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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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To: Anti-Bubba182

Charles just challenged Al Qaeda to a polo match....


21 posted on 11/12/2005 5:41:46 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: West Coast Conservative

I sure hope that they count me in as an enemy of Islam as well.

The only "good" Islamo-fascist, is a very dead Islamo-fascist.

I want to see a world full of "good" Islamo-fascists and will be happy to help achieve that goal.

Semper Fi!


22 posted on 11/12/2005 5:48:52 PM PST by Howie66 ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.")
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To: West Coast Conservative

hmmm...wonder what her son the Royal Prince of Tampon, aka the Champion of Islam, thinks about this threat to his mother.


23 posted on 11/12/2005 5:49:54 PM PST by daybreakcoming (May God bless those who enter the valley of the shadow of death so that we may see the light of day.)
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To: martin_fierro

A while back I had come across some information saying that QE II is a devout Christian. That is more than enough to make you an enemy of Islam.


24 posted on 11/12/2005 5:50:10 PM PST by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
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To: martin_fierro

These psychos hate us all.......inferior biological infestations!


25 posted on 11/12/2005 5:58:48 PM PST by calrighty ( Watch " The Beeber Story ", written by al baby, produced by Hugh Series. Troops BTTT)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Hmmm, if she is [enemy of Islam], Prince Charles cancels her out.


26 posted on 11/12/2005 5:59:38 PM PST by luvbach1 (Near the belly of the beast in San Diego)
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To: West Coast Conservative
...
Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.

Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame,
All their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never will be slaves.
...

God Save the Queen!

Queen Elizabeth II

Painted by Christian Furr (1995)

27 posted on 11/12/2005 6:00:33 PM PST by caryatid (Jolie Blonde, 'gardez donc, quoi t'as fait ...)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Wait until Charles gets ahold of these guys. Hell to pay.


28 posted on 11/12/2005 6:02:22 PM PST by lawnguy (Give me some of your tots!!!)
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To: Howie66
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29 posted on 11/12/2005 6:02:23 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: West Coast Conservative








Vyra Lynn sings There Always be an England


Rule Britannia

British National Anthem ~ God Save the Queen

30 posted on 11/12/2005 6:03:55 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: indianrightwinger
I thought the whole world is Infidel.

I don't know about you, but I am.

31 posted on 11/12/2005 6:04:28 PM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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To: marsh_of_mists
The Queen maybe, but not Prince Chuckles the Tampon.

Indeed. Hey "Prince", looks like you gotta choose between defending Islamofascists and defending mommy.

...I'm waiting...

...still waiting...

Hello? Chuckie? You home?

32 posted on 11/12/2005 6:05:24 PM PST by kromike
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To: flaglady47

Careful, sonny boy might like to be on the throne sooner rather than later. God save the Queen, especially from her son.


33 posted on 11/12/2005 6:06:40 PM PST by pepperdog
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To: West Coast Conservative

Well, not a total frickin' surprise, eh?


34 posted on 11/12/2005 6:06:44 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Just like Maggie Thatcher, the Queen Mother is one of the only ones left in England who has any BULLOCKS!

God save the Queen!

Allahu Fubar!


35 posted on 11/12/2005 6:12:28 PM PST by 43north (Candy is dandy; wine is fine; liquor is quicker; but beer is proof that God loves us.)
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To: West Coast Conservative; NorthOf45; Former Proud Canadian; JudyinCanada; Allan

A majority of English Canadian fence-sitters in the WOT are also avowed monarchists. The 7/7 London attacks had mugged a lot of them with reality, and this threat against the Queen should probably finish the job and lead them to join the cause to fight against Islamofascism.


36 posted on 11/12/2005 6:13:01 PM PST by NZerFromHK (Alberta independentists to Canada (read: Ontario and Quebec): One hundred years is long enough)
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To: Leapfrog

Count me a new supporter of the Queen.


37 posted on 11/12/2005 6:14:50 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: West Coast Conservative

The Queen and her parents lived through the Nazi Blitzkrieg. She knows evil when she sees it. Whereas her son hasn't a clue about it because he is too busy living in his dream world of painting and enjoying architecture, playing polo, etc.


38 posted on 11/12/2005 6:16:28 PM PST by LoudRepublicangirl (loudrepublicangirl)
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To: airborne

I am Hindu. So, by definition an infidel to Muslims. :-)


39 posted on 11/12/2005 6:17:05 PM PST by indianrightwinger
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To: Larry Lucido

LOL!!! *new* huh? :-)


40 posted on 11/12/2005 6:19:16 PM PST by indianrightwinger
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