Al-Qaeda Archive
Iran arrests ‘Afghans and Pakistani Deobandis joining Islamic State’: Iran says it has arrested Afghan and Pakistani Deobandi citizens who were trying to join Islamic State (IS) jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq. Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani said the foreigners planned to cross Iran – but did
Sotloff family spokesman: Syria’s ‘so-called moderate rebels’ sold Sotloff to ISIS: A spokesman for the family of murdered journalist Steven Sotloff claimed Monday night that Sotloff was sold to the terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by Syria’s “so-called moderate rebels.” Sotloff family spokesman Barak Barfi,
Islamic State fighters using US arms: study: London (AFP) – Islamic State fighters appear to be using captured US military issue arms and weapons supplied to moderate rebels in Syria by Saudi Arabia, according to a report published on Monday. The study by the London-based
آپریشن ضرب عضب: نو سو دس تکفیری دیوبندی دہشت گرد ہلاک: شمالی وزیرستان میں شدت پسندوں کے خلاف آپریشن ضربِ عضب ماہ جون میں شروع کیا تھا پاکستانی فوج کے شعبۂ تعلقاتِ عامہ کے ادارے آئی ایس پی آر نے کہا ہے کہ آپریشن ضربِ عضب منصوبہ بندی کے مطابق
Steven Sotloff’s murder proves the Wahhabi Deobandi Islamic state isn’ti nterested in negotiating – by Y Shane Harris , Kate Brannen: In releasing a video showing the murder of a second American journalist, the militants of the Islamic State made clear that they have no interest in negotiating with Barack Obama’s administration or its allies over the fate of
Saudi inspired Salafi Deobandi armed faction in Libya – by Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick: (Reuters) – Members of a Libyan militia have taken over an abandoned annex of the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli but have not broken into the main compound where the United States evacuated all of its staff last month, U.S.
برطانیہ کا تکفیری دیوبندی اور وہابی جہادی شہریوں کو روکنے کے اقدامات پرغور: برطانیہ کی حکومت ایسے اقدمات پر غور کر رہی ہے جن کے تحت عراق اور شام میں پرتشدد کارروائیوں میں مصروف برطانوی تکفیری دیوبندی اور وہابی جہادیوں کی ملک واپسی کو روکا جا سکے گا- بی بی سی کو
Who is behind ISIS’s terrifying online propaganda operation? – by Patrick Kingsley: The Clanging of the Swords IV sounds like the latest in a series of Hollywood action movies. It looks like one, too. A feature-length film released online a few weeks ago, Swords IV includes a slow-motion bomb sequence
James Foley’s murder by ISIS, Jihadi John and the UK Deobandi connection – by Boyd Tonkin: I have never heard so many encores at the Royal Albert Hall. On Wednesday night, after Daniel Barenboim had conducted the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra made up of young Israeli, Palestinian and other Arab musicians, the ecstatic audience would not
Saudis must stop exporting extremism – Ed Husain: ALONG with a billion Muslims across the globe, I turn to Mecca in Saudi Arabia every day to say my prayers. But when I visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the resting place of the Prophet Muhammad,
NYT: UAE and Egypt launch airstrikes on Salafi Wahhabi terrorists in Libya: CAIRO — Twice in the last seven days, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have secretly launched airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation of a
Salafi Deobandi terror: UK terror threat level raised to ‘severe’: The UK’s terror threat level has been raised from “substantial” to “severe” in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Home Secretary Theresa May says. The new alert level rates the risk of an attack on the UK
Qatar and the reason US hostage Peter Theo Curtis has been released – by Robert Fisk: So once again, the Fairy Godmother of the Middle East steps on to the stage. Qatar, the nation which supposedly paid £40m to free 13 nuns from Syrian captivity five months ago – if true, the most expensive nuns
صوفی نسل کشی: سپاہ صحابہ رمضان مینگل گروپ نے آواران میں مزار پر فائرنگ کرکے ذکری فرقے کے چھ افراد شہید کر دیے: پاکستان کے صوبے بلوچستان کے ضلع آواران میں اہل سنت والجماعت سپاہ صحابہ کے رمضان مینگل تکفیری دیوبندی گروہ کی فائرنگ سے کم سے کم چھ افراد ہلاک اور سات زخمی ہو گئے۔بلوچستان کے محکمۂ داخلہ کے ایک اعلیٰ
YouTube video posted by Wahabi/Deobandi Isis militants shows ‘execution of 250 Syrian soldiers’: Islamic State militants appear to have executed scores of captured Syrian soldiers, according to video footage posted on YouTube. An Isis fighter confirmed the video’s authenticity to Reuters, saying: “Yes, we have executed them all.” It has not been
Obama: We don’t have a strategy about ISIS / Cameron: A terror attack on the UK is now ‘highly likely’ by returning Jahadis: Editor’s note: We are cross posting two articles which prove that there is no sense of direction or cohesion in the West when it comes to fighting Salafi Wahhabi Deobandi Terror. One can only hope that the all powerful
James Foley’s murder and the Deobandi connection – by Robert Fisk: We keep banging on about British citizens turning into Jihadists – that tired old public relations man Dave Cameron does this all the time, with his worn-out political correctness – and it’s almost impolite to say “Muslim British
Putin may have been right about Syria all along – by Ishaan Tharoor: What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year, the West was gearing up for military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who was accused of carrying out chemical weapons attacks on his own people. That
Ibn Taymiyyah followers massacaring Sunnis, Shias, Christians and others from Yemen to Iraq to Pakistan: NOT a Sunni Shia conflict: We were witnessing a bloody internecine among the Muslims in the geographical region spanning from Pakistan to Yemen. However, people who explain this mayhem in the context of traditional Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict in the world of Islam must reconsider
A comment on Benazir Shah’s article in Foreign Policy magazine on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – by Dr Abbas Zaidi: Post by Let Us Build Pakistan. In its latest issue, Foreign Policy has published an article by Benazir Shah titled “The Trouble Convicting LeJ’s Malik Ishaq” (Read:http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/08/19/the_trouble_convicting_lej_s_malik_ishaq) in which the facts of the Shia and Sunni Brelvi/Sufi
تکفیری دیوبندیوں اور سلفی وہابی دہشت گردوں کے خلاف سعودی مفتی اعظم کا فتویٰ – ازاجمل خٹک کثر: Source: http://jang.com.pk/jang/aug2014-daily/25-08-2014/col10.htm
Why Washington’s War on Terror Failed – by Patrick Cockburn: There are extraordinary elements in the present U.S. policy in Iraq and Syria that are attracting surprisingly little attention. In Iraq, the U.S. is carrying out air strikes and sending in advisers and trainers to help beat back
Turkey is the global hub and highway of global Salafi Wahhabi and Deobandi Jihadists – by Patrick Cockburn: The murder of the US journalist James Foley by a British jihadi has reignited the barren debate in Britain about new government powers to tackle extremist Islamic groups. Dubious counter-terrorism specialists, the exact nature of their expertise frequently
West poised to join forces with President Assad in face of Islamic State – by Patrick Cockburn: Islamist forces are fighting their way into western Syria from bases further east, bringing forward the prospect of US military intervention to stop their advance. If Isis, which styles itself Islamic State, threatens to take all or part
Sunnis demand action against Deobandi Maulana Nadvi who wrote to Saudi govt – Mohammed Wajihuddin: MUMBAI: Expressing shock and anguish over cleric Maulana Salman Hussaini Nadvi’s letter to the Saudi government requesting it to prepare an Army of five lakh Indian Sunni Muslims to fight the Shia militias in Iraq, a section of
Extricate Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS cancer from body politic – by Fawaz Turki: The four-minute, 40-second video was unendurable and the horror it depicted was beyond redemption: James Foley, a young American journalist abducted in Syria in 2012 and not heard from since last Tuesday, is shown kneeling in a desert setting
Saudis Must Stop Exporting Salafi Extremism – by Ed Husain: ALONG with a billion Muslims across the globe, I turn to Mecca in Saudi Arabia every day to say my prayers. But when I visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, the resting place of the Prophet
Indonesia president says Islamic State ’embarrassing’ Muslims: The president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, Indonesia, has called the actions of Islamic State militants “embarrassing” to the religion and urged Islamic leaders to unite in tackling extremism. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the scale of the
British Muslims blame jihadi subculture after beheading video – by Kate Holton and Raheem Salman: LONDON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley, held hostage in Syria. In Washington, U.S.
Expect exponential increase in home grown terror, thanks to the internet – by Ali Abbas Taj: While we appreciate Secretary Kerry and the administration finally seeing the light on the dangers of funding and arming Syrian rebel, now manifested as ISIS, it cannot be emphasized enough that this is an ideology that the world
بامیان کے غاروں میں رہنے والے – از ایوب آرون اور داؤد قاری زادہ: بامیان کے غاروں میں تقریبا 700 افغان کنبے آباد ہیں جن کے پاس نہ تو زمین ہے اور نہ ہی وہ روایتی گھر بنانے کی سکت رکھتے ہیں ریگی چٹانوں والا افغانستان کا صوبہ بامیان چھٹی صدی عیسوی کے
Deobandis in Pakistan divided on ISIL terrorist Abu Bakar’s Caliphate – ABNA Report: On the other side Tahir Ashrafi, a Deobandi cleric, has said that Mulla Omar was already chosen as commander hence he will decide whether to accept Baghdadi as Caliph or not. Eminent figures of Deobandi sect of Pakistan divided
The Islamic State in Iraq – implications for Pakistan – by Najmuddin A Shaikh: The writer was foreign secretary from 1994-97 and also served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran (1992-94) and the US (1990-91) The Iranians, as much as the Americans, have, alongside the Iraqis, breathed a sigh of relief, as rendered
Wahabi/Deobandi ISIS bans philosophy, chemistry in Syria schools: A terror organization that issues its own passports Editor’s note: The news that ISIL has banned philosophy as a subject at schools should not come as a surprise. Philosophy is also banned in Saudi Arabia under Wahabbism (a branch
Syrian Rebel Commander says he Collaborated with Israel – by Elhanan Miller: Sharif as-Safouri, abducted by Al-Nusra Front in July, confesses to receiving antitank weapons in return for protecting the occupied Golan Heights border. August 14, 2014 “ICH” – “Times Of Israel” — A Free Syrian Army commander, arrested last month
Our generational struggle against a Wahabi/Deobandi poisonous ideology – by Christopher Hope: The West is embroiled in a generational struggle against a poisonous brand of Islamic extremism that will bring terror to the streets of Britain unless urgent action is taken to defeat it, David Cameron warns today. Writing in
Is America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia broken beyond repair? – by Martin Chulov: Barack Obama arrives in Riyadh seeking rapprochement with an aggrieved Arab ally whose interests are increasingly at odds with its key western backer. The president’s flying visit – no more than an evening in the Saudi king’s palace –
A letter from Grand Ayatollah Sistani turned the tide against Iraq’s leader – by Loveday Morris: BAGHDAD — The handwritten letter from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani was personally signed and stamped, and for Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, it spelled the end. “I see the need to speed up the selection of a
UK PM Warns of terror state on Europe’s doorstep: David Cameron has warned that if the Islamic State’s onslaught continues Europe will be facing a “poisonous” terrorist state on the shores of the Mediterranean. The Prime Minister said urgent action needs to be taken to defeat the extremist
Have we misunderstood the threat from ISIS? – by Professor Gareth Stansfield,: Christian men forced circumcised in Mosul Having sent special forces to assess the humanitarian threat from ISIS in the Sinjar Mountains, the United States now says situation was not as bad as feared. But this assessment ignores the existential