As we saw in the previous installment of this short series on jihadis in the Gaza Strip, the leader of the Jama’at al-Tawhid wa-l-Jihad, Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi, was pretty defensive about his organization’s actions in his answers to questions from visitors of the Shumukh al-Islam forum. The rest of his answers indicate that the group [...]
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Defending Failure in Gaza (Part 2)
Posted: 9th September 2011 by Joas Wagemakers in Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories2
Defending Failure in Gaza (Part 1)
Posted: 18th August 2011 by Joas Wagemakers in Hamas, Israel, Palestinian TerritoriesWill’s latest post suggested that at least one jihadi is quite critical of what al-Qa’ida is doing regarding the Palestinian question. Well, he’s not the only one. Late last year, the Shumukh al-Islam forum published a book of its Q&A sessions with a jihadi leader from Gaza, namely Abu l-Walid al-Maqdisi, the amir of the Jama’at [...]
“Fatah al-Islam between Asad al-Jihad2 and al-Maqdisi”
Posted: 8th June 2009 by Scott Sanford in Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, SyriaA post by an unknown author titled, “Fatah al-Islam between Asad al-Jihad2 and al-Maqdisi / Lessons and Considerations,” has been making its rounds through the various forums. The author offered a scathing critique of Fatah al-Islam (FI) and of recent comments by FI’s Sharia Officer, Abu Abdallah al-Maqdisi (not to be confused with the Jordanian [...]
Gaza Galore in New Issue of Sada al-Jihad
Posted: 28th January 2009 by Thomas Hegghammer in Hamas, Israel, Jihadi journals, Palestinian Territories, Saudi ArabiaThe thirty-second issue of the ever so slick magazine Sada al-Jihad is out. Like the rest of jihadi media these days, it focuses on Gaza. Practically the entire 41-page journal is devoted to Palestine, and the front page features a close-up picture of the blood-stained face of a Palestinian child. However, the articles do not [...]
Bin Laden And Zawahiri Not Sharing Talking Points
Posted: 14th January 2009 by Will McCants in AQ Leadership, Bin Laden, Hamas, Israel, Palestinian Territories, ZawahiriIt’s interesting to compare Bin Laden’s new statement on Gaza with Zawahiri’s of last week. Of course the overarching message–jihad now!–is the same. But unlike Zawahiri, Bin Laden doesn’t mock Obama, he doesn’t echo Zawahiri’s call for demonstrations in Egypt (Bin Laden says demonstrations are useless), and he takes a slightly more conciliatory view of [...]
New Zawahiri Statement: Obama Is Killing Muslims In Gaza
Posted: 6th January 2009 by Will McCants in Egypt, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Uncategorized, ZawahiriTags: Gaza, Zawahiri
An audio statement by Zawahiri was just posted to the forums. Here’s a summary: Bin Laden swore he would keep fighting until Palestine and Muslim lands are free of foreign occupiers. The Israeli attacks are Obama’s “gift” to the Palestinians before he takes office. President Mubarak of Egypt is an accomplice in this slaughter since [...]
Maqdisi Blasts Hamas
Posted: 6th January 2009 by Will McCants in Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Territories, UncategorizedTags: Maqdisi
Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi, the leading Jihadi scholar in Jordan (and worldwide for that matter), has issued a statement on his website regarding Gaza. In short: Hamas has let down the Muslim community and needs to step out of the way and allow the Jihadis there and abroad to take over the fight against Israel. Maqdisi [...]
Ansar Network Hacking Jewish Websites In Response To Israel Attack
Posted: 5th January 2009 by Will McCants in Israel, Palestinian Territories, UncategorizedTags: Gaza
Several blogs and news orgs (start here) have noted that Jewish websites are being hacked and replaced with Jihadi propaganda in response to Israel’s attack on Hamas. Until yesterday, I had not seen anyone on the forums claim the attacks. Now the Ansar al-Mujahideen Network has posted a statement on the Faloja forum claiming several [...]
Reactions To Israel’s Gaza Campaign
Posted: 29th December 2008 by Will McCants in Israel, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, UncategorizedTags: Gaza, Palestinian Territories, Qarni
As readers might guess, the discussions on the Jihadi forums are almost entirely devoted to Gaza (there’s some on Somalia–more on that later this week). I’ve culled the most representative posts from the Faloja forum: The forum administrators warn that anyone who is unduly critical of Hamas will be kicked off during this time of [...]
The Denudation Of The Exoneration: Part 8
Posted: 28th November 2008 by Will McCants in AQ Leadership, Bin Laden, Egypt, Hamas, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, Syria, WMD, ZawahiriTags: Bin Laden, Sayyid Imam, Zawahiri
In part 8, Sayyid Imam continues to hammer al-Qaeda for bringing disaster to the Middle East and for the hypocrisy of its leaders. He puts forward the odd claim that AQ lied to the U.S. about WMD in Iraq and about AQ ties with Iraq to push the U.S. to invade observes that Iran and [...]