Category: The Caucasus Emirate

IslāmDīn presents a new video message from Amīr Zakarī of the South-West sector of the Caucasus Emirate

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

UPDATE 2/12 8:33 AM: Here is an English translation of the below video message via the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog (unedited):
 

A’ûdhu Billah min Ash-Shaytân Ar-Rajîm. Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin, wa Salat wa Salam ala Nabiyina Muhammad, wa ala Ahlihi wa Sahabihi Ajma’in ! I seek refuge in Allah, from Satan the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Merciful, Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family and compagnons.
“If you’re Muslim, you must understand that winning or losing depends only from Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator of all things, the Mighty, the Wise!”
Allah is the Creator of heaven and earth, to Him belongs the dominion, He gives life and death, only Him is worthy to be feared! He created man, granted him reason, He submitted to him the mountains, seas, oceans, and he is happy with it. He granted him subsistence, enriched the earth with various fruits and man loves the sweetnesses of this life! He gave a heart that feels joy, sorrow, love and man saw no sense in living without these feelings. Nobody knows man better than his Creator, He said: «Verily my mercy overcomes my anger!» (Hadith from Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 93, Number 501). He did not missed anything, He gave everything man needed for this life! And suddenly we see him ungrateful, arguing about the signs of Allah, a stubborn man who rejected his Lord, using the benefits of this life against his own Creator. But Allah said «Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity […]». (Surat Al-Baqarah : 286) And He said: «O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous. [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is nothing similar to Him]. And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah , if you should be truthful. But if you do not – and you will never be able to – then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers». (Surat Al-Baqarah : 21-24) The desire to acquire wealth and the fear of the enemy are two characteristics which are the reasons why the people stray from the straight path. As for those who are dazzled by the wealth of worldly life, Allah said: «And present to them the example of the life of this world, [its being] like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth mingles with it and [then] it becomes dry remnants, scattered by the winds. And Allah is ever, over all things, Perfect in Ability». (Surat Al-Kahf : 45)
 A man who believes in Allah, performs Namaz (prayer), but when Allah is testing him to see his sincerity by enemies (1), who began to fight against him, [then] because of his fear, he is ready to submit to the giaours (the infidels). If he sees that the believers prevail, he says: I’m with you believers, I’m with you. What is the position of this man before Allah? Allah said: «And of the people are some who say, “We believe in Allah ,” but when one [of them] is harmed for [the cause of] Allah , they consider the trial of the people as [if it were] the punishment of Allah . But if victory comes from your Lord, they say, “Indeed, We were with you.” Is not Allah most knowing of what is within the breasts of all creatures?» (Surat Al-`Ankabūt : 10)
 There is no doubt that fear is experienced by all people. Fear is a feeling that Allah has bestowed upon mankind, so people are afraid of Him alone, and [so they] do not transgress the laws which He established on this earth. However the people also use their fear [as an excuse] before those who have only a temporary authority, before the negligible people who are not afraid of their Lord and who decided to replace His laws, by their laws, and called it the “world order”. For what reasons the laws of Russia are established in our land?! We are fighting against them because they decided that they were “smarter” than the Creator of heaven and earth, because they overthrew his laws, and established defective and fictional laws invented by fools who decided that they could remain unpunished for such acts. They fight against us, saying that they fight against wickedness and to establish order, but Allah said: «And when it is said to them, “Do not cause corruption on the earth,” they say, “We are but reformers.” Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters, but they perceive [it] not. And when it is said to them, “Believe as the people have believed,” they say, “Should we believe as the foolish have believed?” Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.» (Surat Al-Baqarah : 11-13) O Muslims, o our brothers and sisters, o people who consider yourselves as a part of the Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him, we are from among you! Here, there are people who are ready to defend you, by their blood! Why do you turn away from the people among you, who have not recognized fear, and who go to die for the sake of truth, to defend the honor of the Islamic Ummah in violent battles with the disbelievers?! Are you not you tired to invent reasons to blame us, only to protect yourselves from the evil of the giaours? How many lives they’ve [already] ruined! What they yet must inflict on you, so that you change your minds? You are wasting irreplaceable moments of this life in empty speeches, watching TV shows and movies. You are afraid of the giaours and you want to protect yourselves and your families from their evil, but they already killed you! Their propaganda has [already] subjugated your hearts! You seek the favors of the disbelievers through (2) the wrath of Allah, and Allah will give you something which you aspire. But is fear will be an excuse to justify yourselves [of your submission to the disbelievers], before Allah on the Day of Jugement? Allah said: «Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves – [the angels] will say, “In what [condition] were you?” They will say, “We were oppressed in the land.” The angels will say, “Was not the earth of Allah spacious [enough] for you to emigrate therein?” For those, their refuge is Hell – and evil it is as a destination.» (Surat An-Nisā’ : 97) Yes, we are few, and it is one of the reasons of your fear. The enemies are many and they are everywhere, but if Allah was not on our side, then there would be no Mujahideen – whose aim is to seek His favors. How many times in the Muslim history, numerically small groups of Mujahideen defeated the giaours armies?! If you are Muslim, you must understand that winning or losing depends only from Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, the Creator of all things, the Mighty, the Wise! Know that the worldly life is just like a glow, it sparkles like a ring. In contact with the sunlight there is a flash and then it goes out. A glow and then it goes out. It’s very quick, isn’t it? This moment (this life) will pass and we will bear [our deeds] on our shoulders, and only imperishable good deeds will be beneficial before our Lord! So, invoke Allah, by saying:“O Allah, Lord of Jibril, Mika’il, and Israfil, Bringer of the heavens and the earth into being, Knower of the unseen and visible, it is You who judges between Your slaves concerning the things about which they disagree. Guide us to the truth in respect of the things about which there is disagreement by Your permission. You guide whomever You will to a straight path.” A qulu qauli Hada, wa astaghfiru wa Aley wa Lyakum, fa staghfiruhu atubu ileyk, innahu hu al-Ghafur ur-Rahim! Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil ‘alamin!

 
Translation from IslamDin by the Kavkaz-Jihad blog.
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(1) In other words, enemies sent by Allah to test the believers.
(2) In others words, despite His wrath.
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NOTE: The South-West sector is considered part of the Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachai province of the Caucasus Emirate. According to the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog the below message asks Muslims to join the Mujāhidīn and to go beyond the ‘fear’ instilled by the infidels through their propaganda.
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New video message from the Supreme Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate 'Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī: "Answering Questions About Muslims"

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NOTE: ‘Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī was appointed the Supreme Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate this past October. Earlier this week he also released a video titled “Clarification About the Distribution of the Spoil of War According to Sharī’ah.” According to the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog, this video answers questions for Muslims about jihād, ṭāghūt, those who help infidels, and those who spread ḥaram.
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Statement from the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog announcing the "martyrdom" of the Amīr of the Northern sector of West Dagestan (and of the Khasavyurt Jamā'at), Adam Husseynov aka Hassan

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Amir Hassan (ra) on left.
May Allah (swt) accept him in Jannah
The Amir of the Northern sector of W. Dagestan (and of the Khasavyurt Jamaat), Adam Husseynov aka Hassan became Shaheed Insha’Allah alongside his wife, Sumaya, in a battle near Khasavyurt. Yesterday, on January 27, they were surrounded by apostates and infidels in a private house in the northern outskirts of the city. To justify the killing of his wife, the FSB statement claims that ‘she offered resistance and used a machine gun’. However the exact circumstances of the clash remain unclear. According the same statement, ‘no FSB men engaged in the operation were injured’. According the russian medias, Hassan joined the Chechen Mujahideen in 2003. Later he returned in Dagestan and started to fight under the command of the famous Askhab Bidaev (ra) who was the Amir of the Khasavyurt sector until his martyrdom on September 4, 2008. On october 18, 2010, the Amir  of Dagestan, Israpil Velidzhanov (ha) appointed him his first naib (deputy) alongside the Amir of the Central sector, Salih (ha). He was already leading the Northern sector at this time.
Hassan (ra) with Ibragim Ibiev (ra).
According the same sources, Hassan was linked to recent destructions of places and stores involved in alcohol selling, prostitution and drug trafficking, such as the ‘White Nights’ brothel (on January 14), the “Caravan” supermaket of the Toturbiev street (on January 20) and the “Caravan Cafe” on the Kavkaz federal highway, at the exit of Khasavyurt (on January 26) as well as the martyrdom operationagainst a Russian military barrack on the Internationalnaya Street, on October 23, 2010. Numerous others operations were planned and carried out by him and his men. The Khasavyurt Jamaat is one of the most active in Dagestan. May Allah (swt) accept Hassan and Sumaya in Jannah. Posted by Kavkaz-Jihād Blog

New video message from the Supreme Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate 'Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī: "Clarification About the Distribution of the Spoil of War According to Sharī'ah"

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NOTE: ‘Alī Abū Muḥammad al-Dagestanī was appointed the Supreme Qāḍī of the Caucasus Emirate this past October. According to the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog, this is his first video appearance since then. In December he did released a statement regarding the leadership disputes in the Caucasus Emirate, which boiled to head in October and haven’t really heard much about since.
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New statement from the Amīr of The Caucasus Emirate Dokku Umarov: "Brief Comment on the Issue of the State Language of the Caucasus Emirate"

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NOTE: The Caucasus Emirate’s media mouthpiece the Kavkaz Center discussed the issue of the official language of the Caucasus Emirate back in November too.
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I want to stress again the importance of this issue. We should weigh all the pros and cons, and carefully examine the prospects of a solution, since this question is of strategic importance for the peoples of the Caucasus and our state.
There are advantages in the choice of Ottoman or Arabic language. The Arabic language is the language of the Holy Quran, the native language of Islam and its study is both necessity and obligation for the Muslims.
The Ottoman language is the language of the Ottoman Caliphate, which in 600 years of its existence had an enormous influence on the Caucasus, the Caucasian languages and the culture of our peoples.
For many centuries, the Ottoman Caliphate was the mainstay of the Islamic Ummah and Caucasian Muslims, and it left a deep mark on the consciousness of our peoples.
In our choice, we must take into account all the nuances of today’s situation, both in the Caucasus and the situation in the world which entered into a period of global instability and change.
Therefore, we must take into account not only cultural priorities, but also historical perspectives and political aspects in the light of rapidly changing political configurations in the geographic regions that are important for us.
I think that the discussion on the state language of the Caucasus Emirate should be expanded; suggestions, comments, and arguments must be systematically and carefully analyzed.
We have no doubt in our victory, and so today we must prepare for the arrangement of our state, as Allah commands. And Allah is sufficient for us as a protector, and He’s the best of the protectors!
I ask Allah, praise Him, the Most High, to forgive us our sins and mistakes that were made voluntary or involuntary, and ask Him to instruct us on the right path. He is One Knowledgeable and Experienced.
Allahu Akbar!

New statement from Jamā'at Sharī'at: "A warning from the Mujāhidīn of Khasavyurt"

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NOTE: Jamā’at Sharī’at, is the largest jihādī groupin the Russian republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus. Jamā’at Sharī’at was established during the Second Chechen War. They were in favor of Dagestan’s independence as an Islamic state and are currently under the umbrella of the Caucasus Emirate, which is led by Dokku Umarov. The below statement is unedited in its original Russian version.
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English:

Front yard of the brothel “White Nights”, destroyed
by the Mujahideen of the Khasavyurt Jamaat on January 14, 2011.
We wish to announce that the destruction of the entertainment brothel “White Nights” a few days ago (on January 14, see here), as well as yesterday’s destruction of the supermarket “Caravan”(see here) are special military actions of the Khasavyurt Jamaat of the Dagestani Front. The owners of the supermarket “Caravan” were repeatedly warned, but they were arrogant and voiced daring statements. [But] As you can see, a tank was not requested to solve the problem. We want to warn the residents of Khasavyurt, the owners and customers of such despicable places: Keep in mind that any place where corruption is spread, such as alcohol and prostitutes, are our legitimate targets. Their destruction is only a question of time and sooner or later, they [the owners and customers of such places] will taste the punishment, first in this world, then in the hereafter, Insha’Allah. We also remind you that working in such establishments is Haram and dangerous for your life so think seven times before going to work in such haunts of vice, it’s worth it. And our advice to you is: Do not sell your soul for a kopeck (a penny). One Hadith (1) states: «Wine is the source of all evils and sins. Whoever drinks it loses reason. He respects no one, even his relatives and he doesn’t refrain from commiting evil openly. The spirit of faith and piety leaves the drinker, and only the impure and mischievous spirit, which is far from the Divine Blessing, lives in him. Allah, His angels, His prophets and true believers cursed such a man, and his prayers will not be accepted for forty days. On the Day of Judgement, his face will turn black, his tongue dangling on his chest, flowing with saliva…».
The stock of alcohol of the “establishment”.
We declare with full responsibility that this work will continue and that we are guided by the Qur’an and the Sunnah, not by the order any of the people (2) – your competitors and companions in the fire of Hell. We ask the brothers to not succumb to the rumors that our detractors are spreading – that we allegedly take money from the enemies of Allah (3) – in exchange for their security. Allah does not offer them security and we can not afford them this [security], for any money. Allahu Akbar! Khasavyurt Jamaat, Wilayah Dagestan, Caucasus Emirate Translation from Jamaat Shariat by the Kavkaz-Jihad blog. _____  1. Didn’t found the exact reference unfortunatly but apparently it has been narrated by Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq, but there is another similar Hadith narrated by Ibn al-Jawzy : «Do not sit with the drunkard, visit their sick or attend their funerals. On the Day of Judgement the drunkard will be brought with a black face, and his tongue dangling on his chest, flowing with saliva. Whoever sees him knowing that he is a drunkard will disgust him.» The 40 days are also mentionned in others hadiths as well. The face turned black is also mentionned in a hadith about musicians. 2. The Russian medias often spread the lie that the Mujahideen groups are ‘hired’ by criminal families, or politicians, in order to commit crimes against their competitors or rivals. In exchange, the Mujahideen allegedly recieve money for this ‘work’. However not a single proof supporting this tale has been ever found. Note that the financial ressources of the Mujahideen seems to be the favorite subject of the russian medias.

3. Kommerstant as well as other russian medias reported that the owners allegedly refused to pay a tax to the Mujahideen.

Russian:
Владельцам злачных мест и их покровителям: танк для разрешения проблемы не понадобился
20.01.11 11:50
Хотим сообщить, что уничтожение развлекательного борделя “Белые ночи” несколько дней назад, а так же вчерашнее уничтожение супермаркета “Караван” является специальной военной акцией хасавюртовского джамаата ДФ.
Владельцы супермаркета “Караван” были неоднократно предупреждены, но они возгордились и высказывали смелые заявления. Как видите, танк для разрешения проблемы не понадобился.
Мы хотим предупредить простых жителей Хасавюрта – владельцев и посетителей таких злачных мест – подумайте о том, что любое место, где распространяют мерзость – вроде спиртного и проституток – является нашей законной целью – уничтожение которых вопрос только времени и рано или поздно они вкусят свое наказание прежде всего в этом мире, потом на том свете, иншааЛлах.
Мы так же напоминаем вас, что работа в таких заведениях является харамом и опасным для жизни и прежде чем пойти работать в такие злачные места подумайте семь раз, стоит ли оно того. А наш вам совет – не продавайте свою душу за копейки.
Один из хадисов гласит: «Вино – источник грехов. Тот, кто выпил вина, теряет разум. Он никого не уважает. Даже своих родных и близких, легко совершает дурные поступки. Дух веры и благочестия покидает его, дух мерзости и порочности вселяется в него. Его проклинает бог, ангелы, пророки и правоверные. Сорок дней его молитвы не будут услышаны. В день Страшного суда лицо его будет чёрным, язык – свисать изо рта, слюна – течь на грудь….».
Мы со всей ответственностью заявляем что работа будет продолжена и что мы руководствуемся Кораном и Сунной, а не по заказу каких-либо из людей – ваших конкурентов и попутчиков в огонь Ада.
Мы просим братьев не поддаваться слухам, которые распространяют наши недоброжелатели, что якобы мы берем деньги от врагов Аллаха – взамен на безопасность. Аллах не предлагает им безопасность и мы не можем им такое позволить ни за какие деньги.
Аллаху Акбар!
Хасавюртовский джамаат, ВД, ИК

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New statement from the Kavkaz-Jihād Blog: "Regarding the Jihādī media covering the Caucasus"

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UPDATE 1/21 7:54 AM: Kavkaz-Jihād Blog updated the situation:

Our brothers from caucasusemirate.maktooblog announced that they are going to continue their publishing work trough the arabic Jihadi forums (no need to mention the names nor the urls, they are pretty well known). We ask Allah (swt) to reward them and to help them in their crucial task.
As for the albttaralsunni blog, from now on, the publication is stoped over there, for unspecified reasons and for an unspecified time.
However we have hope that Insha’Allah this will not stop the publication of arabic translations of medias reports from the Caucasus.
Posted by Kavkaz-Jihad

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Recently some of you may noticed that the arabic blog dedicated to the Caucasus: caucasusemirate.maktooblog is no longer available since more than a week. It has been removed by the ‘administation’ of the blog host: maktooblog.com (see in this regard the arabic statement here and in english here). It was a highly beneficial source of informations for our arabic speaking brothers. We want to remind that it was running perfectly during years so it’s rather strange to see it down only now. We hope that Insha’Allah our brothers from caucasusemirate.maktooblog will be able to come back as soon as possible, in another way or under another form. The other arabic blog covering the events of the region, albttaralsunni.blogspot is still working but not updated since few days.
In addition, Hunafa.com is also down since few days (it was up during a short while, yesterday but it’s down for now), those who follow it know that it has been targeted many times in the past, as well as KC. In this regard we want to express our support and our hope that Insha’Allah this important website come back soon. Insha’Allah this will not take long as its staff showed professionalism regarding these matters in the past. The others regular websites affiliated with the CE are currently working without problems.
It’s useless to speculate about who are behind these attacks (regarding Hunafa it could simply be some  technical problems but it’s unlikely) and their motives. Those who are familiar with the Jihadi medias are aware and used to such ‘disagreements’. But the Jihadi medias proved many times that they were resilient and able to deal with such problems.
And Allah (swt) said:
«They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses except to perfect His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.» (Surat At-Tawbah : 32)
As for this blog, we will continue the humble work started some month ago, however due to certain constraint, the updates could no be regular as wished initially. We thank you in advance for you understanding. In order to fix this, we will probably require some help soon.
Posted by Kavkaz-Jihad

IslāmDīn Presents a New Video Statement from Amīr Zakarī of the South-West Sector of the Caucasus Emirate About the Elimination of Aṣlān Tsipinov

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UPDATE 1/10 11:30AM: See Liz Fuller’s coverage of this for the Caucasus Report at  RFE/RL.
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NOTE: According to the Kavkaz-Jihād blog this was the reasoning behind his murder:

During the night of December 29, 2010, Aṣlān Tsipinov, a renowed ethnographer, has been killed in the village of Shalushka, in the Chegem sector of W. KBK. He was a Circassian nationalist and frequently criticized ‘the Islamic component of the Circassian culture.’ He was also promoting and propagating the local pre-islamic pagan customs. His execution has been decided by a Sharī’ah court and carried out by two Mujāhidīn.

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New statement from the Caucasus Emirate Blog

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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Alhamdulillah, who said in His granted book: (The Unbelievers say: “Listen not to this Qur’an, but talk at random in the midst of its (reading), that ye may gain the upper hand!”) 26 Surah Fussilat
And peace and blessings be upon the messenger of Allah (PBUH) who said about the poetry of Hassan bin Thabit: “It’s worst on them than arrows!”
We are sorry to inform you that on 2 Safar 1432 A.H. (2011-01-06) the Caucasus Emirate blog the administration of Maktoob deleted the blog, without any previous notification, which lead to the loss of all the data on it, ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله. Those cowards couldn’t attribute this act to them, but instead kept a phrase saying “the user chose to delete his blog, thus the information is no longer available” and Allah knows that they are lairs. And we found that we were not the first ones to be exposed to this coward act.
We say to those cowards that this won’t prevent us from continuing our support for the mujahedeen in the Caucasus by media, and our property, and blood, if Allah allows us to do so. We will continue our translation of the mujahedeen publications to Arabic, Insha’Allah, and it’s the least that we can do for our mujahedeen in the Caucasus.
O’Allah make what was published on the Caucasus Emirate blog in our good deeds on the day of judgment.
اللهم اجرنا في مصيبتنا واخلفنا خيراً منها
ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله
Caucasus Emirate Blog

Anṣār al-Mujāhidīn English Forum translates "The Last Will of the Second Sister Who Attacked the Moscow Subway"

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NOTE: The attack on the Moscow train occurred in March 2010. For the will of the first “sister” see here under the sub-heading January 2.
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“The Last Will of the Second Sister Who Attacked the Moscow Subway”
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