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In his November 17, 2024 lesson on Islamic eschatology, Colorado Islamic scholar Karim Abu Zayd discussed prophecies stating that Islam would enter every home on Earth, and that America and China would fall, with Muslims ultimately conquering Europe. He remarked that Muslims who have emigrated from the East can see how the prophecy of Islam entering every home is “almost realized.” In response to a caller from California, asking about the authenticity of the hadith according to which the Muslims would conquer the Vatican, Abu Zayd responded that the hadith is authentic, and it uses the word, “Rome” to refer...

Multi-national forces raided a safe house Saturday in Zanazil, near Mosul, resulting in the detention of four terrorists and the death of a key local leader of al Qaida in Iraq. Abu Zayd, identified as the current al Qaida in Iraq military Emir of Mosul, was killed in the raid. Information received from concerned citizens and collected through intelligence assets led multi-national forces to the location. Upon arrival at the safe house, multi-national forces immediately detained four terrorists located outside the house. At the same time, multi-national forces shot and killed an unknown terrorist who was engaging them from a...

BAGHDAD, Iraq, AP - A letter allegedly written by an insurgent to the head of Al-Qaida in Iraq complained of the lack of leadership in the northern terrorist cell in Mosul, according to excerpts provided by the U.S. military Saturday. The letter, written to Jordanian leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi by a fighter calling himself Abu Zayd, was discovered by U.S. forces during a raid on an insurgent safe house in Mosul on July 27, the U.S command said. During the raid, six suspects were detained. He complains that the Mosul leadership of the Al-Qaida in Iraq branch is incompetent, lacks...