10 February 2011
Al-Qaeda calls Egypt protestors to wage jihad
Washington: al-Qaeda-front group The Islamic State of Iraq has called on Egyptian protesters to wage jihad and push for the establishment of a government based on Islamic law, the US-based SITE monitoring service said on Tuesday.
The statement, which appears to be the first reaction of any group affiliated with al-Qaeda to the ongoing protests in Egypt, was issued on jihadist forums on February 8, according to the US group.
The message, addressed to the protesters, says that the 'market of jihad' has opened in Egypt and 'the doors of martyrdom have opened', and every able-bodied man must participate.
The group urged Egyptians to ignore the 'ignorant deceiving ways' of secularism, democracy, and 'rotten pagan nationalism'.
"Your jihad," the message said, is in support of Islam, the weak and oppressed in Egypt, for "your people" in Gaza and Iraq, and 'for every Muslim who was touched by the oppression of the tyrant of Egypt and his masters in Washington and Tel Aviv', read a translation of the text provided by the SITE Intelligence Group.
Protestors in Cairo on Tuesday staged the biggest show of defiance against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in the three-week-old revolt.
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I live in Egypt , hope some one feel btween the words , i need any work , just to leave here we can't pray we just not living the christian life i dreamed of if some one care please reply
im talanted in pc shipping freight sales good looking and they toke our house we living in small and please in Jesus name just reply
Posted by: kamel | 22 February 2011
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