Recently the Jihadi dialogue has reverted to dealing with the Netherlands’ detestable attitude towards Muslims and Islam, this time in face of the development in the trial of the Hofstad group members and in face of the intention to air another anti-Islamic movie.

In the course of October 2008, the Al-Faloja online forum, identified with Al-Qaeda, published a report by an online surfer calling himself Hamazacom about the blocking of 143 Al-Qaeda blogs in northern Africa by the Maktoob website. The online surfer quotes the website manager, who said that the diversion of the Organization’s blogs will continue with the purpose of blocking them.

On November 24, a forum member named “Gadocost” posted a message on the “Al-Boraq” Jihadi forum warning that the countdown had begun and that only 17 days remained until “Allah will sentence the infidels and the separatists from Islam to hell.” He even asks in an obscure manner if “the holiday gift is coming soon??!!” From his post, it appears that a terrorist attack is planned for around December 11, 2008.

Despite the closure of several leading online forums associated with al-Qaeda, other Jihadi forums have devoted wide coverage to the terrorist attack in Mumbai. For the time being, forum members rely primarily on foreign media reports, quoting a great deal from the articles and posting photographs from the scene of the attacks. It is likely that in the next several days, various online forums will post more in-depth analyses of the attacks.

On November 12, 2008, the “Hanein” online forum published a post by an internet user named Abu Salem warning against the publication of new caricature drawings in Denmark. Abu Salem quoted an Arabic article published on a Danish news website on November 11, which discussed a new book about to be published in Denmark of caricature drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. In response to these new caricatures, the Danish Imam, Abdul Wahid Pedersen, described the drawings as part of a “storm” facing Danish Muslims over the past several years, in which a war of words and letters has transformed into one of caricatures.

The message posted by the Jihad and Reform Front demonstrates an attempt by the group to use the American attack in Syria as leverage, further claiming that it was not a specific localized operation, but rather one link in a chain of operations with the sole aim of expanding American control over Arab and Islamic lands.

At the end of October 2008, Indonesia's Attorney General announced the planned execution of three members of the radical organization Jemaah Islamiah (JI) responsible for the 2002 terrorist attacks in Bali, which left 202 people (mostly tourists) dead. Following the announcement, Jihadis have discussed taking hostages to prevent the executions.