NOTE: This appointment is in response to the death of former Emir of the Dagestan Front of the Caucasus Emirate and Supreme Judge of the Caucasus Emirate Seyfullah of Gubdensk. For more on Gubdensk’s death see here.
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OMRA № 21
“On the appointment of Emir of the Dagestani Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate”
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who followed his path till the Day of Judgment. To proceed:
I decree
1. to appoint the Emir of the Southern Sector of the DF, the Naib Emir of the DF, Hasan (Israpil Velidzhanova) the commander of the Dagestani Front of the Caucasus Emirate’s Armed Forces.
2. The Omra comes into effect from the date of its signing.
Emir of the Caucasus Emirate
Dokku Abu-Usman (Dokku Umarov)
Ramadan 20, 1431 (August 29, 2010)
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OMRA № 22
“On appointment of the Wali of the Caucasus Emirate’s Dagestan Province”
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful!
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessings be upon the Prophet Muhammad, his family, his companions and all those who followed his path till the Day of Judgment. To proceed:
I decree
1. to appoint the Commander of the Dagestani Front Emir Hasan (Israpil Velidzhanova) the Wali of the Caucasus Emirate’s Dagestan Province.
2. The Omra comes into effect from the date of its signing.
Emir of the Caucasus Emirate
Dokku Abu-Usman (Dokku Umarov)
Ramadan 20, 1431 (August 29, 2010)
Category: Leaders
New additions to Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī's English language jihādī library

Today Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī’s English language jihādī library (tawhed.net) added new articles and interviews to its archives. According to the Combatting Terrorism Center’s Militant Atlas, al-Maqdisī is considered “the most influential living Jihadi Theorist.” The following documents were added:
- A Letter from the Afghan Lands to the Shaykh Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī
- Biographies of the Martyrs- Abū Hussayn al-Yūsufīyyah
- Biographies of the Martyrs- Abū Baṣīr al-Tūnisī
- Usāmah Bin Lāden: The Way to Save the Earth
- Usāmah Bin Lāden: Call For Jihād To Stop Aggression Against Gaza
- Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri: The Aggression Against Lāl Masjid
- Khālid Al-Ḥusaynān: How can you out do the scholars?
- ‘Aṭīyyah Allah al-Lībī: Responses to the Ruling on Leaving for Battle and the Precondition of Takfīr
- Abū Muḥmmad al-Maqdisī: Ramaḍān, un mois de victoires et de changement
- The Open Meeting with Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri 1429H
New statement from Anṣār al-Islām: "On the occasion of the holy month of Ramaḍān for the year 1431 H"
NOTE: Anṣār al-Islām is a Kurdish Islamist group based near the Iranian border in villages, such as Biyara and Tawela, northeast of Halabja. Anṣār al-Islām was established in September 2001 when there was a merger between Jund al-Islām led by Abū ‘Abdallah al-Shāfi’ī, and a splinter group from the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan led by Mullā Krekār. On May 4, 2010, al-Shāfi’ī the leader of Anṣār al-Islām after Krekār left for Norway in 2003, was captured by the US Coalition forces.
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Ansar Al-Islam- Statement on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan for the year 1431 H
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al-Andalus Media presents: "You have succeeded O' pious servants and your traitorous enemies have lost miserably!" by the religious leader of AQIM in Mauritania Shaykh 'Abd al-Raḥman Abū Anas al-Shanqīṭī
The document could not be uploaded to Scribd since it was password protected by the producer of it. That said, below is a safe PDF copy.
Shaykh ‘Abd al-Raḥman Abū Anas al-Shanqīṭī joined Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC, the predecessor of al-Qā’idah in the Islamic Maghreb) in 2006. He is currently a member of AQIM’s shūrā council (leadership council) and is the muftī (interpreter of Islamic law) and qāḍī (judge) for AQIM in the Saharan “Triangle of Death,” the border regions of Algeria, Mauritania and Mali.
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al-Andalus Media presents- “You have succeeded O’ pious servants and your traitorous enemies have lost miserably!” by the Emir of AQIM in Mauritania Shaykh ‘Abd al-Raḥman Abū Anas al-Shanqīṭī
New statement from the Mujāhidīn of Shamilkala Sector, Dagestan Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate: "We are keeping faith with oath given to Emir Abu Usman!"
NOTE: After the controversy over who was the Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (see here, here, and here) it looks like Dokku Umarov has shored up support within the ranks since below (unedited) is a message by the Dagestan Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate giving endorsement to Umarov as the Emir.
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Praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds!
Praise be to Allah, who favored us with Jihad, giving us an opportunity to win the highest degree of Paradise of Allah the Firdaus!
Peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah Muhammad (pbuh), his family, companions and all those who followed this path until the Day of Judgment, and then:
Peace be unto you and so may the mercy of Allah and His blessings!
Peace and prosperity of Allah to al Muslim brothers in the Caucasus and beyond!
Dear brothers and sisters, I felt it necessary to make some additions to what has been said by some of our brothers, about the actions that go beyond the Sharia.
The first statement of the CE Emir Abu Usman (AKA Dokku Umarov) is clearly made under pressure from those who have previously accused him of that he allegedly firmly holding the power of Emir. In the video clip being discussed among the brethren, also obvious that he addressing to the Caucasian Emirs for their opinion how they perceive such a decision (?).
Dokku Abu Uaman did not resign from the post of Emir of the Caucasus Emirate but he delivered his proposal to resign, and then only in the case if other Emirs of provinces of the Caucasus Emirate support this decision.
Mujahideen of the all provinces have already expressed their attitude to this proposal with the words of supreme judge of the Caucasus Emirate Seyfullah, pointing to the insolvency of the very reasons for the resignation for health reasons: “We need your experience and your head!”.
Abu Usman, and is now also ready to resign, but only in the case if such a wish expressed by the Emirs of other provinces of the Caucasus Emirate. And as the qadi, supreme judge, of the Caucasus Emirate Seyfullah said and has been confirmed by other Emirs of CE Provinces, such questions concerning the role of the CE Emir is decided by the Shura or Council of the Caucasus Emirate, but not by the Shura of a single province.
And if some of the mujahedeen in the provicnes of Nokhchicho (AKA Chechnya / Ichkeria) believe that they have a right to decide the status of the Emir of the Caucasus Emirate only on the grounds that he is their own congener, and also because the Jihad started in Nokhchicho, then they are clearly mistaken.
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
He who calls to asabiyya (nationalism) is not from us, he who fights for asabiyya is not from us, and he who shows his anger because of asabiyya is not from us”.
(Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“Indeed, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a black has no superiority over white, nor a white has any superiority over black, except by piety”.
This hadith says that no one has any superiority over others, we are all equal before Allah.
I fought beside Aslambek in the first war, and we have brothers with us fought together with him in the second war in the detachment of Emir Khattab (may Allah have mercy on him) and, as everyone knows, this detachment was consisted of representatives of many nations of the Caucasus, and its backbone was consisted of Dagestanis.
Emir Rabbani (may Allah have mercy on him), which fought 7 years in the provinces of Nokhchicho, said that over the years, he personally counted up to a thousand Dagestanis who martyred, Insha’Allah, in Chechnya. They fought to the death with infidels, defending their fellow Muslims in Chechnya.
Praise be to Allah, today the number of Mujahideen in Dagestan Province is not less than the number of Mujahideen in the Province of Nokhchicho. And the combat actions are most active outside the Nokhchicho, and for this reason, the main forces of Russian infidels, are directed to the provinces of Dagestan, Ghalghaycho, Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachai. Allah alone knows how much strength we have managed to put off from our brothers in the province of Nokhchicho.
We, the Mujahideen of Shamilkala sector of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus reiterate: Mujahideen of Dagestan, following the Sharia of Allah, are still faithful to the oath given by us to the Caucasus Emirate Emir Dokku Abu Usman.
Victory or Paradise!
Allah Akbar!
Ibn Abbas
Mujahideen of Shamilkala Sector
Dagestan Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate
New statement from Fataḥ al-Islām: "Regarding the martyrdom of its Emir 'Abd al-Raḥman 'Awaḍ and the commander Abū Bakr Mubārak
NOTE: Besides memorializing their fallen leaders, Fataḥ al-Islām states below that any rumors of a new Emir being chosen as was reported by the media are false.
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The Global Islamic Media Front presents a statement from Sawt al-Jihād in Nusantara: "On the arrest of Shaykh Abū Bakār Ba’asyir, and on the Jihād of Today in Indonesia"
UPDATE: Flashpoint Partners released a transcript of the Global Islamic Media Front’s Statement on behalf of “Sawt al-Jihād Nusantara” on the Arrest of Shaykh Abū Bakār Ba’asyir. Here is a brief abstract of the transcript and below it is the entire transcript:
On August 14, 2010, the Global Islamic Media Front published a statement on behalf of “Sawt al-Jihad Nustantara” regarding the arrest of Sheikh Abu Bakar Ba’ashir by Indonesian authorities, labeling the arrest “a great injustice to Islam and Muslims” and “part of the Crusader war that is organized by the apostate Indonesian government.” The statement also claimed that “after the execution of the three heroes from the Bali Battle, the mujahideen have unified those from among the different Salafist, Jihadist groups, and after the martyrdom of the leader mujahid Abu Maooth Norudeen bin Muhammad Toub al-Malizi, along with his heroic brothers—may Allah accept them all—…under one word and under the banner of fighting.”
GIMF Statement on Behalf of “Sawt al-Jihad Nusantara” on the Arrest of Sheikh Abu Bakar Ba’ashir
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Arabic Statement: (يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِؤُواْ نُورَ اللّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللّهُ إِلاَّ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ) التوبة: 32-33
الحمد لله ناصر المؤمنين، مخزي الكافرين، الذي وعدنا بالنصر والتمكين، وجعلهما في جهاد الكافرين، والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين، وإمام المجاهدين، وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، أما بعد:
ففي يوم الاثنين بتاريخ 9/8/2010 مـ خرجت الشرطة الإندونيسية لمكافحة الإرهاب – الإسلام – لاعتقال الشيخ أبو بكر باعشير بعد أن ألقى محاضرة في ولاية جاوا الغربية. اعتقل طاغوت إندونيسيا الشيخ أبو بكر بعاشير بالجرم والقهر، ولرفض الشيخ أبي بكر لهذا الاعتقال هاجمت الشرطة الإندونيسية لمكافحة الإرهاب – الإسلام – السيارة التي كانت تقل الشيخ هجمة شرسة. فاعتقلوا الشيخ ومعه 8 من الإخوة و تركوا زوجة الشيخ وإحدى المسلمات معه. إن هذا الاعتقال ظلم عظيم للإسلام والمسلمين و إنه جزء من الحرب الصليبية تديرها حكومة إندونيسيا المرتدة. والمسرور المريد بهذا الاعتقال هو الدولة البربرية أمريكا وأوستراليا، وقد تم الاعتقال بعد أن اعترفت أمريكا على عمل الحكومة الإندونيسية ضد الإرهابيين –الذي في الحقيقة ضد المجاهدين-. ونبشر الأمة الإسلامية عامة والمجاهدين في كل مكان خاصة؛ أن المجاهدين في إندونيسيا لن يتوقفوا عن طريق الجهاد والتضحية، وإن قُتِل الكثير من قادة الجهاد والمجاهدين شهداءً و الكثير منهم المعتقل، ولكن الجيل الجهادي يتوالد في هذا البلد و راية الجهاد لن تسقط بإذن الله تعالى. ونبشركم أيها المجاهدون أنه بعد إعدام أبطال غزوة بالي الثلاثة، قد اتحد المجاهدون من الجماعات السلفية الجهادية المختلفة، وبعد استشهاد القائد المجاهد أبو معوذ نور الدين بن محمد توب الماليزيي مع إخوته الأبطال تقبلهم الله جميعا، اتحد الإخوة المجاهدون تحت الكلمة الواحدة وتحت راية القتال. وقد رأيتم بطولتهم في ولاية أتشيه أول هذه السنة. ونذكر المجاهدين والموحدين في إندونيسيا، قال الله: (وَكَأَيِّن مِّن نَّبِيٍّ قَاتَلَ مَعَهُ رِبِّيُّونَ كَثِيرٌ فَمَا وَهَنُواْ لِمَا أَصَابَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَمَا ضَعُفُواْ وَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ وَاللّهُ يُحِبُّ الصَّابِرِينَ * وَمَا كَانَ قَوْلَهُمْ إِلاَّ أَن قَالُواْ ربَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا ذُنُوبَنَا وَإِسْرَافَنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ (آل عمران: 146-147)
ونقول للصليبيين الصهيونيين وعملائهم من المرتدين؛ إن شدة البلاء على المجاهدين، هي من علامات النصر والتمكين من الله عز وجل للمجاهدين. وإننا نحن أمة الإسلام لينصرن الله علينا، وإن الكافرين لمغلوبون وهم المخزون في الدنيا والآخرة.
فانتظروا إنا معكم منتظرون..
(وَاللّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ)
اللهمّ عليك باليهود والنصارى وعملائهم المرتدّين..
اللهمّ أنصرالمجاهدين في كلّ مكان، وأيدهم بمددمن عندك..
وصلى الله وسلم على نبينامحمد و على آله وصحابته أجمعين..
إخوانكم في
صوت الجهاد في نوسانتارا
جنوب شرق آسيا 1 رمضان 1431 هـ
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Indonesian Statement:
البيان باللغة الأندونيسية
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Sawt al-Jihad Nusantara Bayanat tentang penangkapan Sheikh Abu Bakr Bashir dan situasi terkini dari Jihad di Indonesia (يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُطْفِؤُواْ نُورَ اللّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَيَأْبَى اللّهُ إِلاَّ أَن يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ * ُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ) Mereka berkehendak memadamkan cahaya (agama) Allah dengan mulut (ucapan-ucapan) mereka, dan Allah tidak menghendaki selain menyempurnakan cahaya-Nya, walaupun orang-orang yang kafir tidak menyukai. Dialah yang telah mengutus Rasul-Nya (dengan membawa) petunjuk (Al Qur’an) dan agama yang benar untuk dimenangkan-Nya atas segala agama, walaupun orang-orang musyrik tidak menyukai ( Al-Tawbah 32-33) الحمد لله ناصر المؤمنين، مخزي الكافرين، الذي وعدنا بالنصر والتمكين، وجعلهما في جهاد الكافرين، والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين، وإمام المجاهدين، وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين، أما بعد: Pada hari senin pagi tanggal 9/8/2010, pemerintah murtad indonesia dengan mengerahkan satuan polisi anti-terornya telah menangkap Sheikh Abu Bakr Bashir, setelah beliau memberikan ceramah agama di wilayah Jawa barat. taghut Indonesia menangkap sheikh Abu Bakr Bashir secara paksa dan licik, Sheikh Abu Bakr menolak penangkapan dirinya sehingga mobil yang ditumpanginya bersama istirinya diserang secara brutal oleh satuan polisi anti-teror. bersama Sheikh Abu Bakr juga ditangkap 8 ikhwan lainnya, sementara istri beliau dan seorang muslimah lainnya telah dibebaskan. Sesungguhnya penangkapan ini adalah kezaliman besar bagi umat Islam dan ini merupakan bagian dari perang salib yang dilancarkan terhadap islam dan kaum muslimin oleh pemerintah murtad Indonesia .
Sesungguhnya yang paling gembira dan menghendaki penangkapan ini adalah negara barbar amerika dan australia dan penangkapan ini terjadi setelah amerika menyatakan puas atas kerja indonesia memberantas teroris -yang sebenarnya memberantas Mujahidin-. Kami beritahukan kepada umat Islam secara umum dan Mujahidin di setiap tempat secara khusus: bahwasanya Mujahidin di indonesia tidak akan pernah mundur dari jalan jihad dan pengorbanan. walaupun banyak dari para pemimpin jihad dan mujahidin yang telah gugur sebagai shuhada dan sebagian besar lainnya tertangkap, tapi generasi jihad akan terus lahir di negeri ini dan bendera jihad tidak akan pernah tumbang, dengan izin Allah ta’ala. Dan kami berikan sebuah kabar gembira bagi para Mujahidin: bahwa sejak di eksekusinya trio pahlawan bom bali, para mujahidin di indonesia yang tergabung dari berbagai Jama’ah Salafiyah Jihadiyah yang berbeda mulai melakukan konsolidasi persatuan dan setelah shahidnya Al-Qaid Mujahid Abu Muawwidh Nurrudin bin Muhammad Top al-Malayzi bersama ikhwan-ikhwannya yang gagah berani (semoga Allah menerima mereka semua), para Mujahidin Indonesia telah bersatu dibawah satu kalimat dan bendera peperangan. Dan kalian telah melihat aksi mereka yang heroic di wilayah Aceh pada awal tahun ini. Dan kepada kaum Mujahidin dan Muwahidin di Indonesia, kami sampaikan ayat Allah ta’ala : (
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa'īd al-Shehrī), deputy leader al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: "United to Overthrow Al-Saud"
UPDATE: Flashpoint Partners released a transcript of Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa’īd al-Shehrī) most recent audio message titled: “United to Overthrow Al-Saud.” Here is a brief abstract of the transcript and below it is the entire transcript:
On August 10, 2010, an audiotape featuring Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) senior commander Sheikh Abu Sufian al-Azdi (a.k.a. Saeed al-Shehri) titled “Together: To Overthrow Al-Saud” was released. Al-Azdi claimed that “the Jews and the apostates from the rulers of the Arabian Peninsula are in an alliance that was formed by America, and Iran and their Arab Shiite supporters in the region are in another alliance…And what is expected is for the war to begin by the Jews against Iran, and the reality of the battle will be in the land of the Peninsula and the ash-Sham [Middle East]: the Jews in the ash-Sham and Iran in the Peninsula.” Calling for the overthrow of the Saudi government, al-Azdi requested support from “those who belong to the military air-force, or officials in weapons storages, or officials in the army or the interior, or centers of operation and media rooms.” Specifically, he asked those who work “in the Ministry of Interior and who can bring important information that may benefit the mujahideen in assigning their targets—like houses and roads and the officer of Ministry of Interior officials—then he must send it to us via the military email that belongs to the [al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula] Organization.” And al-Azdi urged “any of you who is a pilot should search of martyrdom above the skies of Palestine, and any of you who work in the navy should point his weapon against the Jews there and receive the honor of martyrdom…”
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NOTE: Sa’īd al-Shehrī is of Saudi background and was one of the first prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, arriving January 21, 2002. He spent six years in Guantánamo prior to being repatriated to Saudi Arabia and enrolled in their rehabilitation program. Afterwards, he went to Yemen and has since been considered the deputy leader of al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula. It was reported this past December that al-Shehrī was killed in a drone strike and then in January 2010 was captured by the Yemeni government. All these claims were false, though, since al-Shehrī later released an audio message denying allegations that he was dead.
For more on al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula read the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s report by Alistair Harris titled “Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.”
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new audio message from Shaykh Abū Sufyān al-Azdī (Sa’īd al-Shehrī), deputy leader al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “United to Overthrow Al-Saud”
Translation of 'Aṭīyyah 'Abd al-Raḥman's essay "Leaving for Battle and the Precondition of Takfīr"
NOTE: ‘Aṭīyyah ‘Abd al-Raḥman is a senior leader in al-Qā’idah who according to the United States State Department is based in Iran. He is also purported to be the writer of a letter to Abū Muṣ’ab al-Zarqāwī on December 11, 2005, which warned al-Zarqawi:
He risked removal as al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq if he continued to alienate Sunni tribal and religious leaders and rival insurgent groups.
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Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Atiyyah Allah al-Libi — Responses to the Ruling on Leaving for Battle and the Precondition of Takfir
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