Magazine (translated by Flashpoint Partners into English) that interviewed al-Husaynan sheds more light on his background, religious upbringing, reason for joining al-Qa’ida, and general worldview.
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