Informative set of links MamaDearest.
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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006004.html
14 April 2007
Demographics don’t lie
by Aaron Weisburd
Jihadi website demographics don’t lie. Morocco is a case in point.
The Society for Internet Research gathered demographic data for the leading Arabic-language jihadi forums during 2006, and the data indicates that Moroccans form a significant part of the rank and file of the global jihad.
• Across all the sites we studied Moroccans ranked third, immediately behind Saudis and Egyptians.
• On the Tajdeed forum Moroccans ranked second.
• On al-Hesbah forum Moroccans ranked third.
• On al-Ommh forum Moroccans ranked second.
• On al-Boraq forum Moroccans ranked third.
• On al-Mohajroon forum Moroccans ranked second.
• And on the Ana al-Muslm forum - the oldest of the Salafist/Jihadist Arabic-language forums, and a place known to be used by al-Qaida leadership elements to meet and exchange information - Moroccans ranked first.
Jihadis in Morocco that we encounter online are split evenly between Rabat and Casablanca.
I take issue with the notion that one can’t develop a profile of jihadis. We will find these guys all together on just a handful of websites - before they turn up on a battlefield or in some public place with a bomb vest on - and indeed that time when they are online may be our only chance to identify them as subjects for investigation. Consequently it is of critical importance to actively monitor network traffic to such sites. Otherwise it is like we are flying in the dark without instruments or radar. What happens next is predictable:
Two injured men lie on the street after an explosion at Fida slum in Casablanca, April 10, 2007. A fourth suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in a Casablanca slum on Tuesday, Moroccan police sources said.
A final note: other countries whose residents are prominent constituents of the global community of jihadis online, but that have not yet experienced jihadist terrorism proportionate to the size of their online jihadi population, include Egypt, Germany and Belgium.
Don’t say you weren’t warned.
Posted on 14 April 2007 @ 17:05
Muslim boy ostracized after marrying Hindu girl
Snip: A court has upheld the marriage of a Muslim boy and a Hindu girl, but the couple is facing problems from their respective religions. After protests and demonstrations by Hindu organisations demanding the arrest of Mohamed Omer and handing of his bride Priyanka Vadhwani back to her parents, it is now the turn of the Muslim bodies. The Majlis-e-shoora of the All India Muslim Tyohar Committee (AIMTC) has announced that Omer would be expelled from the community.
Banned Muslim uses video hookup
Snip: Tariq Ramadan, an Islamic scholar, has a huge following in Europe but a controversial profile in the United States. He has been barred from entering the country since 2004, when he was denied a visa he needed to accept a professorship at the University of Notre Dame.
Tuesday, however, students at Georgetown University heard and questioned Ramadan, an influential Egyptian-born writer, as he gave the first of three public lectures to be delivered on the campus by satellite video hookup from London.
For 90 minutes, he appeared on a large screen in Gaston Hall, seated and wearing a sports jacket and open shirt, with Big Ben in the background.
Has the UK become a Muslim busom buddy?
Snip: Adding to the grey hairs is the United Kingdom’s own shocking announcement that it is axing the Holocaust from its history lessons so that Muslim students, whose religious teachings include a denial of one of history’s most evil and evident periods, will not be offended.