The English-Language Jihobby Clownshow

JARRET BRACHMAN.net ^ | November 21, 2009, 8:51 am | Jarret Brachman

[Cindy]

Note: Videos included.

"The English-Language Jihobby Clownshow"

SNIPPET: "Fishman’s got a useful guest post over at Jihdica this morning. In a nutshell, he describes the fact that Anwar al-Awlaki has not always been uniformly loved by English-language jihadists. He reminds us that at one time, the other major English-language preacher that I’ve been mentioning alongside Al-Awlaki’s name, Shaikh Abdullah al-Faisal, has declared takfir (excommunication) on al-Awlaki.

Although this debate is now resolved, and the broader followers of both have recognized that al-Faisal was temporarily off his rocker, it’s nonetheless curious and worth having on the table."

SNIPPET: "According to a random forum poster on Islamic Awakening, who quotes our boy Yousef al-Khattab as an authority on this matter,

Yousef Al Khattab says that he recanted his takfeer in the “first q and a session.” Seems to me like Imam Faisal is pretty confused. Throwing out takfeer all over the place and recanting it. It’s the same process over and over.

Just as a reminder for who Yousef al-Khattab is:"

SNIPPET: "Yousef al-Khattab (who now uses Nidal Hasan as his avatar on IA), notes:"

SNIPPET: "Nothing is ever easy or straightforward when it comes to jihobbyists, which is as strategically useful to remember as it is exasperating."

[Cindy]

Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2379404/posts?page=2711#2711

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article1842717.ece

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/11/nefa_backgrounder_on_anwar_al.php

www.archive.org/details/CiaIslam-SheikhFaisalsTakfeerOfAnwarAwlaki

www.salaattime.com/

www.salaattime.com/anwar.html

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blog:

http://www.jihadica.com/anwar-al-awlaki-the-infidel/

“Anwar al-Awlaki, the Infidel”
Brian Fishman
November 20th, 2009 | U.K., USA

SNIPPET: “[Editor’s note: I am extremely happy to present a new ad-hoc contributor. He should be known to most Jihadica readers: Brian Fishman is a former director of research at West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center and the author of several landmark studies on al-Qaida in Iraq, several of which are available here. He brings us quite a story today.]”

SNIPPET: “Since the awful shootings at Fort Hood, media attention has focused on MAJ Nidal Hasan’s relationship with Anwar al-Awlaki, an American-born salafi preacher now in Yemen. Less well known, however, is that al-Awlaki was once declared kafir (infidel) by then London-based jihadi Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal.”

SNIPPET: “The available snippets of al-Awlaki’s San Diego tape, al-Faisal’s reaction to it, and al-Awlaki’s more recent statements about violence suggest that al-Awlaki went through a radicalization process of his own. Al-Awlaki’s statements in a February 13, 2004 interview with National Public Radio illustrate the tension that ultimately seems to have led Nidal Hasan to violence. Pressed about the role of Muslims in the West after 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, al-Awlaki condemned 9/11 strongly but explained that “after the bombing (the invasion of Iraq)…the conversation shifted…Muslims are torn between solidarity with their religious fellowmen and their fellow citizens.””

2,711 posted on November 21, 2009 2:04:24 PM PST by Cindy

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

www.revolutionmuslim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78:shaikh-faisal-extremism&catid=13:lectures-by-sheikh-faisal&Itemid=18

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[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "SEEMS SOME BROTHERS HAVE ISSUES WITH THE YEMENI BROTHER" (SNIPPET: "Of course, you have to ask 'how is it, exactly, that the Islamic Awakening forum has managed to continue operating in the UK all these many years?'") (April 14, 2010)

JARRET BRACHMAN.net - blog: "WHAT ROLE DO CT RESEARCHERS AND THE MEDIA PLAY IN CREATING THE MONSTERS THAT WE COUNTER?" -Posted by Jarret Brachman (April 14, 2010)

JARRET BRACHMAN.net: "FORUM MEMBERS DEBATE AWLAKI CONTRADICTIONS" (SNIPPET: "There's some really juicy nuggets in here handed to us on a silver platter by English language hardline jihadi sympathizers/supporters. In this thread, they are going back and forth about Anwar al-Awlaki's argument concerning  if, when and how women can be killed. The big question that gets debated is whether he is contradicting himself and whether he has the religious authority to make the kinds of arguments that he is making.") (April 13, 2010)

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