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ADDING to post no. 20:

“My Response to Abu Abdullah as-Sayf”

SNIPPET: “Readers, yesterday (4/10/09), Dr. Rusty over at Jawa sent me a comment from one, Abu Abdullah as-Sayf, about a blog post I had made. Abu Abdullah had posted his comment to Jawa because I had disabled the comment option on my blog (I have since enabled comments).

Specifically, Abu Abdullah as-Sayf was upset with the way in which I discussed him in the posting, suggesting I had personally attacked him, had no in-depth knowledge of the Salafist ideology, and held a double-standard in who I called a “terrorist.”

I would like to first thank Abu Abdullah for taking the time to respond. I would also like to thank Rusty for passing this to me. To begin, here are Abu Abdullah’s unedited comments to me via Jawa:”

ADDING to post no. 23:

http://jarretbrachman.net/?p=236

“Abu Abdullah as-Sayf’s Response to My Response to His Response to My Post”

SNIPPET: “Readers, in case you’re tuning in late into this saga, some quick catch-up. A few days ago I wrote a post that was critical of one author featured in Samir Khan’s latest magazine, Jihad Recollections. The author, Abu Abdullah as-Sayf (an American university student by day, jihadi fashion designer by night), took offense with my comments and responded. I then published both his full-text comments and my response to him, which attacked him for the ideological move he advanced in his article with regard to expanding the conceptualization of Tawheed to four categories over the conventionally accepted three within Salafism.

Wheeww.. I just received his response to my response to his response to my blog. Post-modern doesn’t quite capture it, ay? I have chosen not to respond to this post (although a colleague might guest post a reaction to this exchange - stay tuned for that), not because I’m deterred by his “highly suggest”ing that I “leave it here,” or because he implied that I cannot speak intelligently to the topic without being a Salafist Muslim.

Rather, I think his comments speak for themselves about the uphill challenge that faces the United States in “capturing hearts and minds” of ‘target audiences.’ Read through his comments...”