· Foreign Jihadis, Some Americans, Including Forum Members, Increasingly Participating In War In Syria
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Special Dispatch No. 4843
Foreign Jihadis, Including Americans and Forum Members, Increasingly Participating In War In Syria
In the past several weeks, there has been increasing information appearing on prominent jihadi forums and over online news websites regarding the influx of foreign jihadis to Syria, on their way to participate in the fighting against Bashar Al-Assad's regime.
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit Foreign Jihadis, Some Americans, Including Forum Members, Increasingly Participating In War In Syria.
Special Dispatch No. 4842
Afghan Clerics' Fatwa Calls U.S.-Funded NGOs "The Infidels' Unarmed Army," Says Jihad Against Infidels Is Incumbent On All Muslims
A copy of the fatwa
In a new fatwa, the Ittehad-e-Ulema Afghanistan (the Alliance of Islamic Clerics in Afghanistan), has ruled that Western-funded schools and mosques in Afghanistan are in violation of Islamic injunctions, as Islam forbids receiving salaries and funds from infidels.
The fatwa – excerpts of which were published by the Afghan Islamic Press, the Pashtu-language Pakistani daily Wrazpanra Wahdat, and The Frontier Post newspaper – was published in Pashtu and signed by clerics from different provinces of Afghanistan. Chief among them was Sheikh Abdullah Zakiri, a religious scholar from the Zakir area of Afghanistan's Kandahar province who played a role in the Afghan jihad against the USSR during the 1980s.
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit Afghan Clerics' Fatwa Calls U.S.-Funded NGOs "The Infidels' Unarmed Army," Says Jihad Against Infidels Is Incumbent On All Muslims.
Special Dispatch No. 4841
British-Pakistani 'Microbiologist And Chemist' Says Muslims In The West Have 'Plenty Of Means' At Their Disposal To Carry Out Jihad 'In Various Forms,' 'Using Any Means Possible'
On July 16, 2012, the Ansar Al-Mujahideen English Forum (AMEF) published an interview, conducted by the Pashto-language Deen Al-Haq jihadi forum, with a man named "Dr. HasKhan." Dr. HasKhan is identified as a 31-year-old man of Pakistani origins, who was born and raised in Europe, completing advanced scientific studies (according to Deen Al-Haq, in microbiology and chemistry) in a European university.
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit British-Pakistani 'Microbiologist And Chemist' Says Muslims In The West Have 'Plenty Of Means' At Their Disposal To Carry Out Jihad 'In Various Forms,' 'Using Any Means Possible'.
