Against the backdrop of the events in Gaza, one of the surfers in the Al-Faloja forum, who identifies himself as an Iraqi writer, published a call to surfers on 29 December 2008, to gather information on Israeli and American embassies worldwide, including their telephone numbers
On January 6th, the leading Jihadi online forums published a video tape made by Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 leader, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, calling on Muslims around the world to attack Israeli and western targets around the world, following the events in Gaza. In the tape, Al-Zawahiri claimed
On January 14th 2009 the Jihadi online forums published a new audio tape by Al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, entitled “A call for Jihad to stop the aggression against Gaza”. The tape was produced by the “As-Sahab” institute, considered to be one of the main
On November 3rd the Al-Hesbah online forum, serving as a conduit for messages for Al-Qaeda and other Jihad organizations, posted links to two movie clips on the “YouTube” website . One link is directed to a report which was broadcast by the German television channel
On November 14th 2008 a news item was posted on the Al-Hesbah online forum entitled: “15 thousand Swedes have converted to Islam since the publication of the offensive caricatures”. According to the report, 15,000 Swedish citizens between the ages of 20-40, converted to Islam after
The “Sada Al-Jihad” (the Echo of Jihad) magazine, published every month on behalf of the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF), dedicated a significant portion of its 31st issue to the terrorist attack carried out in Mumbai, November 26th-29th 2008.
The Jihadi online forums and the Arab media reported at the end of January 2009, that Saeed Ali Al-Shehri, aged 35, leader of the “Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia” organization (the “Qaidat Bilad Al-Haramein”), former prisoner no. 372 in Guantanamo, is now the deputy leader of
On August 24th 2008, an online surfer posted on the “Al-Hesbah” Jihadi forum a post titled: “How to become an Al-Qaeda member?”. According to him, a few terms should be fulfilled in order to become an Al-Qaeda member.
During February 2009, one of the surfers in the Al-Faloja forum published aerial photographs of American bases in Al-Udeid and As-Sayliyah in Qatar.
A suicide bomber carried out a suicide attack in Yemen on March 15th 2009, killing four South Korean tourists and a Yemeni citizen. Three days later, on March 18th 2009, another suicide bomber blew himself up in Sana’a using an explosives belt, when a convoy
The “Islam on-line” website reported on August 25th 2008 that attacking American and Israeli websites is considered “electronic Jihad”. In the report it was stated that the “Al-Azhar” Religious Ruling Committee has published a “fatwa” allowing the hacking of American and Israeli websites damaging to
Cyberspace serves as very fertile ground for activity for the Al-Qaeda organization and other Jihadi organizations, in the recruitment of new members and supporters to their ranks. It also serves as a conduit for the training of potential fighters for terrorist attacks by using appropriate
The debate regarding the legitimacy of harming innocent people continues to be the focus of differences of opinion on Jihadi forums, particularly against the backdrop of increasing criticism against the Jihadi organizations, for harming innocent Muslim and non-Muslim civilians. Members of the Jihadi forums debate
Al-Qaeda and other Jihadi organizations have identified the enormous potential of the internet as a public relations and propaganda tool, and a conduit for transferring operational information. They, therefore, put considerable effort into bringing detailed explanations of the benefits to be obtained from these technological
In January 2009 the international media reported that Al-Qaeda activists have closed their training base in the mountains of the Tizi Ouzou region in Algeria, after a failed experiment held with non-conventional weapons, which caused the death of 40 activists. The terrorist organizations’ aspirations to
On September 11, 2008, the Al-Faloja forum published Al-Qaeda’s “Seven Stages Plan” – an operational strategy plan, comprising a number of stages with a defined time-table. The plan is divided into seven stages, and spread over a period of 20 years. It commenced in 2000,
During the past year, it would appear that Global Jihad organizations have increased their efforts to produce and distribute propaganda films and messages on Germany. This effort complements the trend that has been apparent for the past two years of Islamizing Germans, a step that
On April 9th, 2009, the Egyptian media reported extensively on the exposure of a 49 member terrorist network, which operated in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization.
The Hezbollah organization is supplying military and logistical training to the Yemenite Al-Khawthi group
In different occasions Al-Qaeda leaders and ideologists stated their views that democracies, constitutional governments, and insufficiently Islamic monarchies are equally unacceptable forms of governance for Islamic societies, because they empower human rulers and man-made legal systems rather than the law of God.
an internal discourse between Al-Maqdisi’s ideology and Al-Zarqawi’s way
Over the last few months several calls made on the behalf of senior Al-Qaeda members, asking for financial aid for the Jihad organizations suffering from financial trouble, were detected on Jihadi online forums.
In recent months, Jihadi online forums have been discussing oil installations, oil tankers, oil pipes etc. as being attractive targets for a terrorist attack. Despite the fact that the desire to attack oil installations is not new, it would seem that the discussion of this
Recently, Jihadi online forums have been focusing attention on the western marine forces’ presence in the high seas and marking them as a target for terrorist attacks. This trend stems, in all probability, from the media resonance surrounding the success of Somali pirates in taking
It is no secret that the western countries enjoy a clear economic, technological and military superiority over Muslim societies in the modern post-colonial age.
The online Jihadi community constitutes a central component in the Jihadi propaganda array and is an important target audience for the consumption of messages from Al-Qaeda’s leadership.
The online Jihadi community constitutes a central component in the Jihadi propaganda array and is an important target audience for the messages sent by Al-Qaeda’s leadership and other Jihadi organizations.
Over the past year, a concentrated effort has been made by the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) to focus the attention of Global Jihad on the Chinese oppression, which according to contentions, is being waged against the Muslim population in eastern Turkistan.
There are accumulating indications to the fact that Sheikh Nazem Abu Eslim (called Abu Osama Al-Nasseri), the Imam of the Shihab Al-Din Mosque in Nazareth, and heading the “Jama’at Ansar Allah – Bayt Al-Maqdis – Al-Nasira” organization (“The Supporters of Allah Group – Jerusalem/Palestine –
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the attack on a Western sea vessel in the region of the Strait of Hormuz. On July 28th 2010 an explosion occurred on a Japanese oil tanker near the entrance to the Persian Gulf. One sailor was lightly injured as a result
The struggle raging between global Jihad activists and the Yemeni regime poses a great question mark over the Yemeni government’s ability to cope with these developments, and increases fear of greater control over the country by the Jihadists.
Two explosions shook the center of Stockholm, the Swedish capital, on December 11th 2010. At first, a car bomb detonated in one of the main streets of the city. Several minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up. As a result of the explosion, the
Recently, we have been witnessing a new phenomenon – key figures in the Islamic world, who in the past took part in armed Jihad or at least ideologically supported it, are now working to counter the radicalization process and to minimize recruitment to terrorist organizations.
There is no doubt that the Jihadi forums are a main component of the Jihadi public relations and information-sharing system. The forums are also a crucial platform for spreading Al-Qaeda’s doctrine, as well as that of other Jihadi organizations, for updating their collaborators with news
On the end of October 2010, two packages of explosives were discovered in Britain and Dubai. Reports in the Arab media claim the package in Britain was discovered on a UPS aircraft whilst the one in Dubai was found at a FedEx installation, deposited inside
On May 1st 2001, an American commando force eliminated Al-Qaeda’s leader, Osama bin Laden, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The Al-Fajr media center published the book “Why Jihad? The Urgent Need”, authored by the late Sheikh Abu Al-Hassan Al-Filistini, Al-Qaeda in Iraq’s former religious leader.
Abdullah Azzam believed that following the end of the war in Afghanistan, focus should shift to Palestine as the next theater of Jihad.
The following review will present the content appearing on the website of the Al- Maqreze Center for Research, and information on the head of the center, Sheikh Hani Al-Siba’i. Sheikh Al-Siba’i, who resides in Britain after being granted political asylum, is a former operative of
Between December 19th and 30th 2010, the “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat” newspaper published a series of investigative reports on southern Yemen, including impressions from a tour in the remote region and interviews with the tribal leaders in the area.
On July 18, 2010, a young Coptic woman from Egypt named Kamilia Shehata, the wife of a Coptic priest named Tadraous Sama’an, disappeared without a trace. About a week later, Egyptian security forces found her in the apartment of a relative and demanded that she
Recent months have witnessed upheaval in the Arab world, which has led to changes in governmental order.
The Arabic-language press in the Online Arab Media heralded the positive reactions of leaders of Arab countries to the assassination of Osama Bin Laden. The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, senior Saudi officials, and officials from countries such as Yemen and Iraq
As is known, the paramount aspiration of Global Jihad is the establishment of an Islamic caliphate in the lands once under the dominion of Islam and its rule of Sharia. Once this aspiration has been fulfilled, it will be possible to focus on a second-most
This document summarizes a number of articles and new material which appeared in the Arab media at the end of 2011.
One of the most difficult challenges faced by Al-Qaeda is the ongoing loss of a large part of its first-, second- and even third-generation leadership, some of whom have been assassinated or arrested, and others of whom have dissociated themselves from Al-Qaeda and its terrorist
In March 2012, three French soldiers, a professor and three students of a Jewish school in Toulouse (South of France) were shot and killed.
Met with Increasing Threats against Britain.
