UPDATE 11/19/11 8:39 AM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below audio message:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh — “In the Footsteps of the West” (Ar)
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Shaykh Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān al-Rubaysh — “In the Footsteps of the West”
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Category: Franchises
al-Furqān Media presents Issue #49 in the Biographies of the Prominent Martyrs series on Yāsir bin Fayṣal Darwīsh al-Maqdisī [Abū Thābit ash-Shāmī]

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Biographies of the Prominent Martyrs Issue #49 — Yāsir bin Fayṣal Darwīsh al-Maqdisī [Abū Thābit ash-Shāmī]
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new video message from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "One Ummah"
UPDATE 11/13/11 5:43 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:

Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula — “One Ummah”
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New statement from the Islamic State of Iraq: "Congratulations on the Occasion of ‘Īd al 'Aḍḥā"
UPDATE 11/11/11 9:55 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
All praise is due to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Leader of the Mujahideen, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon all his family and companions. To proceed:
Allah Most High said:
{ُوَلِتُكْمِلُواْ الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُواْ اللّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ}
“..for you to complete the fixed time period, and to glorify Allah for that [to] which He has guided you; and perhaps you will be grateful.” [Al-Baqarah: 185]
الله أكبر الله أكبر الله أكبر لا إله إلا الله والله أكبر الله أكبر ولله الحمد
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, Laa ilaaha ill-Allah. Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, wa lillah-il-hamd.
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no true deity besides Allah. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, to Allah is all praise.
Our precious Ummah!
We see that time has passed so quickly, and the blessed day of Eid-ul-Adha has arrived, a day which Allah has made one of celebration for those Muslims who have made pilgrimage to the House of Allah, those who have magnified his symbols, and those who have worshipped him as He deserves. We ask Allah to make it a day of empowerment and manifest victory, and an inauguration for liberation from slavery of the criminal tawagheet to the servitude of Allah, from the various systems of darkness and the deviation of manmade laws to the best Sharia sent to mankind. The person who truly celebrates Eid is he who aids his religion where needed, and he in whom Allah sees goodness and thus liberates him by His Grace from Hellfire, admitting him with his Mercy to lofty gardens of Paradise.
Greetings to Muslims everywhere, especially those who have taken to the lands of Jihad, both Muhajireen and Ansar, as well as all those who are confronting the tawagheet with their selves, their wealth, and their tongues in defence of their religion and seeking empowerment of Islam and the governance of His Sharia. Indeed it is they who are the beloved slaves of Allah who hold on to hot coals in a time of strangeness. Congratulations to them for their sacrifices. May Allah accept from both us and from you all righteous works.
O Allah! Empower the Mujahideen and the weak and oppressed Muslims on Earth! O Allah! Empower their state in which Your Sharia is implemented, in which Your Word is the Highest; a state in which Muslims are honored and infidels and hypocrites are humiliated.
O Allah! Strengthen them! Be with them in their loneliness, and be their support and helper. Indeed their strength is in You alone, and they have only left in defence of Your religion, O Lord of all that exists!
O Allah! Strike the tawagheet with Your punishment which is not lifted from the wrongdoers! O Allah! Punish them through Your Own Hands or the hands of your beloved slaves! O Allah! Rip apart their sovereignty and make them stories of the past!
O Allah! Punish the leaders of un-Islamic calls, the worshippers of nationalism and the religion of democracy, as well as all who conspire with them, aided their falsehood, altered your religion, and misguided your slaves.
O Allah, foil the plots of all those who conspire against the Muslim Ummah, expose their secrets, humiliate them before You take them, and make them lessons for others.
And Allah is the Greatest.
وَ لِلّه العِزَّةُ وَ لِرَسُوله وَ لِلمؤُمِنِینَ وَلکِنَّ المُنَفِقِینَ لَایَعلَمُونَ
“And all honor, power and glory belong to Allah, to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.”
The Ministry of Information, The Islamic State of Iraq
Source: Al-Fajr Media Center
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new Nashīd from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula's Abū Usāmah Ḥaḍramī: "This is the Way"
Check out my new post at al-Wasat: "Is al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghrib Gaining Influence in Libya?"

One of the biggest questions and worries the past year in Western counterterrorism circles has been about how the MENA uprisings would affect al-Qa’ida. Many pointed to the uprisings as evidence that the citizens of the MENA were not only shedding off the yoke of tyranny, but also discrediting al-Qa’ida. On the other side of the debate were those that believed that it would provide the impetus for jihadis to take over. Throughout the past ten months I have maintained that one would see something more in between these two visions and that one should focus on the internal dynamics of each country. The three countries that have worried me the most are Yemen, Syria, and Libya. Gregory Johnsen has done a great job keeping everyone updated on al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula’s evolution and advances in Yemen. Additionally, I have a forthcoming post at al-Wasat about the potential for jihadi penetration in the Syrian theater if the country does indeed devolve into a civil war. This post will therefore only focus on Libya and al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghrib’s (AQIM) outreach to Libyans since the beginning of the Libyan uprising in February.
For the rest of the post click here.
al-Andalus Media presents a new video message from Shaykh al-Ḥasan Rashīd al-Bulaydī of al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghrib: "Open Letter to the Muslims in Libya"
UPDATE 3/12/12 1:55 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh al-Ḥasan Rashīd al-Bulaydī — “Open Letter to the Muslims in Libya” (En)
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Madad News Agency presents a new newsletter from Anṣār al-Sharī'ah in Yemen: "News Report, Issue #1"
UPDATE 12/26/11 8:05 AM: Here is an English and Bosnian translation of the below Arabic translation:

Click the following links for a safe PDF copies:
Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen — “News Report, Issue #1” (En)
Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen — “News Report, Issue #1” (Bosnian)
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NOTE: More signs that AQAP and Anṣār al-Sharī’ah are closely linked? The amīr of AQAP Abū Basīr (Nāṣir al-Wūḥayshī) appears in the newsletter.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Anṣār al-Sharī’ah in Yemen — “News Report, Issue #1”
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Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum presents an English translation of al-Malāḥim Media's audio message from Abū Hurayrah al-Ṣana'ānī of al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "Martyrdom in Defense of Our Honor"
NOTE: The original Arabic audio message was released in mid-July when Jihadology was on a summer hiatus. As such, for those interested, here is the original, too:
Abū Hurayrah al-Ṣana’ānī — “Martyrdom in Defense of Our Honor”
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al-Malāḥim Media presents an interview between al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula's Shaykh Fahd al-Quṣa' [al-Quso] al-'Awlaqī and al-Quds al 'Arabī journalist 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Jamal
NOTE: This interview was originally conducted and published in mid-September by al-Quds al ‘Arabī. AQAP reproduces it below via its media outlet al-Malāḥim.
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PDF:
Click the following link for a safe copy: Shaykh Fahd al-Quṣa’ [al-Quso] al-‘Awlaqī — Interview with al-Quds al ‘Arabī journalist ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Jamal
Audio:
Shaykh Fahd al-Quṣa’ [al-Quso] al-‘Awlaqī — Interview with al-Quds al ‘Arabī journalist ‘Abd al-Razzāq al-Jamal
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