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All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
and may peace and prayers be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and on all his
family and companions. To the Islamic Ummah in general: peace be
upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
This talk of mine is for you, to continue to
encourage and urge you to aid our Messenger, may Allah's peace and prayers
be upon him, and punish those responsible for the heinous crime committed
by some journalists among the Crusaders or the apostate Zindeeqs
(unbelievers) in insulting the chief of the forefathers and the
successors, our Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
The honorable verses and noble Prophetic
traditions have made clear our duty towards the Messenger of Allah, peace
be upon him, in terms of loving, honoring, following and exalting him. And
Allah the Exalted has forbidden offending him, saying in the Exalted Quran:
"Those who offend Allah and His Messenger, Allah
has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for
them a humiliating Punishment." Al-Ahzaab 33:57
And He said, "O ye who believe! Raise not
your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor speak aloud to him in
talk, as ye may speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds become vain
and ye perceive not." Al-Hujaraat 49:2
And it has been established as authentic that our
Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "By Him in whose Hand my life is,
none of you will have faith until he loves me more than his father,
children and all mankind combined."
And the Ummah has agreed upon the apostasy and
killing of anyone who abuses or belittles him. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said, "The cursing
and defamation of the Messengers peace be upon them is the
fountainhead of all types of unbelief, and combines all types of
misguidance, and every [act of] unbelief is a branch of it."
And Qadi 'Iyaad said, "He who likens the Messenger
of Allah to something by way of insulting and scorning him, or belittling
his status and significance, or disparaging him or finding fault in him,
has cursed him and the ruling regarding him is that of the curser." And
Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy upon him, said, "Whoever curses the
Prophet or belittles him, whether Muslim or infidel, is to be
killed."
The condition and ruling of the Zindeeqs and
atheists who defame the religion and slander and insult our honorable
Messenger, peace be upon him, has been clarified by the Imam Ibn
al-Qayyim, who made it clear that the crime of the Zindeeq is the grossest
of crimes and that the evil of his remaining amongst the Muslims is among
the greatest of evils, and that he is to be killed and his repentance is
not to be accepted. Said the Imam, "So this is the constant habit of the
Zindeeq, and were his repentance to be accepted, it would mean allowing
him to remain a Zindeeq and atheist who, whenever he is captured,
professes Islam only to return to what he was doing. And why not, since he
knows that he will be saved from death by outwardly professing Islam, so
he is not prevented by fear from public display of atheism, defamation of
the religion, and abuse of Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him.
Thus, his aggression toward Islam is only suppressed by killing him. And
also, the one who abuses Allah and His Messenger is waging war against
Allah and His Messenger and sowing corruption on earth, so his punishment
is death as a Hadd, and the Hudood are not cancelled out by repentance
after capture, as agreed upon by all."
And I remind myself as well as you of the actions
of the pure and righteous, the first soldiers of Islam, the noble
Companions, Allah be pleased with them, so that we might imitate them in
spreading the religion, and success is in imitating the noble.
The compilers of the Sunnah as well as the Seerah
have related the story of Ka'ab bin al-Ashraf's poetry in which he
attacked the Prophet, peace be upon him, and when that reached the
Prophet, peace be upon him, he said, "Who will go for me for Ka'ab bin
al-Ashraf, for he has offended Allah and His Messenger?" At that,
Muhammad ibn Maslamah arose, saying, "I, oh Messenger of Allah! Would you
like me to kill him?" He replied, "Yes."
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar! How quickly they came
to the aid of Allah and aid of His Messenger! Allahu Akbar! How great was
their Imaan and Yaqeen, and how knowledgeable and perceptive they were!
He, Allah be pleased with him, knew that the medicine for those who
offend Allah and His Messenger is death, without introduction, unlike
the defeatist Da'iyahs (callers) of today who didnt go to the Crusaders
as warriors but instead went as interlocutors. People like these dissolve
the religion, so beware of them. Yes, their methodology is contrary to the
correct methodology. The methodology of the Messenger of Allah, peace be
upon him, is that he loves the killing of Ka'ab bin al-Ashraf and loves
the killing of all who offend Allah and His Messenger. Yes, their killing
is something loved by Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him, and
Allah has ordered it and His Messenger has encouraged it. Allah said,
"But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and slander
your Faith, fight ye the chiefs of Unbelief, for their oaths are nothing
to them, that thus they may be restrained." Al-Tawbah 9:12 So when
they are fought, they cease to slander the religion.
Ibn al-Qayyim said about this verse, "Everyone
who defames our religion is a chief of unbelief." So how many chiefs
of unbelief exist today in the Muslim lands, and how many followers of
Ka'ab bin al-Ashraf exist on the Arabian Peninsula, and how many of them
are writers in the press and actors and broadcasters in the media. And
here it is incumbent that we point out that it is not permissible for the
Muslim to listen to any program in which there is a discussion with the
Zindeeqs or any play in which the religion or the religious is mocked, for
that is one of the greatest of sins. And how many of these Zindeeqs
are ministers and their inferiors, foremost among them the labor minister
in the Land of the Two Sanctuaries, Ghazi al-Qusaibi. And if anyone wants
an official fatwa about his unbelief and apostasy, then the former Grand
Mufti Shaykh Abd al-Aziz bin Baz gave a fatwa in that regard, as well as a
fatwa declaring the unbelief and apostasy of the Zindeeq Shamlaan al-Eisa
in Kuwait. And among these Zindeeqs is Ahmad al-Baghdadi, also in Kuwait,
and Turki al-Hamd in the Land of the Two Sanctuaries. Shaykh Hamood
al-Uqla gave a fatwa about the apostasy of the latter. And there are
numerous others, and the book "Modernity on the Scales of Islam" includes
the names of many of them, and the Shaykh Sa'eed al-Ghamdi warned against
them on tape.
And now, let us return to finish our story.
Muhammad ibn Maslamah took with him some of the Companions, and they went
and killed the enemy of Allah, Ka'ab bin al-Ashraf. The Jews and those
pagans with them were terrified by that and came to the Prophet, peace be
upon him, in the morning, and said, "Our companion was struck tonight, and
he is one of our chiefs and he was assassinated, and we know of no crime
or incident." The Messenger of Allah replied, "Had he remained peaceful
like others who share his opinion, he would not have been assassinated.
But he offended us and satirized us in verse, and anyone of you who does
the like will be put to the sword." Yes, this is the ruling of our
Messenger, peace be upon him, concerning all who satirize him and all who
belittle the religion and mock it. So to the youth of Islam:
follow the order of Allah and His Messenger by killing them, and take
as your role-model Muhammad ibn Maslamah and his companions, for
better the belly of the earth than its back while the Zindeeqs are among
us, mocking our religion and our Prophet. So fear Allah in yourselves, and
please your Lord, and don't consult anyone in killing these
Zindeeqs, and seek help in carrying out your tasks through secrecy.
This is as far as the apostate Zindeeqs are
concerned, and we shall now begin talking about the slanderers of the
religion among the original unbelievers.
The sons of the Islamic Ummah from East to West
have risen up to condemn that greatest of crimes, so may Allah reward well
every denouncer of those unbelieving acts. And we ask Allah to accept as
martyrs those of them who were killed, and we promise Allah that we will
take revenge for them from the governments which spilled their blood.
Some voices have been raised in our Ummah asking
the infidel wrongdoers in the West to clearly and honestly apologize in
order to end the crisis or so they said. But the fact is, the matter
is too great and serious for it to be ended by mere regret or apology,
assuming that they will even apologize in the first place. Rather, the
criminals must be punished along with all who sheltered them or stood by
them.
To deal with this crime by itself, cut off from
the greater context, hurts the proper conception needed to know the
animosity the West holds toward us and the truth about the Crusade being
waged against our Ummah, and because rendering judgment on anything stems
from its conception, it is necessary that this crime be placed in the
greater context of the aggression being perpetrated against our Ummah
throughout the past years and decades. And by doing so, it becomes easy
for us to know the true size of this incident.
Anyone who considers the events which have
occurred throughout the past few years and decades sees clearly the
ugliness of the West's face and the greatness of its hatred of our Ummah.
So it was in this context that the incident occurred, and the
repercussions came one after the other, among the most prominent of which
was the Danish government's refusal to even apologize, much less punish
the criminals, and its refusal to take steps to prevent the repeat of this
sort of crime, and then the solidarity shown to it by America and the
European Union.
These events, along with what has happened since
the raid on Manhattan, have highlighted previous truths, but this time
with severe clarity and starkness. Despite the media hubbub and the huge
propaganda line about human rights, justice and freedom, it had become
clear from previous events that these pretty notions are only shallowly
rooted in the West, and that in fact they have no roots as far as it is
concerned if the matter is connected to the Muslims, and in fact are like
a feather blown by the wind searching for a place of refuge as it flees
from the West lest the West strangle and trample upon those concepts in
its name!
These events, along with what preceded them, have
confirmed that the West is incapable of acknowledging others and their
rights, much less respecting their beliefs and feelings, and that the West
is still living with the complex of racial superiority, and looks upon the
rest of the peoples arrogantly from on high, and feels that it is on top
and the others beneath them. This view of the peoples as inferior
dominates them, and the residues and shadows of past centuries, when the
sun didn't set on what were called their colonies, in which sat their
gluttonous armies which occupied countries, sucked the peoples' treasures,
and enslaved them these residues and shadows continue to dominate them.
Thus, the people, as they see them, are white and they're the masters
and colored and they're the slaves which is why the West created
organizations and made laws which preserve and protect its doctrine of
enslavement of the peoples. It created the United Nations for this
purpose, and the right of veto is nothing but glaring proof of that and
nothing but sanctification of the defense of this tyrannical, dictatorial
doctrine which considers Jihad in the path of Allah and defense of one's
self and homeland to be terrorism.
America and Europe consider the Mujahid groups in
Palestine, Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan to be terrorist groups, so
how can there possibly be dialogue and understanding with them without
weapons? And the rulers of our region consider America and Europe to
be friends and allies, and also consider the Mujahid groups fighting the
Crusaders in Iraq and Afghanistan to be terrorist groups, so how can
there possibly be dialogue and understanding with them without
weapons? The essence of what these and those who deny us our right to
defend our religion and ourselves all say is that we must surrender,
abandon Jihad, and be their satisfied slaves, and this is impossible,
with Allah's permission.
Among the greatest of the issues which clearly
display these concepts is that of Palestine. What oppression, assault and
hatred could be more blatant than the Zionist/Crusader alliance taking a
decision to hand Palestine over to the Jews for it to be their state,
after carrying out massacres there and displacing many of its people, then
bringing the Jews from various countries to settle them in Palestine? And
this aggression and oppression has continued for more than 9 decades and
continues to this very day. And all attempts to regain our rights and
demand justice and take revenge from the Israeli oppressor have been
thwarted by the leadership of the Crusader/Zionist alliance by using what
is called the right of veto.
And among the things which display that as well is
their rejection of the HAMAS movement after its victory in the elections,
although we emphasize what Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri indicated regarding
the impermissibility of entering the polytheistic councils. Their
rejection of HAMAS confirms that it is a Zionist/Crusader war against
the Muslims.
And I say, clarifying their domination of the
Security Council, that Crusader International and pagan Buddhism hold the
5 permanent seats and what is called the privilege of the right of veto in
what is called the Security Council. America and Britain represent the
Protestant Christians, Russia represents the Orthodox Christians, and
France represents the Catholic Christians, while China represents the
Buddhists and pagans of the world. As for the Islamic world, it is
represented by 57 countries, and comprises a 5th of the world's
people, and more than a 4th of the countries in the UN, and one
province of one Islamic state, like the Punjab in Pakistan, has an
population larger than that of France and Britain, and moreover, one
province of one Islamic state, like Darfur in the Sudan, has a land area
larger than Britain's and close to that of France, yet it has no seat in
the Security Council. And here I am not asking for that, because that is
wrong, but am simply describing the facts of the matter. The UN is an
organization of unbelief and he who is pleased with its laws is an
unbeliever, and it is a tool used to implement the Zionist/Crusader
resolutions, including the declarations of war against us and the
division and occupation of our lands. It is a Zionist/Crusader war
against the Muslims.
And what does it mean when the Ottoman state, the
remnant of the Caliphate state despite its flaws, is destroyed and toppled
and divided into dozens of states and ministates, and taken over,
following which Britain came back and separated the Sudan from Egypt, then
turned once more towards the Sudan, seeking to separate its south, and
formed an army of southerners, backing them with money, weapons and
expertise, and directed them to demand separation from the Sudan. Then
America adopted this army with moral and material support, and through its
international instruments like the UN, put pressure on the Khartoum
government to sign an oppressive agreement permitting the South to
separate six years after the signing of the treaty. Let Bashir and Bush
know that this treaty isn't worth the price of the ink with which it
was written, and binds us to nothing, and that it isn't the place of
anyone whoever he might be to give up a hand span of Islamic land, and
that the south shall remain an inseparable part of the land of Islam, with
Allah's permission, even if the wars continue for decades to
come.
And even then, America didn't suffice with all
these subversions and crimes, but went to stir up more sedition and
strife, among the worst of which is that in the west of the Sudan, where
it has exploited some differences between the tribes there and turned that
into an all-out war between them which is devouring everything, to pave
the way for the sending of Crusader troops to occupy the region and steal
its oil, under the cloak of keeping the peace there. It is a continuing
Zionist/Crusader war against the Muslims.
And in this regard, I call upon the Mujahideen and
their helpers in general and especially those in the Sudan and its
environs including the Arabian Peninsula to ready all that is
necessary to run a long-term war against the Crusader thieves in the west
of the Sudan. And our goal is
clear: to defend Islam and its people and land and not to defend the
Khartoum government, even if our interests overlap. Our differences with
it are great, and it is enough that it failed to apply the Shari'ah and
threw away the south. And I encourage the Mujahideen to acquaint
themselves with the land and tribes of Darfur province and its vicinity,
for it is said, "The one who knows a land kills it, and a land kills the
one uninformed about it," keeping in mind that the region is about to
enter a season in which the rains usually increase, impeding movement and
cutting the dirt roads, which is one of the main reasons for delaying the
occupation until after the coming six months. So it is imperative to be
swift and take advantage of the time factor while taking the greatest
possible care, especially in terms of providing huge amounts of mines,
sniper rifles and anti-tank artillery like the RPG.
And then what does it mean when the weapon is
forbidden for the defenseless in Bosnia and the Serbian Army is left to
slaughter the Muslims and spill their blood and violate their rights for
several years under the cover and veil of the UN? It is a
Zionist/Crusader war against the Muslims.
And then what does it mean when the Crusader
states apply pressure to Indonesia until they separate East Timor from it
in only 24 hours, also with a threat from the UN? It is a
Zionist/Crusader war against the Muslims.
And on the other hand, a blind eye is turned to
the UN resolution passed over a half-century ago giving Muslim Kashmir the
freedom to choose what it wants and choose independence from India, in the
same way that the atrocious Hindu massacres of Indian and Kashmiri Muslims
have been winked at during the same period, to the extent that Bush, the
leader of this Crusade, declared a few days ago that he will order his
apostate agent Pervez Musharraf to close the camps of the Kashmiri
Mujahideen, and with that he proves and confirms that it is a
Zionist/Crusader/Hindu war against the Muslims.
And in regard to Pakistan: some of the Muslims
have done well in helping their brothers who were affected by the
earthquake, so may Allah reward them well, but it is also imperative
that they help the independent Muslim Pushtun tribes whose houses were
destroyed by the earthquake of the Pakistani Army in the Waziristan region
to please America. We ask Allah to accept those killed among the
martyrs, and to heal their wounded and bless them in themselves, their
families, and their wealth. And I ask Allah, the One beside whom there is
no god, the Living, the Eternal, to punish Bush and Pervez and their
troops with what they deserve, and that He make use of one of the lions of
Islam to kill Bush's slave boy in Pakistan. He is the Custodian of that
and Able to do that. Allah says, "For Pharaoh and Haman and (all)
their hosts were men of sin." Al-Qasas 28:8
And what does it mean when there is silence about
the atrocities and crimes of the Russians in Chechnya and the dragging of
Muslims and tearing apart of their bodies by tying them between tracked
vehicles, and what is called the civilized world blesses all of that, and
indeed, backs it secretly? It is a Zionist/Crusader war.
And what does it mean when the Muslims in Somalia
are humiliated and thirteen thousand of our Muslim brothers are killed,
and the greatness of their civilization and their hatred is displayed as
they roast our brothers over the fires? And there is no power or might
except with Allah. It is a Zionist/Crusader war, and I remind the
Muslims to fear Allah in themselves and I urge them to avert from their
brothers on the African continent the famine which has befallen them, for
that is the least they can do for them.
And then what does the destruction of Iraq's
infrastructure mean? And what will convey to you what Iraq is and what
tragedies have occurred there? What does it mean when depleted uranium is
used and Iraq is placed under embargo for several years, during which over
a million children die, shocking and distressing all who visit Iraq,
including the Westerners themselves? It is a hateful Crusade. And
what does it mean when Iraq is reoccupied through deception and lies and
grotesque acts are committed there, including bombing, destruction,
murder, displacement, and imprisonment and torture, and massive military
bases are set up to tighten their control of the entire region. So pay
attention to what is being said to you. It is a Zionist/Crusader war
against the Muslims.
And then what does the continuation of the
cunning, malevolent media and cultural invasion mean, when controlled TV
channels and radio stations are set up, in addition to the Voice of
America, BBC and the rest, to continue the ideological invasion of our
Ummah and make war on its beliefs and change its values and spread
obscenity and depravity. Indeed, they have gone so far as to interfere in
the curricula especially the religious curricula and change them.
It is a Zionist/Crusader war.
And how are we to interpret France's stance toward
the Hijab, and its banning it in school, and its excessive harshness in
dealing with the Muslim communities, and then its resolving to set up a TV
channel in the Maghrib countries, to combat the Islamic renaissance there?
It is a Zionist/Crusader war.
And after the Zindeeq Salman Rushdie wrote his
book in which he attacked Islam's sacred things, the Prime Ministry of
Britain received him, in a challenge to and mockery of the Muslims and
their feelings, and then the former US President received him in the White
House, not to mention what you have heard about the intentional
desecration of the Noble Quran in Guantanamo prison. So how can we
interpret those actions as anything other than encouraging the mocking of
Islam and its Prophet, peace be upon him, and encouraging the hatred of
his followers? And the insulting drawings which we denounce today are
nothing but the fruit of this aggressive attitude in the West which is
found from the highest levels on down. And what it publishes about the
caricatures reflects the public opinion of its people and what seethes in
their hearts. It is a Zionist/Crusader war.
This is just a small part of something much
greater and a little from a lot. Every one of these acts on its own
indicates that it is a Zionist/Crusader war against our Ummah, so how much
more so when these acts and others are combined against us?!
It is to take the people lightly and show contempt
to them when their sacred things are mocked and you demonstrate your
solidarity with the mocker, and then call for dialogue and calm. It is
also making a mockery of the people and scorning them when your aircraft
and tanks destroy houses over the heads of our family and children in
Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Pakistan, and then you smile
in our faces and say, "We aren't opposed to Islam but are opposed to the
terrorists only, and we call for peaceful coexistence and dialogue instead
of a clash of civilizations."
The facts betray you. The West's politicians only
want dialogue for the sake of dialogue, to gain time by anesthetizing us
and taking advantage of our heedlessness. And they are only interested in
a ceasefire from our side alone. You are aware of our recent response to
their opinion polls, where we offered a truce between us and them after
the pullout of their armies and ending of their harassment of us. All of
this was rejected by them, and they are bent on continuing their Crusades
against us and occupying our countries and plundering our resources and
enslaving us, so don't be deceived by what they say or what is said by the
Munafiqeen and apostates from our compatriots or by the rebellious ones,
deserters, demoralizers and rumormongers and alarmists, all of whose
voices have been raised recently. And after the Ummah rose up in
condemnation of this insult, and voices were raised demanding a boycott of
their goods, and animosity increased towards them, the head of the
Crusade, Bush, announced in front of everyone his demand that his agents
in the region especially the rulers do their best to calm the people
and deal with the reaction. And the Arab rulers and those media personnel
and evil scholars and callers to evil who revolve around them responded
and raced to calm things down, and the one known as the Mufti of the
Americans arose and announced in front of everyone that the regret of the
Danish journalist is a sufficient apology, even though everyone knows that
they are resolute in their injustice, and neither did they punish these
criminals nor did they take any steps to prevent a reoccurrence. And after
this misled and misleading fatwa, some callers to evil stood up and
promoted the restriction of the boycott to Denmark, while everyone knows
that many papers all over Europe and America have printed these insults
and that they have shown solidarity with Denmark. These callers to the
rulers justify their neglect and desertion of Allah's Messenger peace be
upon him and their position that they are not obligated to even call for
a boycott of their goods with baseless arguments, like their saying that
there are trade pacts with them. They pretend to forget that the love of
Allah and His Messenger and Jihad in the path of Allah is greater than the
love of wealth and trade, and that Allah has threatened whoever does not
see it like that and deprived him of guidance and ruled him rebellious.
Allah says, "Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your
brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the
commerce in which ye fear a decline; or the dwellings in which ye delight
- are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or Jihad in His cause -
then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the
rebellious." Al-Tawbah 9:24
And after that, the most senior of the Arab rulers
appeared to guide them to the path of righteousness, or so he claimed, and
said at the Jenadriyyah cultural festival that the Ummah is suffering an
attack which targets its Shari'ah and symbols, in a reference to the
drawings which insult our Messenger, peace be upon him. The people were
delighted to hear this and sat attentively to listen to him remind them of
their duty, and some of them expected him to mobilize the Ummah to come to
the aid of its religion and Prophet with all it possesses and to stand up
to rebuff this assault, but it escaped them that this conflicts with the
orders and instructions of America, which state that he must play the same
role he played before the invasion of Iraq, when, as you will recall, he
lied to the people and said that there is no war, in order to spread
submissiveness, humiliation and shame in the Ummah. And today, Iraq is
paying the price of that deception and falsehood and war. So he took the
same approach with this issue, and said exactly as follows, "It is the
duty of the sons of the Ummah and especially its thinkers to emphasize the
real face of the Ummah, the face of tolerance, equity and balance." And
then he comes back and says in an unambiguous way that he is against all
action to confront this aggression and take revenge on the perpetrators of
that crime, when he said that he condemns the concept of a clash of
civilizations, and calls for it to be replaced by the concept of
constructive, peaceful coexistence.
I say that these fallacies are major and great.
The clash between truth and falsehood will continue until the Hour
happens, and from it is the clash which has been going on for 9
decades, but from their civilization against ours. If not, then what does
it mean when Palestine is kept all this time under the occupation of first
the British, then the Israelis? Then those who have betrayed Allah and His
Messenger and betrayed their trusts and nations and Ummah demand that we
avoid a clash with those who clash with us night and day. May Allah give
them what they deserve. So disown them and beware of them, and beware of
all who revolve around them, and know that there is no way to repel
injustice other than by fighting and defending. Allah says, "And
were it not that Allah checks one set of people by means of another, the
earth would indeed be full of mischief." Al-Baqarah 2:251
And Allah says, "Never will the Jews or the
Christians be satisfied with thee unless thou follow their form of
religion." Al-Baqarah 2:120
And Allah says, "Nor will they cease
fighting you until they turn you back from your faith if they can."
Al-Baqarah 2:217
So our stance toward these mockers of our Prophet,
peace be upon him, those who insulted him in those drawings, is that we
demand that their government hand them over to us, for them to be judged
according to the Law of Allah, as
long as they are saying that it is freedom of expression and the
government is not responsible, and that instead the responsibility falls
on the newspaper itself. This request of ours is from the category of
treating in kind, and we say to you that if you have forgotten, let us
remind you that when you announced that Usama bin Ladin was accused of
striking at American interests, you issued a Security Council resolution
which was passed unanimously, declaring the extradition of Usama to be
mandatory, despite no evidence being provided. Therefore, extradite to
us those who have been proven to have committed this act. Or is it
that if the accused is Muslim, no regard is paid to morals or reason,
whereas if the accused is American or European, you make excuses for him
and justify his outrageous behavior as freedom of expression and the like,
and that you have the right to take Muslim citizens for trial in your
countries whereas we have no right to take your citizens for trial in our
countries? Should you refuse, you are affirming that you are another
race, above man and above reckoning, and that it is your right to enslave
the others.
We also remind you that after the blessed raid on
New York, America declared that it would attack Afghanistan, and Bush said
at the time, "I want Usama, dead or alive," and the tyrannical military
campaign commenced, before the appearance of any evidence of our carrying
out that act, and before we stated that. So who is it that gave you the
right to attack a sovereign state without any proof?
And when the media campaign increased in
intensity, and the warships began to move, the Afghan foreign minister
Mutawakkil rushed to declare his readiness to hand over Usama, and your
only response was to say, "Even if you were to hand Usama over to us,
we still must attack Afghanistan." This shows with blinding clarity
that the attack wasn't merely because of the presence of al-Qaida in
Afghanistan, but was a brazen attack on Islam and destruction of the
nascent Islamic state, and you went after all its leaders by chasing,
imprisoning and killing them, which conclusively proves that it is a
Zionist/Crusader war against the Muslims.
And indeed, if Bush found at the time enough
reasons to justify to his heedless, ignorant people the invasion of Muslim
Afghanistan, by virtue of their country being the one that was hit and
you know, as we mentioned previously, that we only struck them in
self-defense and to aid our brothers in Palestine, Lebanon, and elsewhere
then what business do the people of Europe have with this war which made
them race to unite under Bush's banner? They haven't merely failed to
criticize him or restrain him on the contrary, the number of European
troops under NATO has increased in Afghanistan. So what is their concern?
And then, if we hypothesized that the one behind the Manhattan raid was an
individual from Germany or France, would you have agreed to put him on
trial before the appearance of the evidence, and would you have joined
Bush and his gang if they had taken a stance like the one they took in the
war on Afghanistan to strike Germany or France? The answer is emphatically
no, and this confirms the double standards and confirms your hatred of
Islam and that it is a Crusade against the Muslims, and this is
what we wanted to prove.
And then I say: the war is a joint responsibility
of the peoples and their governments, and the war goes on, and the peoples
renew their allegiance to their rulers and politicians, and send their
sons to the armies to fight us, and continue the material and moral
support, and our countries are burned and our houses bombed and our people
killed, and no one cares about us. And a sufficient example for you of the
brazen violation of our nation, brothers and countries is what your ally
Israel did when it raided and demolished Jericho prison with collusion
from America and Britain.
So the conclusion is: the war is under way to harm
Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him, and his religion and Ummah, so it is
imperative that the readiness of the Muslims and their Jihad and actions
correspond to these events. So what is the duty of our Ummah towards
this fierce, multi-pivoted new Crusade?
I say: our duty is to make every effort to aid
Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him, and his religion and Ummah, with
everything in our power and on all levels. And despite the large number of
Zionist and Crusader attacks on our Ummah among them military, economic
and moral and cultural attacks by far the most important and serious of
them are their attacks on our Prophet, religion and methodology of our
Shari'ah.
And the axis and mill of this war is located in
Baghdad, home of the Caliphate, and they say over and over again that
success in Baghdad is success for America and that their failure in
Baghdad is failure for America. Thus, if their mill is broken there, it
means the breaking of all their wars and various attacks against our
Ummah, with Allah's permission, and the beginning of the ebb of the
Zionist/Crusader surge against us. And your sons and brothers the
Mujahideen in Iraq have, by Allah's Grace, taught America and its allies
lessons they will never forget, and here's the fourth year since the
beginning of the Crusader invasion drawing near, and your brothers there
are steadfast, patient and at their stations. And every day they
exacerbate the enemy's wounds and harvest his troops, killing and injuring
them. They have upset his plans and crippled his designs, and their
condition is going from good to better and their steps toward unification
of their efforts under the Word of Tawheed are continuing, so we ask Allah
to bestow on them and it His blessings. They have raised the banner of
Islam high, so may Allah reward them well and recompense them
generously.
It is obligatory upon the Ummah with all its
groups and sections and its men and women, young and old, to provide of
themselves, their wealth, their expertise, and all types of moral and
material support what suffices to carry on the Jihad in the fields of
Jihad, especially those in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, the Sudan,
Kashmir, and Chechnya. And Allah knows that the Jihad is today an
individual obligation, and the duty of every Muslim, and the Ummah is
sinful if it doesn't provide what meets the sufficiency, and the
sufficiency can be met with only a few of our sons and a little of our
wealth and expertise, if we fear Allah.
Oh people of Islam, don't be terrified by the
enemy and his large number of men and equipment, for victory comes from
Allah. And the enemy is, by Allah's grace, in a severe predicament,
and your Mujahid sons' engagements with the American enemy in Afghanistan
and Iraq have broken his prestige, weakened his strength, bled his power,
and defied him, which has made him tarry and blunder in taking any
significant decision about attacking the countries which free themselves
from his domination and rule, and he has become like an owner of a tank
which has run out of ammunition and scares only the fool with its
roar.
Oh followers of Muhammad, peace be upon him, be
patient and exhort to patience and stand your ground, for happy is he
who stands to defend the banner of Tawheed, and happy is he who makes a
shield out of himself and his chest as he defends the religion of
Allah. So make certain that Allah sees you where He loves to see you.
Allah says, "Truly Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in
battle array, as if they were a solid cemented structure." Al-Saff
71:4
Oh Muslims, whoever is incapable of performing
Jihad by himself shouldn't be stingy with himself in performing Jihad with
his wealth, pen and tongue, for this is a decisive war. And this is our
Prophet, peace be upon him, our beloved master, role model and example,
suffering harm from the Crusaders and apostates, and you see it and hear
about it, and all the states and rulers have deserted him. And the boycott
should include the countries of America and Europe and the countries in
solidarity with them, who all showed solidarity with Denmark. And the
boycott should continue, even though, as we noted, that alone is
insufficient.
And know that this world is a place of trial and
tribulation, and that Allah is testing you with these events: will you
continue to defend His religion and Prophet, peace be upon him, or will
you take a seat? "That those who died might die after a Clear Sign
(had been given), and those who lived might live after a Clear Sign (had
been given). And verily Allah is He Who hears and knows (all things)."
Al-Anfaal 8:42
The people in relation to this event are three
parties: a party which sheltered the perpetrators who insulted the
Prophet, peace be upon him, and showed solidarity with them, and it
comprises Europe, America and those who rode with them; another party
which sat with those who sat, and deserted Allah's Messenger
and Allah is
looking at us, so it is incumbent upon the Muslim to see which party he is
from; and a third party which arose to aid Allah's Messenger, each in his
own way, and the best of them was he who aided him with his body, wealth,
pen, spear, and tongue.
Oh worshippers of Allah, prepare the answer for
the Day of Accounting, because today, deeds without accounting, and
tomorrow, accounting without deeds.
As for the Mujahideen, we, with Allah's help,
promise Him that we will aid Him and His Messenger, peace be upon him, and
His religion and Ummah, until victory is complete or we perish before
that.
So fear Allah in aiding Allah's Messenger, peace
be upon him, and don't let Allah's Messenger and His religion be attacked
from your flank, and beware. And don't let the Mujahideen who aid the
Messenger of Allah and His religion be attacked from your flank, and
beware.
And before I conclude, I encourage myself and my
brothers the Mujahideen with these verses from the Mujahid Shaykh Abu
Mansoor al-Shami, in which he says:
The darkness of night is dispersed by the
dawn ...And the shame of the face is erased by the
weapon
Whoever grazes in the pasture of tyranny one
day...Is punished by the swords and
spears
And the oppressed has a right which he
demands...Even if the wounds pierce his neck
And however much the Taghut attempts to
plot...Against Allah's Deen, he rushes to fight
them
Rome has in mind a plot against
Islam...And Rome thinks we are fair game
They think that the knights are in a
coma...And that the lions are frightened by
barking
We left you fallen at Yarmuk...For the eagles and wolves to fight over
you
Mutasim and Harun raided you...And Salahudin demolished you at
Hittin
In the Russian tyrants there is a good
admonition...And it is permitted to take a lesson from
them
We tore their bonds so they became...Like grass scattered by the wind
And we pulled down palaces in
America...Did you deny it, and can the sun
disappear?
We raided you with wings of death... And the ruin never crossed your
minds
On their backs rode knights of
glory...Who saw that in embracing death is
relief
So they embraced the towers in an embrace of
fury...And the flood overran them and down they came
We flattened them by the grace of
Allah...And death and wounds flowed through
you
The center of your wars became
rubble...And we broke your nose and the pride
fell
If you saw Bush when he learned
about...The unadulterated horror and
humiliation
You have been faced with a hurricane
which...If the winds were to face, they would
fail
As for the spotted snake, it tasted...Our courage in London and the wails
rose
And we confronted your ranks in
combat...In Baghdad, and success cheated you
We have harvested thousands of you, and no matter...What you hide, your disgrace is
unmistakable
And should you one day come to the
Sudan...The lions of Allah have a habit of
combat
We shall reap you with mines and
snipers...And the armor shall rise above your
heads
The destiny of Unbelief is loss and then
Fire...And the destiny of those who sacrifice is
success
O Allah, our Lord, give us in this world good and
in the next good and save us from the punishment of the Fire. O Allah,
show us truth as truth and guide us to follow it, and show us falsehood as
falsehood and guide us to avoid it. O Allah, unite the hearts of the
Muslims and combine their strength and unify their ranks and have mercy on
their weakness and mend their cracks. O Allah, approve for our Ummah a
righteous rule in which those who obey You are honored and those who
disobey You are disgraced, and in which good is enjoined and evil
forbidden. O Allah, make Imaan dear to us and beautify it in our hearts,
and make Kufr and rebellion and disobedience hateful to us. O Allah, open
the hearts of our young men and women to the observance of Your religion,
and grant us guidance, piety, virtuousness and prosperity. O Allah, steady
our feet on the Day on which the feet slip. O Allah, steady us and steady
the Mujahideen everywhere, and especially in Palestine, Iraq, the Sudan,
the Land of the Two Sanctuaries, Kashmir, Chechnya, Nigeria, Indonesia,
and Afghanistan. O Allah, guide their fire and bind their hearts and aid
them with Your aid, and give them victory against Your enemy and theirs,
for neither us nor them have any helper other than You, O Powerful, O
Mighty. And Allah is victorious in His affair, but most of the people know
not.
And our final prayer is that all praise is due to
Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and may peace and prayers be upon our Prophet
Muhammad and all his family and
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