Category: Individuals

Minbar at-Tawḥīd wa-l-Jihād presents four new Fatāwā from Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī

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Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — Should One Initiate Causing and Fomenting Fitnah in a Kufr State?
Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — What is the Ruling on Residency In Countries the West?
Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — What is the Ruling on Serving As An Advisor in the State of a Tāghūt?
Shaykh Abū al-Mundhir al-Shinqīṭī — What is the Ruling on Work in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry?
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Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī releases a new book: “The Book of the Revolution and Revolutionaries: Words Written for the Arab Revolutions, Especially the Syrian Revolution, Part #7″

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NOTE: The first six parts are included in the book as well.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Abū Basīr al-Ṭarṭūsī — “The Book of the Revolution and Revolutionaries- Words Written for the Arab Revolutions, Especially the Syrian Revolution, Part #7″
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al-Malāḥim Media presents a new article from al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula's Hārith bin Ghāzī al-Naẓārī [Muḥammad al-Mirshadī]: "Series of Articles on Manhaj, Part 1 of 7"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Hārith bin Ghāzī al-Naẓārī [Muḥammad al-Mirshadī] — “Series of Articles on Manhaj, Part 1 of 7”
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New statement from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's Zabīhullah Mujāhid: "Remarks Regarding Baseless Claims of US Officials"

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In the later hours of Friday, US officials declared to a number of news agencies including Reuters that a letter was sent last year to the White House by the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid in which a number of subjects were touched upon including peace and prisoner exchange.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan rejects this baseless rumor with the strongest of words and considers it as part of the chain to create anxiety and distrust. The decisions made by Islamic Emirate are not founded on imploring or entreating anyone but are based on pure faith, divine support and the backing of its courageous nation. All praise is due to Allah, we have adamantly proved in the past decade that we shall never bow our heads to the enemy but will counter every one of its actions. American officials, instead of making up such baseless lies should acknowledge the ground realities and accept the transcendence and firmness of this nation in every period. Wishful claims will not cure the current ailments of America but it must foremost remove its presence from our soil in order to save its people from the heavy wounds of war. Hoping for surrender from the Afghan people is an unrealistic wish and a goal which could not be achieved by America in the past ten years despite employing its state of the art weaponry and satanic stratagems. Such irresponsible claims by Americans and the media outlets associated to them will not serve any purpose except put into spotlight the turbulence inside the White House and amongst its officials. The esteemed Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Muhammad Omar Mujahid is very well known by the Afghans and the rest of the world; his determination and will have also been thoroughly tested in the past decade so tying such rumors to him cannot mean anything other then blatantly exposing oneself and an attempt to please a few American officials.
Spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Zabihullah Mujahid

                                                                                                                                             04/02/2012

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Check out my new article in Foreign Policy: "Free Radical"

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An old face appears poised to play a new role in the jihadist movement. On Feb. 2, plugged-in online jihadists confirmed that one of the jihad’s most original and respected theoreticians, Abu Musab al-Suri, had been released from a Syrian prison.
While not a household name like Osama bin Laden, Suri enjoys a burgeoning influence on the global jihadist movement, and particularly those based in the West. The veteran Syrian jihadist, whose real name is Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Sitt Maryam Nasar, is best known for his 1,600-page treatise Dawat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyyah al-Alamiyyah (Call of Global Islamic Resistance), which articulates a strategy of decentralized jihad, rather than one that depends on clandestine organizations. If there is an architect of the jihadists’ post-9/11 line of attack, it’s Suri.
Suri’s ideas have been popularized in jihadist circles over the past few years. They have been taken up by prominent figures like the head of al Qaeda’s media department, Adam Gadahn, and Yemeni-American jihadist Anwar al-Awlaqi, as well as being featured by Samir Khan in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Inspire Magazine.
Rumors about Suri’s status had been flying around online since Dec. 23, when Sooryoon.net, a Syrian opposition newspaper, published a story saying Suri and his assistant Abu Khalid had been released. It is surprising that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would release a man who is not only a confirmed enemy of his regime, but that of his father Hafez as well. By releasing a major jihadist figure, Assad is playing a dangerous game with the West, which is already debating whether to intervene in the bloody uprising in Syria.
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