http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4133.htm
May 4, 2010
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.606
“YouTube The Internet’s Primary and Rapidly Expanding Jihadi Base: Part II”
By: Steven Stalinsky*
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2482062/posts
occident.blogspot.com/2010/04/dokku-dokka-umarov-amir-al-umara-of.html
www.tawhed.ws/r?i=31031009
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blog:
www.jihadica.com/whats-the-minbar-doing-in-moscow-part-1/
Whats the Minbar doing in Moscow? (Part 1)
Joas Wagemakers
May 4th, 2010 | Chechnya, North Caucasus, Russia, terrorism
SNIPPET: Although Im awfully late in paying attention to it, there is an interesting dimension to the Moscow metro attacks that occurred just over a month ago that is relevant for jihad watchers but has not been dealt with in the media or blogs as far as I know.
While attention has obviously focused on the attacks themselves and on the video claim of responsibility by the leader of the Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, Dokku Umarov, I have not seen any references to a written statement by the same man posted on the online jihadi library Minbar al-Tawhid wa-l-Jihad (the Pulpit of the Unity of God and Jihad).
This statement and particularly the fact that it was posted on the Minbar, the largest jihadi online library is interesting. It indicates a development of potentially great significance to the future of jihadi ideological production. This post is the first in a short series of posts I intend to write on this subject for Jihadica. First, lets look at a translation of the communiqué itself, which is preceded by a statement by the Minbar: