Muslim brothers everywhere, as-Salaamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakaatuh [peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings].
Wa B'ad:
The year 2009, the inaugural year of a new administration in Washington,
ended in a truly miserable fashion for the Crusader West and its intelligence
organs, who suffered a series of moral and material blows which culminated in
the bloody deaths of at least 8 CIA operatives in a masterfully-planned and
executed martyrdom operation inside their clandestine base in Afghanistan. This
crushing blow came just a few days after the compromising of America's
supposedly airtight security in a valiant attempt by a heroic soldier of
al-Qaida to bring down an American airliner over Detroit. But I would like here
to take you back to an earlier event, one whose hero wasn't a member of al-Qaida
or any other Islamic group, but was in fact, a ranking officer of the United
States Army, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who, this past autumn, opened fire on a
group of American soldiers preparing to deploy to Afghanistan deep within the
army's largest domestic base, Fort Hood, Texas. According to official army
figures, at least 13 Crusaders were killed and more than 30 wounded in this
surprise attack. Major Nidal Malik Hasan himself was shot, wounded and captured,
and has had charges filed against him in a Crusader military court of
inquisition in preparation for a summary show trial whose outcome is not in
question.
America may let the thugs of Blackwater off the hook, and may give the
depraved guards of Abu Ghraib and the homicidal gang-rapists of
al-Miqdadiyah slaps on the wrist, but it goes without saying that such
concessions don't extend to defiant Muslim heroes like Major Nidal Malik Hasan.
The fact is, the heroic Fort Hood operation opens up a host of new opportunities
for discussion of the hypocrisy, hubris and less-than-wholesome aspects of the
Western Crusader culture which bestows peace prizes on war presidents and
condemns Christmas messages from captured American soldiers as cruel, even as it
continues to torture and humiliate the Muslims and other prisoners in its own
custody. However, in the interest of brevity, I will leave such topics for
another day in favor of shining further light on the nature and motivations of
the man behind this historic and trend-setting operation, our Mujahid brother
Nidal Malik Hasan - Nahsabuhu Min as-Saaliheen wa La Nuzakeehi Ala Allah: We
consider him to be a righteous man and we don't purify him before
Allah.
The Mujahid brother Nidal Hasan has shown us what one righteous Muslim with
an assault rifle can do for his religion and brothers in faith, and has reminded
us of how much pride and joy a single act of resistance and courage can instill
in the hearts of Muslims everywhere. The Mujahid brother Nidal Hasan, by the
grace of Allah and with a single 30-minute battle, singlehandedly brought the
morale of the American military and public to its lowest point in years. The
Mujahid brother Nidal Hasan, lightly armed but with a big heart, a strong will
and a confident step, again brought into sharp focus the weaknesses and
vulnerabilities of America, and again proved wrong those who claim America
cannot be hit where it hurts. And most significantly, the Mujahid brother Nidal
Hasan is a pioneer, a trailblazer and a role-model who has opened a door, lit a
path and shown the way forward for every Muslim who finds himself among the
unbelievers and yearns to discharge his duty to Allah and play a part in the
defense of Islam and Muslims against the savage, heartless and bloody Zionist
Crusader assault on our religion, sacred places and homelands.
Just as significant and just as deserving of contemplation and emulation as
what the defiant Mujahid brother Nidal Hasan did is what he didn't do.
Courageous Brother Nidal didn't give the orders of men priority over the orders
of Allah, nor did he fear the wrath of men more than the wrath of Allah.
Nahsabahu wa Allahu Haseebuh [We reckon him so and Allah is his Reckoner]. And
defiant Brother Nidal didn't make the youthful mistake he made in joining the
American army an excuse for making the mistake of a lifetime and taking part in
the fighting and killing of Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq or anywhere else. This
is why I believe that defiant Brother Nidal is the ideal role-model for every
repentant Muslim in the armies of the unbelievers and apostate regimes who, like
him, has come to the correct collusion that true Islam isn't in a name or a set
of rituals but in fact is in total submission and obedience to Allah and total
disobedience to and disassociation from the unbelievers. When Brother Nidal was
issued orders which conflicted with Islamic doctrine and values, he resisted
them until the last bullet and thereby broke the mold of the mindlessly obedient
soldier, a mold preferred and cultivated by the militaries of the world but
totally rejected by Islam, which says loudly and clearly: La Ta'ata Li
Makhlooqin Fi Ma'siyat al-Khaaliq - Obedience to a Created Being in Disobedience
to the Creator is Impermissible.
Not only did defiant Brother Nidal break free of the influence of the
unbelievers he had grown up and worked with and served under, he also broke
free of the evil influence of the anti-Jihad, pro-Crusade Shaykhs and Muftis who
attempt to legitimize the killing of Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere
using the flimsiest pretexts and excuses imaginable. Defiant Brother Nidal
didn't try to silence his conscience or justify obeying his commanders and
remaining in the ranks of the unbelievers with those Shaykhs' scandalous Fatwas
which permit the impermissible, prohibit the obligatory and condone the murder
of Muslims in the name of fighting terrorism, or in the name of protecting
salary and position, or in the name of preserving the good reputation of
American Muslims and dispelling any doubts about their patriotism and loyalty to
America. Brother Nidal didn't try to hide behind such ridiculous excuses because
he knew that - however many famous signatures it might carry and whatever fancy
title it might have - no Fatwa in this world can possibly justify breaking the
clear, unambiguous and agreed-upon laws of the Shari'ah, like the law forbidding
the killing of Muslims or the law ordering loyalty to the believers and
disloyalty to the unbelievers, and he knew that on the day of Judgement, all the
Ulama, Mullas, Muftis and Imams of this world put together would be incapable of
saving him from divine retribution were he to have blindly followed their
permissions and prohibitions in contravention of what he knew - in his heart of
hearts and through honest research and careful study - to be Allah's ruling and
decree.
I believe that Brother Nidal realized that the insults, accusations,
imprisonment, loneliness and other difficulties that one might face during or
after one's mission are insignificant when compared to the punishment Allah has
threatened - in numerous places in the Quran and Hadeeth - for those who abandon
compulsory Hijra and Jihad despite them having access to the necessary ways and
means. But at the same time, I believe Brother Nidal realized that Islam neither
calls for nor approves of hasty, reckless and poorly planned actions, and that's
why he acted with caution and took the necessary steps in order to avoid
repeating the mistakes others have made in operational and procedural matters.
For example, Brother Nidal didn't - as far as we know - discuss his plans over
government-monitored-and-controlled telephone and computer systems, nor did he
confide his secrets to recent acquaintances - or even long-time acquaintances -
whose professed loyalty to Islam and Muslims and apparent eagerness to defend
their faith and brethren may or may not be as strong or as genuine as it
appears. Brother Nidal wasn't taken in by the provocateurs who infiltrate the
Masjids and Muslim communities of America with hidden microphones in order to
entrap Muslims eager to perform the duty of Jihad. And Brother Nidal didn't
unnecessarily raise his security profile or waste money better spent on the
operation itself by traveling abroad to acquire skills and instructions which
could easily be acquired at home, or indeed, deduced by using one's own powers
of logic and reasoning.
For example, the first thing many people often ask is: "What weapon should
I use in my operation?" But the answer to this question - and it's an important
question - is not as difficult as it may seem. The Mujahid Brother Nidal Hasan
used firearms in his assault on Fort Hood, but the fact is, today's Mujahid is
no longer limited to bullets and bombs when it comes to his choice of a weapon.
As the blessed operations of September 11th showed, a little imagination and
planning and a minimal budget can turn almost anything into a deadly, effective
and convenient weapon which can take the enemy by surprise and deprive him of
sleep for years on end.
Another important and often intimidating stage of preparation for any
operation is the targeting phase. When the time came to pick his target, the
Mujahid Brother Nidal chose carefully, looking for a target with which he was
well acquainted, a target which was feasible and a target whose hitting would
have a major impact on the enemy. In Brother Nidal's case, these three important
qualities came together in Fort Hood, but as you start to make your plans, you
shouldn't make the mistake of thinking that military bases are the only
high-value targets in America and the West. On the contrary, there are countless
other strategic places, institutions and installations which, by striking, the
Muslim can do major damage to the Crusader West and further our global agenda
and long-range strategic objectives.
We must look to further undermine the West's already-struggling economies
with carefully-timed-and-targeted attacks on symbols of capitalism which will
again shake consumer confidence and stifle spending. We must keep in mind how
even apparently unsuccessful attacks on Western mass transportation systems can
bring major cities to a halt, cost the enemy billions and send his corporations
into bankruptcy. We must erode our cowardly enemy's will to fight by killing and
capturing leading Crusaders and Zionists in government, industry and media who
talk the talk but don't walk the walk and are only interested in prosecuting
their profitable wars as long as it's other people who are in the line of fire
and not them. We should look for targets which epitomize Western decadence,
depravity, immorality and atheism, targets which the enemy and his mouthpieces
will have trouble trying to pass off to the conservative Muslim majority as
illegitimate targets full of innocent people. And finally, we mustn't allow our
lawless enemies to provoke us with their evil, sadistic and murderous crimes
into crossing the boundaries laid down by Allah and His Prophet or doing
anything which may have negative repercussions on the image of the Jihad and
reputation of the Mujahideen.
We must always remember that our role models aren't our enemies: our role
models are the Prophet, His Companions and the righteous and God-fearing
Mujahideen. We must always remember that we are different than the Zionists and
Crusaders with whom we are locked in combat: We are not outlaws. We are not
gangsters.We are not hypocrites. We are not barbarians. We are not opportunists
and mercenaries. We are not enemies of freedom and civilization. We are not
cowards who wage wars from behind the controls of pilotless aircraft. In other
words, everything our enemies are, we are not, and everything we are, they are
not. We are people of courage, honor, decency, chivalry and ethics who
selflessly sacrifice themselves for the noblest cause on earth, and that is why
every Muslim and every Mujahid must continue to take the high road and protect
the moral high ground which we have fought so long and hard to secure.
My dear brothers in Islam: with America and 25 of its NATO allies beginning
to deploy a further 37,000 occupation troops to Afghanistan, and with armed
American drones now violating Islamic airspace and terrorizing Muslim populaces
from Miran Shah to Mogadishu, and with the American war president and his rabid
British poodle plotting fresh aggression against the Yemen, and with the United
States consolidating its cruel treatment of our brothers in Islam at new or
newly expanded Muslim-only concentration camps in Illinois, Bagram and
elsewhere, it is rapidly becoming clear that this already hot global battle is
about to get even hotter.
This is a war which knows no international borders and no single
battleground, and that's why I am calling on every honest and vigilant Muslim in
the countries of the Zionist-Crusader alliance in general and America, Britain
and Israel in particular to prepare to play his due role in responding to and
repelling the aggression of the enemies of Islam. This is the golden, once in a
lifetime opportunity to reap the rewards of Jihad and martyrdom we have been
waiting for, so unsheathe your sharpened sword and rush to take your rightful
place among defiant champions of Islam like Mir Aimal Kansi, Muhammad Bouyeri,
Nidal Malik Hasan and many others like them: "Men who have been true to their
covenant with Allah; of them some have been martyred and some are still waiting;
but they have never changed in the least." (33:23)
My Muslim brother: Jihad is neither the personal property nor the exclusive
responsibility of any single group, organization or individual. Instead, it is
the personal duty of every able-bodied Muslim on the face of this earth, until
the last Muslim captive is freed and the last piece of occupied Islamic land is
recovered and until Muslims live in safety and security in the benevolent shadow
of the Islamic state. Allah subhaanahu wa ta'ala has given you faculties of
reason, judgement and choice within the guidelines of Islam, and it is for you -
like your heroic Mujahid brother Nidal Hasan - to decide how, when and where you
discharge this duty. But whatever you do, don't wait for tomorrow to do what can
be done today, and don't wait for others to do what you can do yourself:"So
fight (O Muhammad Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam) in Allah's Cause - you are held
responsible only for yourself - and rouse the believers. Allah will restrain the
might of the unbelievers. And Allah is strongest in might and strongest in
punishment." (4:84)
Thank you for watching, and may Allah guide your steps. Wa as-Salaam
'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh.
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