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 Queens 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 Britains 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 Islams 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 Britains 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.
Khans message was condemned by Sir Iqbal Sacranie, the Muslim Councils secretary-general, as a perverse interpretation of Islam.
The victims of Sidique Khan were innocent people . . . Its clearly inciteful. Its trying to incite people to commit murder, he said.
They'll never be as popular as the Sex Pistols.
Well, we can't all be perfect. ;^)
Is anyone who is not willing to commit suicide for these pigs a FRIEND of Islam?
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?
I thought everybody was an enemy of Islam. Didn't he even say something similar about Saddam?
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...
Forgot to mention the reason they fear us is becuause we FIGHT BACK!!! Thank you President George W Bush!!!!!!
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.
Careful there Alqaeda-you head severing scumbags. You are insulting the heir to a family legacy with a long line of beheaders.
Double dittos! God save the Queen.
your right, you defined my word "weak" perfectly. Thank you.
Christian Hfuhruhurr?
Yes.
Sh!ts gonna hit the fan.
I'm an Infidel too.
Should Her Majesty actually be found to converse here, I may have to forego coffee in favor of tea.
(... for a short time...)
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