[Cindy]

YEMEN TIMES.com: "AL-BANNA STABBED FOREIGNERS TO 'GET CLOSER TO GOD'" by Mohammed Al-Qadhi (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The trial of Mohammed Jaber al-Banna, accused of stabbing three foreign citizens in Sana’a during the war on Iraq, started Saturday in a Sana’a appeal court. The prosecution has accused al-Banna of attempting to kill a Dutch, a German and an Austrian citizen, using a dagger. The prosecution showed the court the seized materials which included a dagger, hand grenade as well as a computer. The defendant said he carried out the crime “to get closer to God." He also said he received a support of $60,000 from a “benevolent” without disclosing his identity when he was in Britain with his father.") (November 29 - December 1, 2004) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP82004

November 30, 2004
No.820



"An Open Letter from a Saudi Islamist to Those who Shirk Jihad"




ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Islamist website www.islahi.net recently posted an open letter from a Saudi sheikh urging all Muslims to join Jihad, and emphasizing the obligation to fight the Saudi rulers, who, he claims, are at the service of the infidels. The letter is signed by "Abu 'Abd Al-Rahman Al-Athari Sultan Ibn Bijad, of the occupied land of the two sacred mosques." The following are excerpts: [1]"