Category: AQIM

New statement from al-Andalus Media: "Congratulations to the Islamic Ummah and Its Men on the Occasion of ‘Īd al-Fiṭr: Return to Us God With Conquest, Empowerment, and a Clear Victory"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Andalus Media — “Congratulations to the Islamic Ummah and Its Men on the Occasion of ‘Īd al-Fiṭr- Return to Us God With Conquest, Empowerment, and a Clear Victory”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Zakarīā' Būghrārah al-Maghribī: "Let It Be: ‘Īd Gift to the Prisoners of Tawḥīd in Moroccan Jails"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Zakarīā’ Būghrārah al-Maghribī — “Let It Be- ‘Īd Gift to the Prisoners of Tawḥīd in Moroccan Jails”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Abū Yaḥyā al-Shinqīṭī: "The Efforts of the African ‘Ulamā' #1"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Yaḥyā al-Shinqīṭī — “The Efforts of the African ‘Ulamā’ #1”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Abū Fārūq al-Andalusī: "The Moroccan Intifāḍah Is An Outrage for Their Symptoms: A Beginning and a Leap Forward"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Fārūq al-Andalusī — “The Moroccan Intifāḍah Is An Outrage for Their Symptoms- A Beginning and a Leap Forward”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Abū Ismā'īl al-Maghribī: "Battles of the Emirate of the Believers in Morocco: Surpassed the Battle of the Demolition of the Walls"

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UPDATE 8/7/13 3:00 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic article:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Ismā’īl al-Maghribī — “Battles of the Emirate of the Believers in Morocco- Surpassed the Battle of the Demolition of the Walls” (En)
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Ismā’īl al-Maghribī — “Battles of the Emirate of the Believers in Morocco- Surpassed the Battle of the Demolition of the Walls”
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Ustāẓ 'Abd al-Ḥamīd al-Ṣaḥrāwī: "Oh People of Algeria Look After the Malian Refugees"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Ustāẓ ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd al-Ṣaḥrāwī — “Oh People of Algeria Look After the Malian Refugees”
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Check out my new article co-authored with Andrew Lebovich at Tunisia Live: "Alleged Brahmi Killer: Tracing Ties Between Aboubaker el-Hakim, Ansar al-Sharia, and Al-Qaeda"

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For the second time in six months Tunisia has lived through what was previously unthinkable – the cold-blooded murder of a politician. In February it was Chokri Belaid who fell to assassins’ bullets in the street, and yesterday it was another secular politician, Mohamed Brahmi, who was slaughtered in front of his family in Cite el-Ghazela, outside of Tunis.
The killing comes at a sensitive time for Tunisia, as the ruling Troika coalition struggles to govern the country and the nascent Tamarod movement (ostensibly modeled on the massive street protests in Egypt last month) is grasping for any spark that will ignite larger protests against the Islamist Ennahdha party, which leads the Troika. It no doubt helped their case that Brahmi’s family immediately lashed out against Ennahdha following his assassination. The government in turn responded with a press conference Friday in which Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said that (remarkably swift) ballistics tests showed that the same weapon was used to kill Belaid and Brahmi, and that both attacks were carried out by an “Al-Qaeda-linked” cell. He even named the alleged assassin, a known Franco-Tunisian jihadi named Aboubaker el-Hakim.
To be sure, the Ennahdha-led government seems to have arrived very quickly at the theory that this Salafi-jihadi cell was behind Brahmi’s killing. The fact alone that he and his weapon were identified so quickly, especially as many moved to pin the blame for Brahmi’s death in part on Ennahda, should prompt some suspicion. But if the government’s claims are accurate, it is worth taking a closer look at el-Hakim himself, as well as al-Qaeda and related movements in Tunisia.
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al-Andalus Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib’s The Muslim Africa Blog’s Abū Ismā'īl al-Maghribī: "Oh People of Egypt Be Prepared"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Abū Ismā’īl al-Maghribī — “Oh People of Egypt Be Prepared”
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Check out my new article in The CTC Sentinel co-authored with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Andrew Lebovich: "al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb’s Tunisia Strategy"

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During the last two years, Salafist activity has escalated in Tunisia. Much of this activity—primarily da`wa (religious outreach) designed to expand the Salafist movement—has taken place under the auspices of Ansar al-Shari`a in Tunisia (AST), headed by veteran jihadist Saifullah bin Hassine (also known as Abu Iyadh al-Tunisi).[1] A series of security incidents in and around Tunisia, however, have been attributed to al-Qa`ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and more recently to an opaque group known as the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade.[2] Regional security officials have described the Uqba ibn Nafi Brigade as an attempt to establish a Tunisian jihadist group linked to AQIM, one that purportedly combines local recruits from western Tunisia’s Kasserine area and some members of AST under the guidance and leadership of figures reputedly close to AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel (also known as Abu Mus`ab al-Wadud).[3] Regional security officials, therefore, perceive the incidents on Tunisia’s border with Algeria beginning in late April 2013 as highlighting AQIM’s increased focus on Tunisia. This article analyzes how AQIM, viewing events in Tunisia through its strategic lens, has responded to that country’s revolution. It finds that AQIM has tried to insert itself into AST’s relationship with the Tunisian state. AQIM has urged AST to be patient to prevent the Tunisian government from cracking down on its activities. At the same time, AQIM’s rhetoric toward the Tunisian state has become sharper, opening the possibility of an increase in AQIM-related violence in Tunisia. Click here to read the rest.