Posted on 07/04/2005 10:24:56 PM PDT by hipaatwo
The wife of an Al Qaeda terrorist is interviewed by the Arabic Asharq Alawsat newspaper, and reveals the utter contempt these murderous zealots have for Western countries, using them as sanctuaries while plotting to destroy them: Married To Al-Qaeda. (Hat tip: ploome.)
Q: How did your husband react to the attacks of September 11?
A: We received orders to gather our belongings and leave the city, a few days before the attacks. When the Northern Alliance Commander Ahmad Shah Masud was killed, we thought that was the reason behind these instructions. On September 11, I received the news in the afternoon, local Kabul time. Women and children were hurried into trucks and we all left the city. That same night, the airport in the capital was bombed. We then moved to the nearby Lugar region where life was difficult because of the lack of food and water and the excessive heat. Afterwards, we went to Halmund, close to Kandahar, and after the war started we left the country altogether.
Q: How did your husband feel when he heard of the attacks on September 11?
A: To be totally honest, we were overjoyed.
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Q: How did Al Majati act after your marriage?
A: We only knew each other briefly before we married, unlike others who have long illegitimate relations for years. It was as if my purpose at the Institute was to meet my husband and marry him. After our wedding, Al Majati quit his studies and introduced me to jihad (holy struggle). Before hand, I believed Islam was only about prayer and fasting.
Q: When did your husband discover jihad?
A: Towards the end of 1991, we traveled to Paris for a month to attend an Islamic conference where representatives from various organizations had gathered, including Hamas and the Mujahedeen from Afghanistan . There were also members of the Al-Yarmouk team for Palestinian songs. We found the atmosphere amazing. It also became evident to us that Islam was not just a religion for Arabs.
This was at the time of the war on Bosnia which affected my husband a lot. Together, we watched a video on the genocide in the Balkans which moved us and increased our revolutionary fervor. I didn’t know, until then, that jihad was an obligation for male Muslims. My husband went back to France to sell some traditional Moroccan crafts. On his return, he made clear his intention of traveling to Bosnia to fight. At first, I totally dismissed the idea. But after listening to a tape by Sheikh Saad Al Buraik, I changed my opinion. I realized that, in Morocco , women had many more advantages than in Europe where people pretend to care for human rights and where women were being raped as part of a wider war against Islam.
Q: Who were the Sheiks who influenced al Majati at the time?
A: In the beginning, my husband’s interest in jihad was based on his feelings. When he saw Muslims being killed in Bosnia , he decided to fight on their behalf, without having received any military training. I couldn’t stop him, especially after seeing footage from the Balkans. I agreed to let him go and didn’t expect him to return. However, he did return and asked me to accompany him on his next trip.
I obtained a visa to Italy but the German authorities didn’t allow me into their country. My husband tried to enter Bosnia once more but was sent back because the borders were shut. We went back to Morocco and he was very disappointed.
One day, when I was pregnant with my second son Adam, my husband disappeared. After some time, I learnt that he had been arrested in Croatia , on the border with Bosnia . Despite his European looks, the authorities knew immediately that he was an Arab on jihad. He was held captive and tortured for a month.
Q: Did your husband meet any Afghan Mujahedeen, while in Bosnia ?
A: No. The country was teeming with European Muslims, especially from Germany and Italy . My husband spent time in prison with a British Muslim, who he asked to contact the French embassy. Eventually, the French did intervene and he was released.
He returned to Morocco and was bitterly disappointed. He said he was forbidden to return to Bosnia for five years. After this experience, Al Majati traveled to Afghanistan .
Q: When did he first visit Afghanistan ?
A: In the beginning of 1994, my husband left for Mecca on pilgrimage. From there, he traveled to Afghanistan were he received military training at the Khalden Camp. He contracted malaria and returned home very skinny. He spent some time in hospital in Casablanca and continued to suffer from fever after he was discharged.
Q: Did his parents know he was in Afghanistan ?
A: No, his family was unaware he was traveling for jihad. His father didn’t even know we were married at first. There was no way I could tell him that his son was engaged in jihad in Afghanistan . He became suspicious after al Majati’s return, looking very ill and he wouldn’t believe that his son became ill in Saudi Arabia as “it is a clean countryâ€. I was then suffering from cancer and my husband had to stay by my side. Afterwards, he accepted an invitation to visit the USA , and kept in touch for some time until we heard nothing.
Q: Where did he stay when in the USA ?
A: He was in New Jersey but then he left for Afghanistan .
Read the whole thing; it’s an amazing and deeply troubling story.
Who the hell is paying for all this? The travel, separate households, cancer treatment, two kids...was money falling from Paradise?
Who the hell is paying for all this? The travel, separate households, cancer treatment, two kids...was money falling from Paradise?
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