UPDATE 2/10/13 8:42 PM: Here is an Arabic transcription of the below video message:
Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Majlis Shūrā al-Mujāhidīn Fī Aknāf Bayt al-Maqdis — “The Journey of Martyrdom #1” (Ar)
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NOTE: As with 2010 and 2011, over the next few days Jihadology will be posting lists of books, think tank reports, academic journal articles, and forthcoming books that have been published during 2011 and plan to be published in 2012. Below is a list of books that I have either read or am interested in reading that were published in the past year. They are in alphabetical order by author. If you have any other suggestions to the below books that deal with global jihadism or Islamic studies, please feel free to let me know in the comments section.
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Aaron W. Hughes — Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction
Daniel Lav – Radical Islam and the Revival of Medieval Theology
Gregory Johnsen — The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia
Hussein Abdul-Raof – Theological Approaches to Qur’anic Exegesis: A Practical Comparative-Contrastive Analysis
Jeevan Deol – Contextualizing Jihadi Thought
Joas Wagemakers – A Quietist Jihadi: The Ideology and Influence of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi
Laurent Bonnefoy – Salafism in Yemen: Transnationalism and Religious Identity
Muhammad Qasim Zaman — Modern Islamic Thought in a Radical Age: Religious Authority and Internal Criticism
Ovamir Anjum – Politics, Law and Reason in Islamic Thought: The Taymiyyan Moment
Richard Gauvain — Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God
Sadakat Kadri — Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari’a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia to the Streets of the Modern Muslim World
Stig Jarle Hansen — Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005-2012
The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought
Umar F. Abd-allah Wymann-landgraf — Malik and Medina: Islamic Reasoning in the Formative Period
Vahid Brown and Don Rassler – Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2010
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NOTE: As with last year, over the next few days Jihadology.net will be posting lists of books, think tank reports, academic journal articles, and forthcoming books that have been published during 2011 and plan to be published in 2012. Below is a list of books that I have either read or am interested in reading that were published in the past year. They are in alphabetical order by author. If you have any other suggestions to the below books that deal with global jihadism or Islamic studies, please feel free to let me know in the comments section.
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Angelika Neuwirth, Nicolai Sinai, and Michael Marx — The Qur’an in Context
Asad Q. Ahmed, Behnam Sadeghi, and Michael Bonner (ed) — The Islamic Scholarly Tradition
Assaf Moghadam and Brian Fishman (ed.) – Fault Lines in Global Jihad: Organizational, Strategic and Ideological Fissures
Camille Tawil – Brothers In Arms: The Story of al-Qa’ida and the Arab Jihadists
Carool Kersten — Cosmopolitans and Heretics: New Muslim Intellectuals and the Study of Islam
Chris Heffelfinger — Radical Islam in America: Salafism’s Journey from Arabia to the West
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross — Bin Laden’s Legacy
J.M. Berger – Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go to War in the Name of Islam
Jeffry R. Halverson, Steven R. Corman, and H. L. Goodall — Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism
Khaled Hroub – Political Islam: Context Versus Ideology
Michael Kemper and Stephan Conermann (ed.) — The Heritage of Soviet Oriental Studies
Michael Scheuer — Osama Bin Laden
Najam Haider — The Origins of the Shi’a: Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century Kufa
Peter Bergen – The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda
Stéphane Lacroix – Awakening Islam: Religious Dissent in Contemporary Saudi Arabia
Susan A. Spectorsky — Women in Classical Islamic Law
Thomas Hegghammer and Stéphane Lacroix — The Meccan Rebellion: The Story of Juhayman al-‘Utaybi Revisited
NOTE: To view issue number fifty-six of the Ṭālibān’s magazine al-Ṣomūd see here.
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Safar 23, 1432 A.H, Friday, January 28, 2011
By Fida’i
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful.
Allah Almighty creates a reason for everything, whether for the existence or continuation of something or for its non-existence or disappearance. The Almighty is He who causes effects. When He wants to bring something into existence or remove it, He appoints a cause or causes for that. Two decades ago, the world witnessed, with the permission of Allah SwT; the world, and most especially the Islamic peoples, the salvation of the world from the great evil; the evil of the Soviets, who wanted to spread their control over the earth. To achieve this goal they attacked a country which had been crowned more than once with the medal of heroism in breaking tyrants, conquering the haughty and expelling evil transgressors. Their doom was sealed when they chose to attack this country.
To wit, they destroyed themselves! Yes, this great event confused the entire world which did not expect this occurrence, because this country did not have to its credit great discoveries, inventions and technologies. Yet, Allah SwT willed to make the sacrifices of thisproud and zealous people the cause for the liberation of dozens of countries occupied by that tyrant. Additionally, it became a cause for removing their occupation of other Muslim lands, especially those countries neighboring Afghanistan. More important than all of this is that America – which has committed the same crime as the Soviets against this proud and zealous people – was itself saved by virtue of the Jihad of the Afghans – from those misfortunes which were expected to befall it – as if Allah SwT desired for those misfortunes to later befall it at the hands of the Afghans themselves and they therefore decided to stand by the side of Afghan Muslims, not because they loved the Afghans and the Muslims or because they wished them well. Rather, they sought after their own self-interest. It was therefore reasonable for the world to thank the Afghans.
Yet, unfortunately, they were ungrateful for the favor with an ingratitude that never occurs to anyone’s mind! After the defeat of the Russians, who left dragging their tails in shame and failure, some of those countries, which Allah had fated to continue to exist by virtue of the Jihad of the Afghans, toyed with the accomplishments of that great people. Indeed, they had a main role in creating problems and afflictions never before witnessed in the history of the country.
Today, the same tragedy is being replayed, but at the hands of another tyrant. Shaytan has enticed this (tyrant) into attacking that people who were the reason he still existed on the face of the earth, forgetting that favor that deserved thanks and a good turn; and not ingratitude and ungraciousness. Indeed, Allah SwT has here ordained the same fate He ordained for the Soviet attack on Afghanistan, which is the salvation of the world and especially the Islamic world from the grip of a tyrannical transgressor.
America wanted, as did its contemporary Soviet Union, to extend its control effectively over the entire world, and re-make it in its own image. Its wealth and its power seduced it into dreaming this dream but achieving this disgraceful dream was completely unreasonable – it is a morass from which it will be happy to escape half alive! Thus, we see today that America has retreated from all its goals – and more – for the sake of which it plunged into the unjust war, the certitude of which was a matter on which no two disagreed! Neither has it been able to take hold of the matter they thought they had a grip on from one day to the next, nor to obtain a guarantee for the security of its people! Rather their terror increases day after day and now it (America) wants to retain its self-respect and nothing more – and this is its great victory, but will it be able to do even that? They are like one who has attacked a person unjustly. When that person grabs them and shakes them, they say to him: “leave me alone and I will leave you alone!”
It is impossible for it now to be seduced by its dream of arrogance, aggrandizement and tyranny, or to spread its influence in the lands of others, or extend its control there. Rather its most pressing concern is to preserve what its forefathers gained!
Because of this the entire world and especially the Islamic world is indebted to the Afghan Jihad. Because of this Jihad, the snake has become preoccupied with itself rather than thinking about swallowing them. When Afghanistan has become a thorn in its throat it cannot advance and cannot return back!
The world has been saved from American aggression and barbarism in all fields: political, economic and security. America had wanted to spread its influence in Eurasia, half of which includes the Islamic countries, then extend their political and economic control over them, and take their affairs firmly in hand. If they were able to do that, then no one on the other continents could stand and face them. But Allah desired other than what America desired. If they had been able – Allah forbid – to realize their initial goals then subsequently it would have been very easy to swallow and digest the Islamic world. This was a turn of events for which it waited impatiently and for which sake it spared no expense. But through the grace of Allah first and then through the sacrifices of that proud and zealous people, it was not able to realize its dream. Rather, the entire Islamic Ummah was saved from those plots which those iniquitous hands wove in the world of fantasy.
Among the most prominent gains made by the Afghan Jihad for the Islamic Ummah which can be indicated here is the protection of the Holy Quran from fire and abuse, four months ago at the hands of a lunatic American: that vile minister who intended to burn a copy of the Glorious Quran in revenge for the events of September 11. Yes, what happened there with that idiotic man was not personal or unique to him, rather it was the voice of many of them and evidence was that they did not refrain from committing that crime out of respect for the sacred things of others or for human dignity! Rather, it was to preserve their bravado and prestige by protecting the lives of their soldiers deployed on the field of battle and to be precise; to avoid receiving the combat strikes of the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate! Which they were certain to receive if they did not take that crazy man into their foolish hands! The commander in chief of the NATO Alliance, David Petraeus and others warned of the consequences of that action and stated that it would cause calamities for their soldiers present in Afghanistan. The lunatic minister therefore had to reconsider his plan and back down. He in his turn was more concerned with the defeat of his co-religionists and kinsmen, than in venting his anger against Muslims by burning the Noble Quran as if he considered – if the expression is apt – that the cost of this heinous act would outweigh its benefit. Here we must draw attention to certain points:
1. There are no doubt in the Islamic Ummah has many ideological, political and religious parties; and there are undoubtedly in Islamic countries (many) regimes that rule them – and there are more than 50 governments! But neither America or NATO or its commander in chief were troubled and they did not say that (these) regimes and rulers of Islamic countries or their varied and diverse parties and movements would cause problems for America or weaken it if that great crime were committed! For one reason: they had cast Jihad behind their backs!
2. Then why do the Americans fear the Mujahideen? What that commander stated means that those different parties and diverse movements in their great number and those governments armed to the teeth with even nuclear weapons(!) did not and will not be considered to constitute a threat to them! There is therefore no need to warn against them! As if they understood well that the Mujahideen were those who would avenge their sacred things. This is a matter that truly conforms to reality and fact. This is the reason behind infidel attacks launched against Jihad and its people over the course of time in all corners of the earth and in all rounds they struggle, and especially in this modern era. They are convinced that Jihad is the apex of the pinnacle of Islam, as was said by that leader of the Mujahideen, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (SAW). Meaning Islam is protected by Jihad only! The enemy is therefore terrified of Jihad and the Mujahideen, and tries with all the capabilities he possesses to mar the image of Jihad and the Mujahideen one way or another.
3. The commander’s statement that the burning of the Noble Quran would cause problems for his soldiers in Afghanistan only(!) – although Jihad continues through the grace of Allah SwT in other countries as well – indicates that the occupiers have learned through living in the hills and rugged mountains of Afghanistan over the past nine years; the message that the soldiers of the Islamic Emirate are at the forefront of the legacy of Islam,
NOTE: Below is an essay written by an online jihādi about the Aceh Jihād in Indonesia. It was originally written on the website Arrahmah.com, which is not in English. The essay is unedited and reflects what the jihādi wrote. If you want a copy of Parts 1 & 2 feel free to email me.
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Formulating The Map Of Contributions Of The Islamic Ummah
The Mujahideen need to formulate the map of contributions of the ummahwhich is required for the establishment of Islam, in order to make sure that all elements of the ummah can play their roles according to interests and abilities. Because, in the reality such as Indonesia today (2010), it is unlikely that we can be imagining that the entire Islamic ummah are supporting jihad, let alone to go to the jihad arena.
Unless if the reality is like Iraq or Afghanistan, when the kafir enemies are savagely attacking the Islamic ummah, then as many cadres as possible are required to come to the jihad arena. In a situation like this, the most needed and effective contribution is the picking up of weapons to expel thekafir invaders as immediately as possible.
The map of contributions that we meant is, for example, on how to answer the query of a Muslim journalist; what kind of contribution could he give for jihad and the establishment of Islam if he does not plunge directly into the battlefield? As well as, a similar query from the traders, teachers, farmers, drivers, sailors, IT experts, engineers and all kind of human professions and expertise.
Does inflaming jihad in Indonesia mean summoning them all to abandon their professions and come in droves towards the jihad arena? Once again, in the case of a country with the size of Indonesia, where the total population is more than 200 millions, and with the absence of a “trigger” to ignite the fight, is that a wise choice of method in the establishment of Islam here?
Or will there be tolerance for them to pursue their professions but are still able to contribute for the establishment of Islam? If the answer is yes, then what they need is a map of contributions. They could still work in each of their field, while giving contributions in a chain of links that culminates in jihad fie sabilillah. As far as I know, there has never been a blueprint of the map of contribution made, which covers the entire fields and expertise of the Islamic ummah, at least in Indonesia.
The Islamic ummah in Indonesia have a number of websites which are incessant in voicing out the jihad theme and news, such as Arrahmah.com, Muslimdaily.net, Eramuslim.com and others. The Mujahideen do not need to provoke the admins of those websites to leave their posts and go to the battle hills. Because, the existence of those posts is very vital in educating the ummah about jihad and in advocating the Mujahideen from the cases that are ever ready to ensnare them.
The same goes with the doctors, whether it be the general practitioners or the specialists. Their expertise needs to be maintained in each of their workplace, to be used one day. The cadres of the ummah who are engaging in the technical and engineering field, let them develop in each of their workplace, because jihad really needs their expertise when the time comes one day.
In fact, the da’wah bodies which are alive in the midst of the ummah, with all their diversities and focuses of attention, are also required to be maintained. For example, the institution which focuses in eradicatingmunkar (FPI), pursuing educations for Muslim children (pesantrens and schools), specialization in dealing with the deviated sects (LPPI), specialization in fighting Liberalism and Pluralism (INSIST: Adian Husaini and Co.), specialization in fighting Shiah, specialization in fighting Christianization (FAKTA, etc.) and all other elements of the ummah which have the roles of guarding the big house from the gnawing of the rats ofmunkar and falsehood.
This paradigm is founded on the view that jihad is not the medicine for every disease. Jihad is not like the advertisement of a drink product:“whatever the food, the drink is always Sosro- the Bottled Tea.” To oppose the Shiah in Indonesia, it can’t be done by threatening them with weapons from the battle hills. Because, they are like a chameleon, cleverly infiltrating all lines of livelihood in the cities and villages. They have the kind of aqeedah called Taqiyah, i.e. the necessity of appearing just like the enemies in order to defeat them. The best and most effective way to disclose their guise is by al-kitab, not by as-saif.
Exposing their evils is through ‘ilm and da’wah, not challenging them to gunfights, whereas their own existence itself is hard to detect. Wasn’t Islam established on two mediums; al-kitab al-hadiy and as-saif an-nasir(the Kitab that functions as guidance provider, and the sword that functions as helper). The kitab symbolizes ‘ilm and da’wah, while the saifsymbolizes jihad fie sabilillah. Without the blend of both, the journey of Islam will be imbalanced. If only featuring the kitab, Islam will be abused by the enemies. If only featuring the saif, Islam will appear fierce like a gangster, thus people will be scared to approach it.
The region of Indonesia, with its Muslim majority, is best to be made as the object of da’wah, not the object of jihad yet. Not just any da’wah, but the da’wah that supports the journey of jihad. The ummah are guided so that they are able to understand, practice and defend Islam in the right way. If their expertise and professions are well managed, the strength of the ummah could be used to establish Islam in time, when the momentum has arrived. Unfortunately, mankind are always unable to subdue their true nature; isti’jal (in hurry). Wanting to establish Islam like a magician. Or at least wanting to achieve results like the thugs; point the guns, all will be done.
Careful In Recruiting The Jihad Cadres
The jihad that is interpreted as fighting in the battlefields, should choose the best cadres who have a high level of security. Because, it had already been repeated times that armed jihad was proclaimed in Indonesia, but it always ended up in pitiful arrests. We must always be careful and selective in choosing the cadres who are prepared to conduct jihad with weapons, because, the character of jihad is different from the character of da’wah.
Not all people whose speeches are sweet in supporting jihad are right to be invited to jihad in the battlefield. The intelligence are swarming about, many of whom looking very “salafi” and very “jihadi”. It is too difficult to tell those who are really truthful and safe to be invited for jihad from those we are harming jihad instead.
The intelligence are working very seriously in order to sabotage the ranks of the Mujahideen. We cannot just rely on the cadres of jihad by looking at the external appearances, but we must really feel safe and very familiar with the persons who would become our partners in jihad. Be careful with the questionable jihad cadres i.e. those who are only enthusiastic in talking about jihad, but are reluctant when invited to talk about the correct ways of making wudhu’ as per the sunnah of the Prophet SAW, about the subject of cleanliness (thaharah), and the subject of uncleanliness. They are averse and not enthusiastic in talking about the subject of jilbab on their wives and children, the subject of the school of choice for his children, the subject of the Islamic home interior, the subject of crying due to the fear of Allah, the subject of zuhd, the subject of wara’ , the subject of halal activities, the subject of riba, the subject of ittiba’ to Rasulullah SAW and so on.
Indonesia is not a place that is currently raging with conflicts like Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. In the regions of conflict, carefulness that is too tight is not really required in recruiting the cadres of jihad. Anyone who have enough bravery to come to the battlefield and who want to participate in jihad along with the Mujahideen, should be received with open hands.
But for a case like Indonesia, which is not a country of conflict, we cannot instantly feel safe working with the questionable cadres of jihad. Not all who show their interest in the theme of jihad are suitable to be invited to the jihad arena.
This is the character of jihad. Different from the character of da’wah, which is very open. Anyone could be invited to join in the ranks of da’wah. It is compulsory upon us to explain to anyone who enquires about Islam, we cannot refuse it. In fact, even if those enquiring are from amongst the intelligence who want to entrap a da’ie. Anyone who are interested inda’wah and spreading Islam, as long as their good faith is observed, we must appreciate them.
Meanwhile, in jihad, the ranks of Mujahideen can (in fact, must) refuse themunafiq who want to participate in jihad, if they would apparently harm the
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Praise be to Allah, who said::
{Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah: of them some have completed their vow (to the extreme), and some (still) wait: but they have never changed (their determination) in the least} [Al-Ahzab: 23]
And may prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, who said:
“By Him in Whose Hand Muhammad’s soul is, I love to fight in the way of Allah and get killed, to fight again and get killed and to fight again and get killed.” (Muslim)
And who also said:
“That I kill in the name of Allah is dearer to me than following the people of urban, and suburban.” (Al-Mustadrak) (Muslim)
We congratulate the Muslim Ummah for the martyrdom of the leader of leaders and the general of generals: the Emir / Hakimullah Mehsud, may Allah accept him.
In the evening of the day of blessed gathering, on Thul-Hijjah 26, 1434H, corresponding to November 1, 2013, our venerable Emir was martyred with 4 of his brothers (Wali al-Rahman, Saeed Allah, Jalaal, Wali Ba’adShah) and his uncle (Khayer Muhammed) when his car was bombed with three missiles while he was entering his home.
Here, we refute the news published by the news agencies speaking on behalf of the enemies of Islam about the martyrdom of the Deputy Emir Abdullah (Bahar) and the appointment of the new Emir for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. We emphasize through this statement that the leader Abdullah (Bahar) was not at the scene of the attack and was not martyred.
Indeed, the martyrdom of the venerable Emir is a great tragedy for the Muslim Ummah, but the believers do not regret this martyrdom. Instead, they congratulate each other, and affirms to the Ummah of Muslims that its leadership does not die on mattresses. Rather, it honors the Ummah, and its victory is in the martyrdom of its leadership, because we are an Ummah that does not die with sacrifices but is victorious and alive because death gives it life.
The venerable Emir Hakimullah Mehsud had hoped for a humble martyrdom on the path of Jihad in the way of Allah. The Emirs did not take him along with them to Jihad in Afghanistan because of his young age because there was an order from the Emir of the Believers Mullah Umar al-Mujahid, may Allah protect him, that he who did not have a beard could not leave for Jihad. So when American launched the Crusader war and toppled the Islamic Emirate, our Emir began to offer services and shelter to the immigrants coming from Afghanistan, and he participated with his brothers in Jihadist operations against the American Crusader forces and the apostate Afghan army on the fronts of Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Nangarhar, and Kunar. Then, he left for central Afghanistan and participated in the fighting there on a number of Jihadist fronts.
And when the Pakistani forces engaged in military operations in the tribal areas to save the NATO forces from the attacks of the Mujahideen, then the leader Hakimullah Mehsud was one of principal founders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The founder of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Beitullah Mehsud the martyr, may Allah have mercy on him, appointed him the Emir of the districts of Mohmand, Orakzai, and Kurram Agency, where he began to play a prominent role in strengthening the Pakistani Jihad. And at that time, despite there being many difficulties, he courageously and in a beautiful manner firmly planted the feet of the Mujahideen in those regions.
And the Emir Hakimullah Mehsud engaged in devastating Jihadist operations to deter the aggression of the Pakistani army – which is an ally on the frontlines for the American Crusader war – on the tribal regions, and defeated their evil a number of times.
And the Emir Hakimullah Mehsud led the Mujahideen to launch devastating attacks on supply lines for the the Crusader NATO forces between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and cut off a number of times military supply lines and logistical support for the occupying American forces.
And when he saw the escalation of the activities of the refuting Shia against Islam in Kurram Agency, he struck them and tightened the noose around them. And as for the application of the Shariah in Orakzai Agency, all the credit goes to him.
After the martyrdom of the founder of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Beitullah Mehsud, may Allah have mercy on him, he was appointed the Emir of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, and he lead the Mujahideen of the movement with stability and integrity. And he presented the importance of Jihad at the forefront and the consolidation of the idea of global Jihad and the Caliphate in the Mujahideen.
The venerable Emir did not engaged in great attacks on the American forces and their allies in Pakistan alone. Instead, the Martyr Mujahid Doctor Abu Dujanah al-Khurasani, may Allah have mercy on him, under his command and supervision engaged in the “Attack of Beitullah Mehsud, May Allah Have Mercy on Him,” which resulted in the martyrdom operation at the American military base in Khost which caused the loss of senior officers in the American CIA.
And the Emir announced the targeting of the head of infidelity of America in their own home, and sent one of his Mujahideen Faisal Shahzad to Times Square in New York to carry out an operation targeting Americans.
He took revenge for the Imam of Jihad, the Sheikh Usama bin laden, may Allah have mercy on him, by sending sacrificing Mujahideen to target the Mehran military base and barracks in Karachi and military centers across the country.
When the enemies of Allah and their allies in the Pakistani regime were unable to chase him down by offering reward money or by assassinating him with drone attacks, these tyrants resorted to sorcery on him to stop the spread of Jihad under his leadership, causing headaches and severe pain in one’s body, despite not suffering from any disease.
The Emir Hakimullah Mehsud, may Allah have mercy on him, has spent more than his life after leading the Emirate in strong sickness because of sorcery, despite not suffering from any disease.
In the last days of his life, he was treating himself with spiritual treatment from one of the Mujahid Arab Sheikhs, from which he improved, praise be to Allah. And he began once again to escalate Jihadist activities. And when the news was received from the apostate Pakistani government and America about him, in which he had finally been assassinated in a drone attack, now all the Pakistani regime claims is maintaining innocence, showing itself as a traitor deceiver who hold a knife under his arm and echoes from the mouth peace…peace…
So praise be to Allah that the Mujahideen did not become upset because of the martyrdom of the venerable Emir. Instead, they increased in discipline and determination to continue the Jihad to uphold the word of Allah.
Thus departed the Knight of Knights of Tawhid and Jihad and the General of Generals of the Islamic Ummah, who spent more than his life in fighting and Jihad, in order to make his departure and his martyrdom a light illuminating the path of Jihad for the believers, and a fire on the enemies of Allah, to continue the caravan of Jihad, spurring it on with firm faith and steady conviction with the promise of Allah, the Truth.
And thanks be to allah, the Mujahideen were not agitated due to the martyrdom of the good Emir, instead they increased in discipline and determination to continue jihad to raise Allah’s word.
And we give the Muslim Umma in general and the Mujahideen especially the good tidings that the supreme Shura Council of the Taliban Pakistan movement has appointed the leader and mufti Sheikh Mawlana Fadl Allah may Allah preserve him as Emir of the movement, and the leader mufti Sheikh Khaled Haqqani may Allah preserve him as vice Emir, and who will continue Allah willing on the steps of the former Emir Hakim Allah Mahsoud may Allah have mercy upon him in escalating the journey of Jihad forward until the word of tawhid is the supreme one that was drawn for us by the Emirs and leaders with their perfumed blood.
So, glad tidings, our precious Ummah, the dawn of victory has emerged and it will defeat all of the enemies of Islam and turn their backs, with the permission of the Almighty One.
And we say to our Emir of the Believers Mullah Umar al-Mujahid, and our Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri, may Allah protect them, Islam will not be weakened by us. Indeed, we promise to Allah to move along the path of Jihad to liberate this region from the American occupation and its agent regime and establish Allah’s Shariah on this land of Pakistan or perish without it.
We say to the enemies of Allah, the Americans and their allies, that the blood of our Emir Mullah Hakimullah Mehsud, may Allah have mercy on him, will not be wasted, and we will take revenge for him and his blood as soon as possible, with Allah’s permission. This is a promise from us and a debt around our necks. We are not exempt nor released from it with Allah’s permission until we fulfill it. The war between you and us is a rivalry, and you will see infidels with your own eyes the consequences and victory that will be for the Mujahideen of Islam.
And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not.
May Allah have mercy on the Mujahid Emir Mullah Hakimullah Mehsud and all his brothers who were martyred with him.
Allah is the Greatest
{But honour belongs to Allah and His Messenger, and to the Believers; but the Hypocrites know not.}
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UPDATE 4/19/13 9:06 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic audio message:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن والاه وبعد
Muslims everywhere, leaderships of the Jihadi movements and leaderships of the armed factions, people of Al-Sham, sons of Jabhat (Front) Al-Nusra, As-salam Alaykum wa Rahmatu l-lāhi wa Barakātuh.
The Truth Almighty: (Alif Lam Mim -1- Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried? -2- And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know the liars -3-) Surah Al-Ankaboot.
There has been a talk about a speech attributed to sheikh Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi may Allah preserve him and it has been mentioned in the speech attributed to the sheikh that the Front subordination to the Islamic State of Iraq then he declared abolishing the name of the State of Iraq and Jabhat Al-Nusra and replacing them with one name the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Sham.
We inform you that the leadership of the Front and its Majlis Al-Shura and the humble slave the general commander of Jabhat Al-Nusra have no knowledge of this deceleration except what they heard from the media.
So if the attributed speech was accurate we weren’t consulted or ordered to do so, and I say seeking aid from Allah:
After some of the papers were uncovered that we accompanied the jihad in Iraq since it began until our return after the Syrian revolution with what occurred to us from predestined abruption but we are familiar with the details of most of the momentous events that occurred to the journey of jihad in Iraq and concluded from our experience there what pleases the hearts of the believers on the land of Al-Sham under the banner of Jabhat Al-Nusra.
And Allah Almighty knows that we only saw from our brothers in Iraq the great goodness of generosity and harbor and their virtues cannot be counted and it is a debt that cannot leave our necks as long as we live.
And I never wished to leave Iraq before seeing the banners of Islam raised high on Mesopotamia but the rapidity of the events in Al-Sham prevented us from that.
And I was honored to accompany many of the righteous people in Iraq whom we reckon him to be so, and many of them have left us that no one of them is mentioned before me without me saying “may Allah accept him”, as well as tens and even hundreds of Muhajirin who perished from the people of Al-Sham and others as sacrifice to declare the Word of Allah under the banner of State of Iraq.
Then Allah Almighty honored me of knowing sheikh Al-Baghdadi that honorable sheikh who gave the people of Al-Sham their right and paid the debt doubly and agreed to the project which we proposed to him to support our oppressed people on the land of Al-Sham then he aided us have the money of the State despite of the hard days that they were passing through then he kept all his trust in this poor slave and authorized him to set the policy and plan and aided us with some brothers despite of their scarcity but Allah Almighty blessed them and their gathering and the Front began to engage the hardships step by step until Allah graced us and banner of the Front was raised high and the hearts of the Muslims and oppressed flapped with it and it became the hard number that counterpoise the battle of the Ummah today on this land, and the focus of the hopes of the Muslims of the whole world.
We have from the beginning that we aspire to return the governance of Allah on His land then reviving the Ummah to implement His Sharia and spread His methodology and we didn’t want to be hasten in declaring a matter that we were patient regarding it, since the functions of the state from implementing the Sharia and ending rivalries and conflicts and seeking to establish security among Muslims and securing their requirements is being done in the liberated areas despite of the delinquency.
Since the issue of the declaration wasn’t of concern in the presence of the essence the State of Islam in the land of Al-Sham is built by the arms of all without exclusion of any major party who participated with us in jihad and fighting in Al-Sham from the mujahid factions and the respected sheikhs of Ahli Sunnah and our brothers Muhajirin as well as not excluding the leadership of Jabhat Al-Nusra and its Shrua council.
Also the issue of postponing the declaration of the correlation wasn’t because of a softness in religion or inanition that occurred to the men of the Front rather it is an enlightened wisdom based Sharia principles and a long history and spending an effort in understanding the Sharia policy that is appropriate for Al-Sham reality which the people of Ahl Al-Hal wa Al-Aqad have agreed upon in Bilad Al-Sham from the leadership of the Front and their students of knowledge then who supports us from the honorable sheikhs and people of opinion and consultancy abroad.
And I’m responding the appeal of Al-Baghdadi may Allah preserve him of upgrading from lowest to highest and say that this is a Baya’a from the sons of Jabhat Al-Nusra and its general commander we renew it to the sheikh of jihad sheikh Aymen Al-Zawahiri may Allah preserve him. We give Baya’a to listen and obey in what is liked and in what is disliked, and to Hijrah and jihad, and not to fight against the people of authority except upon the appearance of Kufr upon which I have Burhaan.
And the banner of the Front will remain as it is without any change despite our appreciation for the banner of the State and who carries it and who sacrificed his blood from out brothers under its banner.
And we reassure our people in Al-Sham that what you saw from the Front from defending your religion, honors and blood and its good character with you and the fighting groups will remain as you knew it and the declaration of the Baya’a won’t change anything in its policy.
O’ Allah unite our word and guidance… Amin, Amin, wa Alhamdulillahi Rabbi AlAAalameen.
Servant of the Muslims the General Commander of Jabhat Al-Nusra
Abu Mohammed Al-Golani
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Abū Muḥammad al-Jawlānī (al-Golani) — “About the Fields of al-Shām”
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UPDATE 5/1/12 9:05 AM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
Alhamdulillah who said: (Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay they live finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord -169- They rejoice in the Bounty provided by Allah: and with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve -170- They glory in the Grace and the Bounty from Allah, and in the fact that Allah suffereth not the reward of the Faithful to be lost (in the least) -171-) Surah Aal-e-Imran, then
We offer our condolences to our Muslim Ummah for the death of Mujahid commander Mohammed Saeed Al-Omdah alias “Gharib Al-Taazi” – may Allah have a wide mercy on him, who was martyred Allah willing with two mujahidin after an American shelling that targeted them in the Al-Samadah region in Marib.
Commander Gharib Al-Taazi had a long journey of jihad for the sake of Allah which began in Afghanistan that he even was from those close to sheikh Osama bin Laden rahimahullah so he was among his special guards, then he participated rahimahullah in several operations until he became on the list of the most wanted to the American intelligence services, then he was arrested and imprisoned in the prisons of Al-Saud then he was transferred to Yemen and stayed in the prisons of Sana’a for three years until all facilitated for him and his brothers to escape from the Political Security in Sana’a, and he continued in his jihad and spending until he gained martyrdom with his brothers on the hands of the Americans.
And as we offer our condolences to the Ummah of Islam for losing one of its steadfast knights and one of its blessed heroes, we in the same time remind the Americans that their crimes won’t go to waste, and the record for revenge is long.
(and Allah is the master of His affair, but most people do not know)
Qaedat Al-Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula
7 Jumada al-Thani 1433 A.H.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula — “Condolences on the Death of the Commander Gharīb al-Taʿizī”
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UPDATE 1/19/12 1:11 PM: Here is an English translation of the below Arabic statement:
In the name of Allah the most merciful
{Think not of those who are slain in Allah’s way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord}
All praise is due to Allah the Lord of the Worlds, and may the peace and blessings be upon the most honorable Prophet and Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, his household and Companions.
And Thereafter:
With hearts satisfied with Allah’s judgments, reassured of His promise, the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula offer condolences to the Muslim Umma generally and to the Mujahideen in the battlefield of Khurasaan specifically for the death of the nurturing Sheikh and the caller and the unifying Muhajir, Abu Abdul Rahman Attiyah Allah Jamaal Al-Misraati may Allah have mercy on him and raise his degree in the ranks of the martyrs, for the Sheikh may Allah have mercy upon him was killed by the Americans after a long journey of Hijrah and Jihad in Allah’s name against the Crusader tyrants and the arrogant apostates, this journey began with his joining the Mujahideen in Islamic Maghreb, fighting the tyrant of Libya Al-Qaddafi and his sacrifice continued so that he participated in several different fronts until Allah honored him with fighting the Americans in the battlefield of Khurasaan, and with the journey of Jihad and sacrifice, he spared no effort in calling to Allah and direction, for he was an Imam for the truth, gathering and not dividing, and seeking to be closer and to make the ranks and unify the efforts, so Allah’s mercy is wide.
And the greatest thing that consoles the Umma in its tragedy is that the Sheikh was killed while he was steadfast on righteousness -we consider him thus- and his death will only be -Allah willing- motive for his brother Mujahideen after him to continue Jihad in the name of Allah and giving all they can to restore Allah’s rule on earth and restore the stolen rights of the Umma.
{And Allah hath full power and control over His affairs; but most among mankind know it not.}
al-Qaeda Organization in the Arabian Peninsula
22 Safar 1433
Source: (Fajr Center for Media)
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula — “Condolences on the Death of Shaykh ‘Aṭīyyatullah al-Lībī”
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