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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: West Coast Conservative

They'll never be as popular as the Sex Pistols.


41 posted on 11/12/2005 6:22:30 PM PST by dr_who_2
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To: West Coast Conservative
Way To Go, Your Majesty!


God Save the Queen


God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen!
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the Queen!

O Lord our God arise,
Scatter her enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!

Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign;
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen!

Not in this land alone,
But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over.

From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O'er her thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!

42 posted on 11/12/2005 6:27:11 PM PST by Talking_Mouse (Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
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To: indianrightwinger

Well, we can't all be perfect. ;^)


43 posted on 11/12/2005 6:27:17 PM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Is anyone who is not willing to commit suicide for these pigs a FRIEND of Islam?


44 posted on 11/12/2005 6:34:13 PM PST by manwiththehands
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To: West Coast Conservative

They must really be threatened by her hats and purses and matronly clothes. Good grief. What's next? Outrage at Capt Kangaroo? Mr Greenjeans a threat to islam?


45 posted on 11/12/2005 6:47:42 PM PST by goresalooza (Nurses Rock!)
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To: martin_fierro

I thought everybody was an enemy of Islam. Didn't he even say something similar about Saddam?


46 posted on 11/12/2005 6:48:11 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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They are just picking on her because they see her as weak, we all know that they hate GW and the USA the most.. but they also fear us...


47 posted on 11/12/2005 6:48:28 PM PST by VastRWCon
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To: VastRWCon

Forgot to mention the reason they fear us is becuause we FIGHT BACK!!! Thank you President George W Bush!!!!!!


48 posted on 11/12/2005 6:49:19 PM PST by VastRWCon
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To: Leapfrog; SJackson; yonif; Simcha7; American in Israel; Slings and Arrows; judicial meanz; ...
Leapfrog, make sure you add Queen Elizabeth II to your list.  !



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Honored member of FReeper Leapfrog's "Enemy of Islam" list.
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49 posted on 11/12/2005 6:50:44 PM PST by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: VastRWCon

Why should they see her as weak? This is a woman who drove ambulances during the London blitz. They hate her because she is a devout Christian who takes very seriously her position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England.


50 posted on 11/12/2005 6:57:07 PM PST by born in the Bronx
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To: West Coast Conservative

Careful there Alqaeda-you head severing scumbags. You are insulting the heir to a family legacy with a long line of beheaders.


51 posted on 11/12/2005 6:58:38 PM PST by F.J. Mitchell (Global worming could have saved New Orleans if enacted before the worms ate the levees.)
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To: rfreedom4u
"Any enemy of islam is and friend of mine."

Double dittos! God save the Queen.

52 posted on 11/12/2005 6:59:29 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: born in the Bronx

your right, you defined my word "weak" perfectly. Thank you.


53 posted on 11/12/2005 7:00:04 PM PST by VastRWCon
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To: caryatid

Christian Hfuhruhurr?


54 posted on 11/12/2005 7:00:25 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Did they just directly threaten the life of the Queen of England?

Hmmm, there's alot of things the Brits don't like about us here in the U.S.; and there's alot of things the U.S. doesn't like about the Brits.

But to threaten the Queen. That's just not Cricket, and I think this thing just got kicked up a notch.
55 posted on 11/12/2005 7:05:42 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: Lancer_N3502A
Did they just directly threaten the life of the Queen of England?

Yes.

56 posted on 11/12/2005 7:08:22 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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To: Leapfrog

Sh!ts gonna hit the fan.


57 posted on 11/12/2005 7:09:57 PM PST by Lancer_N3502A
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To: airborne

I'm an Infidel too.


58 posted on 11/12/2005 7:11:39 PM PST by infidel29 ("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." --Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Salem; MadIvan

Should Her Majesty actually be found to converse here, I may have to forego coffee in favor of tea.

(... for a short time...)


59 posted on 11/12/2005 7:14:44 PM PST by Michael Goldsberry (an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
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