March 5, 2007
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Jeremy Reynalds
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The Cybersleuth and the Professor
An English cybersleuth and a university professor have unearthed hours of al-qaeda videos which they say shows a strong link between radical Islamic clerics Abu Hamza, Omar Bakri and their followers and the 2005 London terror bombings.
As a result of that terrorism, 52 people died and more than 770 were injured (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/london.bombing ).
Glen Jenvey and the professor, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it took hours of viewing the videos and some good old-fashioned detective work to link the London bombers to the now jailed Hamza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Hamza_al-Masri and http://www.answers.com/topic/abu-hamza-al-masri ) and the exiled Bakri (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4703541.stm and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bakri_Mohammed ).
They did so, Glen told me by e-mail, through an Internet connection going back several years.
So you can see the result of the duo’s work for yourself, Glen has uploaded a number of video clips demonstrating some of the horrifying videos he and the professor discovered. They are available at http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=alimasharli
Glen told me by e-mail that in the United Kingdom al-Qaeda appears to run, or heavily influence, a number of organizations with different names. He said, "You could compare them to the England soccer team which draws its players from other soccer clubs when needed for a match."
According to Glen, al-Qaeda seems to operate by drawing members when needed from radical Islamic groups like the ASWJ ( http://muntadaa.aswj.net )or the banned "Saved Sect" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5188136.stm ). Then, Glen said, when al-Qaeda calls for a terrorist (jihad) mission, these individuals "take up their role as an al-Qaeda player like the London bombers did."
Following the London bombings I wrote to Glen to see if he could give me a perspective from his side of the world as to just what was going on in England. He said that the bombings were in part the result of radicals like Bakri and Hamza not being taken seriously by the British government. Many in law enforcement, Glen said, regarded them as harmless "bigmouths." But Glen believed otherwise and although he had been hard at work before the London bombings documenting Islamic terrorism on the Internet, these terrible atrocities galvanized him to spend even more hours huddled in front of his computer.
Since that time Glen has been keeping me updated with some of his discoveries. As a result, I have ended up viewing some of the most hateful statements about British and American people that I have ever seen.
Since I first heard about the London terror bombings the victims and their families have always been in my prayers, and it is my hope that the information provided in these videos found by Glen and the professor might aid law enforcement in their work and bring some sort of sense of closure for the victims and their families.
In addition to his ongoing research (with some of which I have been privileged to collaborate), Glen told me his unique story for inclusion in my upcoming book "War of the Web," which will be released soon (http://www.joyjunction.org/bulletin and http://www.abuhamza.org.uk ) by World Ahead Publishing.
"War of the Web" also tells the story of how I also became involved in fighting online terror. Of course, some people may wonder what the director of a homeless shelter is doing trying to get radical Islamic Internet sites shut down.
That’s an easy question to answer. Above anything else, Joy Junction (the homeless shelter I direct) is a faith-based ministry which shows the love of Jesus Christ in spiritual and practical ways to the many homeless women and families who come to us looking for help. Unless we start taking the fundamentalist Islamic agenda seriously and realizing that its ultimate goal is to impose shariah (Islamic) law over the entire world, we’ll be in trouble. We won't be able to have faith- based ministries like Joy Junction; they’ll be illegal. People need to understand what’s going on here, and I think both Glen and this book will help them do so.
Thanks to Nick Grace for pointing to this new GCW.
http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com
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Global Crisis Watch
March 5, 2007 | Episode #45
Washington negotiates with Axis of Evil, Clouds gathering over South Asia, Salafism in Indonesia
Global Crisis Watch calls to Chennai, India, Washington, DC, and Banten, Indonesia, to dissect Washington's moves to negotiate with North Korea, Syria and Iran, and the relationship between Washington and Islamabad with B. Raman, former head of India's external intelligence service and current director of the Institute For Topical Studies, and discusses Salafism and the push for Sharia law in Indonesia with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, couterterrorism consultant and author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam," and Faridotulsalam, an Indonesian Salafi.
Link: http://www.GlobalCrisisWatch.com/gcw/gcw_070305.mp3
29:30 minutes | 13.5 Megs
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Monday, March 5, 2007
Iranian Imam Receives Christ Via Satellite TV, Escapes Country
Four More Imams Are Underground Believers
By Mark Ellis
Senior Correspondent, ASSIST News Service
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA (ANS) -- One of the top Islamic leaders in Iran accepted Christ and left the country after facing death threats and imprisonment, according to an Iranian pastor living in the U.S.
“This man has been watching Christian TV programs for the past two years,” said Pastor Elnathan Baghestani, founder of Iran for Christ Ministries. (www.iranforchrist.com) Pastor Baghestani and his wife provide Christian programming to the Mohabat Network satellite, which broadcasts 24/7 into Iran and other Middle Eastern countries.
The imam called one of the phone counselors connected to Iran for Christ Ministries and prayed to receive Christ in early February. “The man has been watching Christian TV programs for the past two years,” Baghestani said. “He said he has believed since he began watching the programs but his salvation was sealed through his confession.”
“This man knows all the verses of the Qur’an by heart,” he added. “After he began watching, doubt began in his heart about the Islamic faith.” The man spent nine months in prison after he questioned the violence of radical Islam. Following his release from prison, he faced numerous death threats and escaped the country.
Several other religious leaders may follow suit. “He knows four other high-ranking imams that are in the same condition and want to leave Iran,” Baghestani said.
While it is illegal to own satellite dishes in Iran, many hide them on their roofs or other locations on their property. “They arrest people for having satellite dishes because they know the Christian programming is effective,” Baghestani noted.
The imam who fled left everything behind. “His salary was 700,000 of their monetary units every month,” Baghestani said. “He was honored and respected, but when the gospel came to him he lost everything,” he noted. “Now he is a poor refugee in a foreign country.”
“God is shaking the foundation of Islam in Iran,” Baghestani said. “We have been praying for some of the main government officials to come to Christ and God is answering us,” he reports. “I pray God will open more doors for us to send the gospel to the Middle East.”
Mark Ellis is a Senior Correspondent for ASSIST News Service. He is also an associate pastor in Laguna Beach, CA. Contact Ellis at markellis4@cox.net
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