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Al-Qaeda calls Queen [of England] an ‘enemy of Islam’
Sunday Times ^ | November 13, 2005 | Abul Taher

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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; alqaedauk; britain; elizabeth; elizabethii; islam; queen; queenelizabethii; royals; terrorism; thequeen; thequeenelizabethii; theroyals; uk
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1 posted on 11/12/2005 5:27:18 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative

She must be doing something right, then.


2 posted on 11/12/2005 5:28:24 PM PST by martin_fierro (Lodi Idol)
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To: West Coast Conservative

The Queen maybe, but not Prince Chuckles the Tampon.


3 posted on 11/12/2005 5:28:46 PM PST by marsh_of_mists
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To: West Coast Conservative

One wonders whether they want her son on the throne. They can evidently manipulate him.


4 posted on 11/12/2005 5:28:53 PM PST by Spirited
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To: 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."

Does that mean Elton John will leave the public limelight?

5 posted on 11/12/2005 5:28:56 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: West Coast Conservative

Just the queen?

I thought the whole world is Infidel.


7 posted on 11/12/2005 5:29:06 PM PST by indianrightwinger
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To: West Coast Conservative
Ayman al- Zawahiri thinks the Queen of England is an enemy of Islam?

He is crazy, not just a monster, but a crazy monster.
Too many drugs plus being the spawn of Satan.

8 posted on 11/12/2005 5:29:20 PM PST by starfish923 ( It's never right to do wrong. Socrates)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Alright Queen Elizabeth!


9 posted on 11/12/2005 5:29:22 PM PST by ladyinred ("Progressive" = code word for Communist/Nazi)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Ruh roh!


10 posted on 11/12/2005 5:30:06 PM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: West Coast Conservative; MadIvan

God save the Queen!


11 posted on 11/12/2005 5:30:34 PM PST by steveegg (Take two - throw those long knives at the DemonRATs and lieberals.)
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To: Tench_Coxe

lol! Had to think about that for a second or two


12 posted on 11/12/2005 5:31:23 PM PST by vikingchick
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To: West Coast Conservative

As am I.


13 posted on 11/12/2005 5:32:07 PM PST by evad ( Politicians are devious scum, right after newspaper editors)
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To: West Coast Conservative

You know, with respect to the rantings of Al Qaeda, there's nothing so satisfying as making the whole world your enemy.


14 posted on 11/12/2005 5:32:17 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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To: West Coast Conservative

Any enemy of islam is and friend of mine.


15 posted on 11/12/2005 5:32:50 PM PST by rfreedom4u (Native Texan)
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To: West Coast Conservative

I never did trust Freddy Mercury, but this is going too far.


16 posted on 11/12/2005 5:34:51 PM PST by Loyalist (Dissonance And Disrespect: http://dissonanceanddisrespect.blogspot.com)
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To: rfreedom4u
Any enemy of islam is and friend of mine.

Thank you, likewise.

17 posted on 11/12/2005 5:36:40 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: rfreedom4u

Meanwhile her son Charles is over here in the U.S. saying how we are too mean to Islam, and shouldn't be as hard on them. Hahahahaha. And Al-Qaeda wants to bump off his mom as an arch-enemy of Islam. Sonny boy had better wake up real soon.


18 posted on 11/12/2005 5:36:55 PM PST by flaglady47
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To: West Coast Conservative
AL-QAEDA has threatened the Queen by naming her as “one of the severest enemies of Islam”

Yep, these He-Man terrorists are afraid of this threatening enemy! LOL!


19 posted on 11/12/2005 5:37:00 PM PST by demkicker
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To: Spirited

I wonder how Charles feels about this!


20 posted on 11/12/2005 5:38:07 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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