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Click the following link for safe PDF copy: Hay’at Taḥrīr al-Shām — Ibā’ Newsletter #46
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The title of this release is in reference to 47:4. Here it is in full: “So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if God had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of God – never will He waste their deeds.”
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “Sulāmī’s Convoy”
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Nearly forty-one years earlier (1357 Hijri Solar) on the 7th of Saur, some supposed Afghans sought to impose the ideology of communism on the believing Afghans and hand over Afghanistan to the Soviet Union in a failed attempt. This day signifies the start of misery and suffering in our homeland and its arrival is synonymous with disasters, displacement, imprisonment, torture, trauma and martyrdoms for the Afghan nation.
Even though the followers of communism attacked our country with the complete material backing of the Soviets, yet they still countered such a passionate and resolute response of the of the proud Afghan nation that it not only surprised the Soviets but was also unimagined by their domestic puppets.
For a complete fourteen years the Afghan nation fought the armored tanks, helicopters, aircrafts and thousands of communist forces with bare hands and by the end – with the Help of Allah (SwT) – not only were the objectives of the Soviets and communists thwarted but the ideology of communism was relegated to the annals of history and the Soviet Union smashed to pieces.
Our Mujahid nation armed with firm belief safeguarded their homeland from the grip of communism through immeasurable sacrifices and an array of hardships over the course of fourteen-year conflict and regained their independence and sovereignty on the 8th of Saur 1371 Hijri Solar.
With this the Afghan nation defeated yet another colonialist and gained historical fame for vanquishing an Empire of the 20th century.
Even as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – as the heir of aspirations of Jihad against communism – considers the notorious day of 7th of Saur a the leading cause of our forty-year tragedy, at the same time it considers the 8th of Saur a symbol of independence for our homeland, triumph of our fourteen year struggle and defeat of the communist ideology. And it is wholeheartedly committed to protecting the goals of our previous and current Jihad and the aspirations of all our martyrs; goals and aspirations that were jeopardized and endangered after the 8th of Saur by some Jihadi leaders in pursuit of power, veering away from the path of Islam and the subsequent American invasion.
With the approach of 7th and 8th of Saur, we remind the current American invaders and their puppets that they take heed from these successive days and understand that foreign ideologies, imperialistic ambitions and foreign stooges have no chance of operating or surviving in this land.
We firmly believe that with the Divine Help of Allah (SwT) and blessings of the great sacrifices of the Afghan nation, the aspirations of hundreds of thousands of martyrs, cripples, widows, orphans and refugees of the oppressed Afghan nation will be fulfilled and the current occupiers and their puppets shall face a fate similar to the British, Soviets and their domestic mercenaries, Allah willing.
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
22/08/1440 Hijri Lunar
07/02/1398 Hijri Solar 27/04/2019 Gregorian
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “Heroes of Qayfah”
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The title of this release is in reference to Qur’anic verse 9:123. Here it is in full: “Oh you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness. And know that God is with the righteous.”
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Saturday April 20:
Terrorist learning in context – the case of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – Carolin Goerzig, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2PAXiAl
Monday April 22:
International Jihadism’s Connections to Sri Lanka – Aaron Y. Zelin, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2Ds937D
Do Internet searches for Islamist propaganda precede or follow Islamist terrorist attacks? – Carl E. Enomoto and Kiana Douglas, Economics & Sociology: https://bit.ly/2DqYcKQ
Towards a Definition of Terrorist Ideology – Gary A. Ackerman & Michael Burnham, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2ZFWbnS
Is Extremism the ‘New’ Terrorism? the Convergence of ‘Extremism’ and ‘Terrorism’ in British Parliamentary Discourse – Recep Onursal and Daniel Kirkpatrick, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2vppRYi
Tuesday April 23:
The Rise of the Islamic State and Changing Patterns of Cooperation in the Middle East – Juan Tellez and Jordan Roberts, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/2GCE2OW
Survival And Expansion, The Islamic State’s West African Province – Fulan Nasrullah, The Global Initiative For Civil Stablisation: https://bit.ly/2GEihOI
Wednesday April 24:
Branding a Caliphate in Decline: The Islamic State’s Video Output (2015-2018) – Pieter Nanninga, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2IO0uYN
Returnees in the Maghreb: Comparing policies on returning foreign terrorist fighters in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia – ed. Thomas Renard, Egmont: https://bit.ly/2vmbPGI
Thursday April 25:
Addressing the Rise of Libya’s Madkhali-Salafis – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/2V2GIQ2
The Internal Structure of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed: Analysis – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, The Islamic State Archives: https://bit.ly/2vwsKXb
The Sri Lanka Attacks and Islamic State Logic: A Look at al-Naba’ – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2Lj3G0y
ISIS’s Clash of Civilizations: Constructing the “West” in Terrorist Propaganda – Stephane J. Baele, Gregorio Bettiza, Katharine A. Boyd, and Travis G. Coan, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2V3aGDg
Friday April 26:
Doxing and Defacements: Examining the Islamic State’s Hacking Capabilities – Audrey Alexander and Bennett Clifford, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2W7IJqH
Reigniting the Rivalry: The Islamic State in Somalia vs. al-Shabaab – Caleb Weiss, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Dzc1a8
Islamic State Insurgent Tactics: Translation and Analysis – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2Wbey1L

al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula: “Understanding and Compromise”
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