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Al-Qaida’s Warning Against Associating With Crusaders and Idols
2004-06-09
From Jihad Unspun
All praises be to Allah and peace be upon His messenger, Prophet Muhammad, his families, companions and whoever follows:

Once again, we repeat our call and send this clear message to our Muslim brothers, warning against fellowship with the Crusaders, the Americans, Westerners and all idols in the Arab Gulf. Muslims should not associate with them anywhere, be it in their homes, complexes or travel with them by any means of transportation.

Prophet Muhammad said "I am free from who lives among idols".

No Muslim should risk his life as he may inadvertently be killed if he associates with the Crusaders, whom we have no choice but to kill.

Everything related to them such as complexes, bases, means of transportation, especially Western and American Airlines, will be our main and direct targets in our forthcoming operations on our path of Jihad that we, with Allah’s Power, will not turn away from.

We confirm and repeat this statement in support of the Ummah (Islam nation), caring for our Muslim brothers’ blood for who we undertake these operations, to defend them, their religion, honor and lands and to be free from those who disobey Allah’s Orders and continue to live with the Crusaders thereby gaining an evil omen.

We further repeat our warning to the security officials and those who guard the American complexes and who stand with America and its hired help, who takes up arms against the Mujahideen for defending for them and their interests such as the Saudi government and others who choose to support the idol’s regime over the Islamic one. We call them to repent, separate and to hate idols by fighting them with money, tongues and arms.

Our prayer to Allah is that we may assist His religion and spread His word and we ask to be given His enemies. Allah alone is sufficient and the end belongs to the pious believers. There is no aggression except upon oppressors. Praise be to Allah is our last worship.

Al-Qaida Organization of the Arab Gulf
Posted by:Mike Sylwester

#20  Check out the IslamicFinder website.

You can look at individual countries for prayer times and Islamic associations. Very interesting...Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, etc all have active Muslim religious groups.

http://www.islamicfinder.org/world.php
Posted by: rex   2004-06-09 9:03:01 PM  

#19  Hmm. I got my info from a book called The Next Christendom, by . . . Philip Jenkins, I think. His analysis was that Christianity was growing. Maybe it's been reversed since he published, although I don't think it was *that* long ago . . .
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-06-09 8:15:52 PM  

#18  I read somewhere, too, that there's a growing Christianity in the Southern hemisphere
In a February 16, 2004 WND article Joseph Farrah says the opposite:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37133
"Al Queda south of the border"

...The Argentinean intelligence service assessment, privy among others, to European and Middle Eastern agencies, has reached a significant and grave conclusion, according to G2 Bulletin. It claims since 9/11 and the partial success in the war against terrorism, mainly in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Central Asia, the jihadi pendulum is tilting more and more toward South America...the growing danger is that of militant Islam penetrating Mexico, a country with an increasing Muslim community, including Muslim converts. Some of them have ties to the Mexican community and to illegal immigrants' smugglers operating in American states bordering Mexico, especially those with connections in the greater Los Angeles area and other major cities...Both al-Qaida and Hezbollah were active in the common border area of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, according to an earlier statement of Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage in hearings before the Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, cited in a report from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty...Some 6 million people of Muslim descent live in Latin America and there are reports that many indigenous people are converting to Islam.

Also,
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/6443/LatinAmerica/latinos.html
...But in growing numbers, Hispanics, the country's fastest-growing ethnic group, are finding new faith in Islam, the nation's fastest-growing religion. Moved by what many say is a close-knit religious environment and a faith that provides a more concrete, intimate connection with God, they are replacing Mass with mosques.

http://hispanicmuslims.com/articles/historyhispanic.html
"History Draws Hispanics to Islam"
Posted by: rex   2004-06-09 6:36:44 PM  

#17  I read somewhere, too, that there's a growing Christianity in the Southern hemisphere; we may have some allies there that we haven't thought to bring in . . .
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-06-09 5:31:19 PM  

#16  Which Idols are they talking about?
Rueben or Fantasia?

Billy.
Posted by: Rafael   2004-06-09 5:14:44 PM  

#15  Largely through immigration, the Muslim population of the United States grew sixfold between 1972 and 1990

and they are less than 3% of the population..and hopefully Ashcroft can scare the rest in staying away. we do not need the religion of peace..we need decent hard working folks..not lazy whinning bastards...who send thier kids to kill
Posted by: Dan   2004-06-09 4:12:26 PM  

#14  Don't be so stupid as to believe Muslim claims about their numbers.
Posted by: someone   2004-06-09 3:27:15 PM  

#13  The world would like to lie to itself about what is happening and how dangerous it is, but you are absolutely correct, Rex. Unless your future is as a volunteer suicide bomber or mine a volunteer breeding animal under a burka, we BETTER be prepared to define the battle as a religious one.
Posted by: jules 187   2004-06-09 2:33:54 PM  

#12  Here' something to ponder:
the Canadian Society of Muslims projects that by 2025, Muslims will represent 30% of the world's population. Christianity will be only 25%. No stats are given for other religions, so they must not be a significant number.
http://muslim-canada.org/muslimstats.html
Largely through immigration, the Muslim population of the United States grew sixfold between 1972 and 1990. And even in countries where immigration has been suppressed, the growth continues. Last year, seven percent of babies born in European Union countries were Muslims. In Brussels, the figure was a staggering 57 percent. Islam is already the second religion of almost every European state - the only exceptions being those European countries such as Azerbaijan and Albania where it is the majority religion.

Are any of you betting men and women?

Do any of you believe that democracy will take hold in Muslim dominated countries in a mere 25 years. Or will it be Allah's words that will dominate Muslims' actions 25 years from now?

And don't count on moderate Muslims to save the day. With regards to moderate Muslims, I'm betting most them will not bear arms against the fundamentalists because the Koran forbids killing "good" Muslims following Allah's words...and who follows the Koran more literally than anyone else but fundamentalists?

That's why Al Queda is enunciating the battle as being a religious one of Muslims against Crusaders. Al Queda is continually warning moderate Muslims not following the Koran to wise up and get on the same page as them. This is not a warning to "infidels" because we are beyond saving.

Unfortunately, our leaders cannot define the battle as a religious one... at least not at this stage.

I think our collective "infidel" goose is cooked. Any bets?
Posted by: rex   2004-06-09 2:21:58 PM  

#11  Er, does this mean they're going to blow up their version of "American Idol"?
Posted by: someone   2004-06-09 1:13:58 PM  

#10  Which Idols are they talking about?
Rueben or Fantasia?
Posted by: Capsu78   2004-06-09 12:32:14 PM  

#9  For the first time I agree with Jihad Unspun. I wouldn't have a problem if all Muslims moved out of the crusder and Idolitar countries. Then they should learn to take on the jobs of the Crusaders and Idolitars in the oil industry and isolate themselves entirely. Win win.

Oh, but they love the lapdances, gambling on the Rivera and heaven forbid someone might suggest work.
Posted by: Ruprecht   2004-06-09 12:20:48 PM  

#8  RWV: If Americans were one-tenth the monsters these creatures say we are . . .

If Americans were one-tenth the monsters these creatures are themselves we would be much further ahead on the WOT.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-06-09 12:10:49 PM  

#7  We confirm and repeat this statement in support of the Ummah (Islam nation), caring for our Muslim brothers’ blood for who we undertake these operations.

We kill them to care for their blood. Gee. Didn't realize they were siphoning up all the blood from the splatter their dead brothers leave in their wake. Sounds a little vampirish to me.
Posted by: jules 187   2004-06-09 11:57:52 AM  

#6  I'm so tired of this Crusader crap. If Americans were one-tenth the monsters these creatures say we are, the only problem left would be how to dispose of all the dead muslims and all the overblown jihadi rhetoric couldn't do a thing to stop it. People in that part of the world live only because we allow them to live.
Posted by: RWV   2004-06-09 11:47:28 AM  

#5  The reason you will not see this group's name printed in full arabic transliteration is that the media does not want people to confuse Al-Qaida fi al-Jazeera with the TV network al-Jazeera.

You mean they're not on the same side or anything?
Posted by: Mike   2004-06-09 11:37:31 AM  

#4  Once again, we repeat our call and send this clear message to our Muslim brothers, warning against fellowship with the Crusaders,..

They really, REALLY, need to get over this medieval shit.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-06-09 11:35:55 AM  

#3  Is there any question that this is a religious struggle now? Thing is, we didn't call it that . . . they did.
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-06-09 11:24:22 AM  

#2  Just so you know - the way to translate "Arabian Peninsula" is:

al-Jazeera

The reason you will not see this group's name printed in full arabic transliteration is that the media does not want people to confuse Al-Qaida fi al-Jazeera with the TV network al-Jazeera.
Posted by: Sawt al-Shebaab   2004-06-09 11:20:21 AM  

#1  Ahhhh... the Religon of Peace.
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2004-06-09 11:17:39 AM  

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