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Can Muslims Separate Religion and State?March 25, 2006M. Zuhdi Jasser American Islamic Forum for Democracy Time to circumscribe the interpretation and applications of sharia This week the press has reported widely about the case of Abdul Rahman, an Afghani Christian on trial in Afghanistan for the so-called high crime of leaving the religion of Islam. He converted to Christianity over fifteen years ago while working with a Christian aid group. It is actually hard to believe that such archaic laws are instituted under the guise of "Islamic" law, the rule of law, and most absurdly under a new democracy of...

Virtual JihadThe Internet as the ideal terrorism recruiting toolBy Luis Miguel Ariza, Scientific American, December 26, 2005 If you read Arabic and want a degree in jihad, click on www.al-farouq.com/vb/. If you're lucky--the site disappears and reappears--you will see a post that belongs to the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF). It announces the "Al Qaeda University of Jihad Studies." According to Ahmad al-Wathiq Billah, the GIMF MADRID BOMBINGS  of March 11, 2004—here, at Atocha station—killed 192 commuters. The terrorists had downloaded jihadist documents, including one that called for attacking Spain. "Deputy General Emir," students "pass through faculties devoted to...

Murder 'infidels', Mukhlas urgesSian Powell,  The Australian, December 19, 2005BALI bombings commander Mukhlas has written a fanatical call-to-arms from his death-row prison cell, exhorting Muslims to kill Westerners. Published on a website on the orders of notorious terror chief Noordin Mohammed Top, the polemic demonstrates the undiminished fervour of Mukhlas, who has been sentenced to death for commanding the Bali bomb blasts in 2002 that killed 202 people, including 88 Australians. "You who still have a shred of faith in your hearts, have you forgotten that to kill infidels and the enemies of Islam is a deed that has a...

An Online "University" for Jihad By Stephen Ulph In an interesting new development, the al-Qaeda network is making strides to present itself as a permanent cultural--as well as military--phenomenon. An October 7 posting on the al-Farouq jihadi forum (www.al-farouq.com) by Ahmad al-Wathiq bi-Llah, the "deputy general emir" of the Global Islamic Media Front, announced what it referred to as an "al-Qaeda University of Jihad Studies." The accompanying statement explained that "al-Qaeda is an organization, a state and a university, this is a fact which cannot be denied." Readers, it noted, might be amused by the headline, but the writer simply...

These French Jehadist sites, inciting thousands of Muslims around the world to jehad and murder, actually could be considered American Web sites: stcom.net is hosted in Jacksonville Florida at DNS Services. The registrant and administrator is in London but its technical contact is in Virginia, USA.ribaat.com is hosted in Loveland Colorado at WeHostWebSites.com It's Administrator is in Paris, France -- Johnathan R. Galt __________________________________________________ Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM) OCCASIONAL PAPERS Volume 3 (2005), Number 6 (September 2005), Director and Editor: Reuven Paz. French Islamist Web Sites FRANCOPHONE INTERNET...

Enemy at the door ... al-Muhajiroun propaganda   Hackers fight terrorists By PETE BELL Sun OnlineTHE INTERNET has become the latest frontline in the war against terror. With the world wide web increasingly used as the main instrument of propaganda and communication for extreme religious groups like al-Qaeda, MI5 and patriotic hackers have formed an unlikely alliance to close down their sites.Prime Minister Tony Blair announced this morning the Government would be looking at options to tackle the problem.Alarmingly, experts believe al-Qaeda’s master hacker is running the terrorist group’s central communications hub from the UK.Impressionable youngsters are targeted through...

Apparent Felon Seems to be Targeting Jeremy Reynalds and Joy Junction Contact: Jeremy Reynalds, Joyjunction.com        (Alb., NM. July 23) Long- time Albuquerque resident Jeremy Reynalds is best known for his work with Joy Junction, the shelter for homeless families he founded in 1986 and continues to direct. However, there's another side of Reynalds that is not quite as well known --  as a terrorist hunter.        For the last three years Reynalds has investigating a number of Islamic terrorist web sites, many of which are hosted by American Internet Service Providers.        It seems that this work...

HOUSTON BASED INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER TOUTS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT WHILE APPARENTLY HOSTING TERROR, PORN, AND SPAM SITES  Jeremy Reynalds, June  20, 2005, JoyJunction.com __________ Houston-based Internet service provider Everyone's Internet could be regarded as an example of the American dream come true.        Founded by brothers Robert Marsh and Roy Marsh III, and Randy Williams, EV1 began operating on Dec.1 1998. By 2002 the company was bringing in over $32.2 million. Current income was not immediately available.        However, it appears that EV1, which touts its community generosity, has a darker side. It seems that the company is hosting terror,...

Banned in the UK: Abu Hamza al-Masri Quotes from Terror Tracker Neil Doyle is the author of Terror Tracker and runs his own website here. I've been aware of Neil's work for some time. Much of what he publishes on his website mirrors my own anti-terrorism posts. A new and updated paperback version of Terror Tracker is soon to be available in both the U.S. and U.K. In the U.S. you can order it at Amazon here. One important aspect of the book is that it reveals statements from a former imam at London's Finsburry Park Mosque, the radical hook-handed...

Bellevue firm tied to pro-Hamas Web siteBy Peter LewisSeattle Times staff reporter, April 23, 2005 A Bellevue company has helped support a Web site dedicated to advancing Hamas, an Islamic organization the U.S. government considers a terrorist group. The site features videos of Humvees blowing up and U.S. soldiers being killed. The site was down temporarily yesterday but was working again last evening. Content included a training video of the "Mujahideen Army" and a message to the American people that said in part they had "elected criminals and are responsible for their actions." The Bellevue company, eNom, apparently is...

Google advertises HamasTerror organization uses search engine to promote website of its military wing Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades By Roee Nahmias and Gal Mor, (03.27.05, 19:38) Terror organizations are advancing their recruitment and public relations methods: Internet surfers who enter the word “Hamas” in Arabic in the Google search engine, will view, in addition to the search results, an AdWord message that links directly to the website of the organization’s military faction Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades.  The link also appears in a search of several other words, such as the “Gaza,” “Palestine,” “Jihad.”   This indicates that a Hamas source...

Remember the Guardian -- they tried to keep Bush from getting elected in 2004. Guardian Calls It Quits In Clark County Fiasco (Brit Newspaper Tries To Influence US Election) Here's you're chance to return the favor, get even, and stack the deck of one of their polls. Help put an underdog -- the pro-free market Adam Smith Institute on top -- Imagine the sheer educational value if abysmal liberals at the Guardian were to recommend the Adam Smith Institute to all their liberal/socialist readers in Socialist England. VOTE NOW:http://politics.guardian.co.uk/backbench/poll/0,15864,1443383,00.html Here's the tally at March 26, 2005 at 2:10:52 AM, London...

INTERNET TERROR FROM HOUSTON BY WAY OF SAPULPA OK?And Watch Out for a whole New Meaning to Identity Theft! Your Name May Be Listed as Hosting an Internet Terror Site Without You Ever Knowing It  Jeremy Reynalds, March 5, 2005      A few months ago I conducted a small one-man sting investigation hoping to find the individuals apparently formerly behind a mysterious and elusive free Internet service provider –  that at one time was hosting as many as 15 to 20 al Qaeda affiliated and other well known terror sites.        Hosting Anime (formerly hosted by the Houston-based...

Jihad websites removed from computer By PAUL LUNGEN Staff Reporter RackForce Wholesale Hosting Solutions, an Internet company in Kelowna, B.C., has removed six sites from its computers that promoted jihad and vilified Jews. One of the websites, www.shareeah.org, had connections to Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization and was being investigated by the RCMP. Operated by Abu Hamza Al-Misri, a terrorism suspect in prison in Britain and waiting deportation to the United States, the site promoted and supported suicide bombing. Once the company determined it violated its acceptable use policy, RackForce decided to remove it along with five other sites...

Jeremy Reynalds on Fox's O'Reilly Factor Tonight (Feb.16). Joy Junction Director Jeremy Reynalds -- Scheduled for Fox News' OReilly Factor -- after Death Threat Following Attempts to Bring Down Terrorist Web Sites     ______________        Long time Albuquerque resident Jeremy Reynalds is best known for his work with Joy Junction, the shelter for homeless families he founded in 1986 and continues to direct.        However, there's another side of Reynalds that is not quite as well known -- as a  terrorist hunter.        For almost the last three years Reynalds has investigating a number of Islamic...

FOLLOWING DEATH THREAT AGAINST CHRISTIAN WRITER, TERROR SITE GETS RUN OUT OF HOUSTON AND MOVES TO CHICAGO Death Threat Remains on Lineby Jeremy Reynalds Executive Director Following extensive media coverage regarding the death threat (http://haganah.org.il/harchives/003608.html) against me posted on a radical Islamic bulletin board service (which remains on line), www.ansarnet.ws has now changed its Internet Service Provider. After being suspended, it has moved from the Houston-based Everyone's Internet (www.ev1.net) to the Chicago-based www.hostforweb.com Notice of Suspension of www.ansar.ws by its former Internet Service Provider www.ev1.net An e-mail to the company asking why they were hosting a well-known terror friendly site...

Hamas link to London mosqueNick Fielding and Abul Taher, February 13, 2005 A MUSLIM leader appointed to help to run the recently reopened Finsbury Park mosque in north London is a former military commander of Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organisation. Mohammed Kassem Sawalha is one of five trustees appointed to give the mosque a fresh start. The mosque was closed last year after becoming a centre of Islamic militancy under Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical cleric facing charges in Britain and America. Sawalha’s link with Hamas emerged after he was named as a co-conspirator in an American court case involving...

Remember Michael Scheuer? He's the former CIA analyst who penned an anonymous book called "Imperial Hubris" attacking the Bush administration's approach to terrorism. When we last saw him, in November, he was explaining to Tim Russert that American support for Israel is to blame for anti-American terrorism, and that Osama bin Laden is "in many ways . . . an admirable man."....

Violence-Preaching Web Magazine Linked To N. Texas Brothers Feb 7, 2005 9:00 pm US/Central By Todd Bensman and Robert Riggs The Investigators CBS-11 News (KTVT, Dallas)BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - A radical Islamist web magazine published here, which has encouraged suicide attacks against American forces in Iraq, is hosted by a North Texas Internet company linked to three Palestinian brothers about to be tried on federal terrorism charges in Dallas, CBS-11 News has learned.The monthly journal and its publisher in Birmingham, England, the Centre for Islamic Studies, have come under international condemnation and investigation for allegedly soliciting suicide bombers to attack American...

CYBERLOVE ENDS IN SHOCK A lovelorn Jordanian couple who began a sizzling relationship on the internet found out they were already married to each other. The cheating pair were on a seven-month break when they thought they had found their ideal partners on the net. Over three months they cavorted in cyberspace, swapping dreams, making wedding plans and plotting how to leave their partners for good. Bakr Melhem passed himself off as Adnan while wife Sanaa said she was called Jamila, an unmarried lady of culture who was interested in reading and was a devout Muslim. Eventually they could contain...