MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 989: "Al-Qaeda Deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri Claims Responsibility for the London Bombings, Discusses Elections in Afghanistan, and Declares: 'Reform Can Only Take Place Through Jihad'" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from a video featuring Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on September 19, 2005. TO VIEW THIS CLIP VISIT: http://memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=856 ") (September 20, 2005)
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/11/009026print.html
November 16, 2005
UK bomber attacks Muslim leaders
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Mohammed Sidique Khan, one of the four apparent suicide bombers who attacked London on July 7, condemned British Muslim leaders on a video aired for the first time on Tuesday.
In the clip shown on Britain's Channel 4 television, Khan urged British Muslims to take part in jihad - "holy war" or "spiritual struggle" - and accused "so-called community leaders" of being "content with their Toyotas and their semi-detached houses".
The money quote?
"They tell us ludicrous things like 'You must obey the law of the land.' How on earth did we conquer lands in the past if we were to obey this law? By Allah, these scholars will be brought to account.
Posted at November 16, 2005 09:09 AM