Posted on 11/12/2005 5:27:16 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
AL-QAEDA has threatened the Queen by naming her as “one of the severest enemies of Islam” in a video message to justify the July bombings in London. The warning has been passed by MI5 to the Queen’s protection team after it obtained the unexpurgated version of a video issued by Al-Qaeda after the 7/7 attacks. Parts of it were broadcast on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic satellite channel.
In the video, Ayman al- Zawahiri, second-in-command to Osama Bin Laden, targets the Queen as ultimately responsible for Britain’s “crusader laws” and denounces her as an enemy of Muslims.
A senior Whitehall official said: “MI5 is aware that there are some pieces of that video that have not been aired. They are aware of the bit of al- Zawahiri talking about the Queen and they have notified the relevant authorities.”
The Sunday Times has obtained the full 27-minute video, which is circulating on secure jihadist websites in the Middle East used to recruit and inflame prospective terrorists. In Britain it has been posted by Muhammad al-Massari, the London-based Saudi extremist, on his website Tajdeed.
It also contains inflammatory material from Mohammad Sidique Khan, ringleader of the London bombings which killed 52 commuters. He is urging Muslims to take part in jihad and seek martyrdom.
Khan, 30, incites British Muslims to ignore the moderate Islamic leaders who want integration with British society.
“Our so-called scholars of today,” he said, “are content with their Toyotas and semi- detached houses” in their desire for integration. The message is believed to be the first of its kind in which a British suicide bomber calls on fellow UK Muslims to follow his example.
The attack by al-Zawahiri prompted intelligence officers to alert Buckingham Palace that the Queen had become a specific target of Al-Qaeda. Her security had already been upgraded after September 11, 2001.
In the video al-Zawahiri not only labels the Queen as one of Islam’s “severest enemies” but also sends a warning shot to British Islamic leaders who “work for the pleasure of Elizabeth, the head of the Church of England”.
He said those who followed her were saying: “We are British citizens, subject to Britain’s crusader laws, and we are proud of our submission . . . to Elizabeth, head of the Church of England.”
In a possible reference to the role of the Muslim Council of Britain, which had issued instructions to mosques to inform on potential terrorists, he criticised “those who issue fatwas, according to the school of thought of the head of the Church of England”.
In the previously unseen footage, Khan, from Dewsbury in West Yorkshire, said: “It is very clear, brothers and sisters, that the path of jihad and the desire for martyrdom is embedded in the holy prophet and his beloved companions.
“By preparing ourselves for this kind of work, we are guaranteeing ourselves for paradise and gaining the pleasure of Allah.
“And by turning our back on this work, we are guaranteeing ourselves humiliation and the anger of Allah. Jihad is an obligation on every single one of us, men and women.”
Khan’s message was condemned by Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the Muslim Council’s secretary-general, as a “perverse interpretation of Islam”.
“The victims of Sidique Khan were innocent people . . . It’s clearly inciteful. It’s trying to incite people to commit murder,” he said.
It was written IIRC after WWII, to be substituted for verse 2, which the touchy-feelies thought was too "warlike."
". . . . don't let's be beastly to the Germans . . . "
Well, that explains it ... I always hated Steve Martin ... and never paid much attention to what he did. Thanks for the explanation, though.
Message to Al Qaeda -
So once again we see what a bunch of mincing nancy boys you are. You obviously can't fight the British Army, you can't fight the police, you can't even fight Tony Blair - you have to pick on an old woman in her 70's.
I have bad news for you - there is more guts and courage in that magnificent old lady than in your entire rancid, putrid, disgusting organisation. You are cowards, you are bastards and you are evil. All you will do is inflame the rest of us who will rally around her, and rip your collective guts out of your chests and stuff them down your ignorant throats.
And when we've done that, we're going to write the real history of this time, painting you as a bunch of frustrated camel humping queer boys that posterity will laugh at for centuries to come.
PS - f*** you.
Yours sincerely, Ivan
I have long admired the Queen. She has an unerring sense of duty that she has always put ahead of her personal life. She wisely put her husband in charge of their familly ... as she believed that he duty would always have to come first. Those who criticize her should stop to realize that she was a modern career woman before that became cool. HM deserves our respect.
Muslims do not respect anything ... they fear strength.
I regret to inform you the Queen Mother is dead.
She passed away in April 2002.
Correction, March 30th 2002..
Do you suppose she should invite Prince Charles to dinner so he can lecture her on how mean she is to Muslims?
"I'm sure you can imagine scenarios where the public would back her against Parliament."
I can, but those scenarios pretty much have to involve a collapse of our existing constitutional arrangements. If the powers were used, it would be in defiance of a democratically elected government, if that was with public support, we're basically talking popular revolution and overturning of our existing constitutional arrangements. In which case, the existence of the monarchs powers is fairly incidental - if they didn't exist, we'd just burn down the House of Commons ourselves.
The Muslims are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly.
We're not just going to shoot the bastards. We're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Muslim bastards by the bushel.
George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
The Muslims are the enemy. Wade into them. Spill their blood. Shoot them in the belly.
We're not just going to shoot the bastards. We're going to cut out their living guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks. We're going to murder those lousy Muslim bastards by the bushel.
We're going to hold onto the Muslims him by the nose, and we're gonna kick him in the ass. We're gonna kick the hell out of him all the time, and we're gonna go through him like crap through a goose!
George C. Scott as General George S. Patton
Isn't everyone with a thinking brain an enemy of Islam, as well as other totalitarian religions? Wait a minute.....I can't think of another totalitarian religion. Matter of fact, I can't think of another organization that has as a basic tenet the choice of conversion or death for non members. Maybe Islam is not a religion at all....DOH!
I stand corrected.
I know, I know. You are the 4th person to inform me of this. As a Yank I just don't have knowledge of the finer points of Royal titles and such.
Are you gonna come into my tent
Are you gonna ever take a hint
Are you gonna lay down on the ground
Fat bottomed goats
You make the Muslim world go round
I was worshipping my god
Contemplating a jihad
When I heard a strange sound from up behind
Turned around and there was Willie
He was such a naughty billy
Heap big woolly
You made a sultan out of me
Now get this
Are you gonna come into my tent
Are you gonna ever take a hint
Are you gonna lay down on the ground
Fat bottomed goats
You make the Muslim world go round
Get on your goats and ride!
Ride 'em, Kahlid!
Son, possibly the anti-Christ.
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