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Zawahri calls for jihad, criticises Pakistani government
 Al Jazeera television on Friday aired a new videotape of Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahri in which he called for more "jihad," and criticised assaults on women protesters in Egypt last month. Al Jazeera said the Egyptian-born Zawahri also slammed the Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian governments. In the tape, in which he was shown with an assault rifle next to him, Zawahri said "invading (US) forces" would not be expelled from Muslim lands by peaceful demonstrations but by "fighting for the sake of God." Zawahri also urged the Palestinians "not to give up their jihad and not to be dragged into the game of secular elections.""Real reform" must be based on the rule of Sharia, or Islamic law, he said, with the two other bases being "freedom of Islamic land" and "freedom of the Islamic nation to run its affairs." Zawahri "criticised "the US concept of reform," said Al Jazeera, which aired some of his remarks live while paraphrasing others. Posted by: Fred 2005-06-18 |
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