A six-minute video titled: âA Message from an Immigrant Mujahid to the Scholars of the Nation,â was recently released by al-Qaeda in Iraq, questioning these Muslim scholars for their lack of support to the mujahideen. A masked mujahid sits in front of an image of the Gulf region where Iraq is highlighted in red and yellow, and asks that if the jihad in Iraq is according to Islamic Shariâa, or law, then why have the scholars branded the mujahideen âdissentersâ and allowed the people in al-Fallujah to eat tree leaves and urinate blood as many Muslims died from thirst.
As he castigates the scholars, the mujahid, also referred to as a military leader, reminds of the destruction wrought upon the people of al-Qaim, Tal Afar, Samarra, and Rawah, and alleged crimes against Muslim women and children by Americans and Shiâites. Further, he states: âWe are ignorant but we will not have mercy in the day of resurrection. We will hang to your necks and demand our Shariâa rights imposed on you by Allah.â |