GLOBAL JIHAD OPPOSITION & DISSENT Al-Tartusi: Establishment Of ISIS Will Increase Regime's Massacres Against Syrian People, Justify Western Interference In Syria April 09, 2013 UPDATED Anti-Shabab Tweets On Account Associated With Omar Hammami January 06, 2013 Twitter War Between Saudi Clerics And Al-Qaeda Supporters No. 4784 - June 12, 2012 Former Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya Leader Nageh Ibrahim Presents Liberal Views and Says: The Islamic Caliphate Should Be Modeled after the European Union Rotana Egypt TV (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:07:48 - January 25, 2012 Reformed Indonesian Islamist Terrorist Nasir Abbas Tells His Life Story in Comics Book Designed to Combat Extremism Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:06:00 - October 28, 2011 Online Exchange between Mustafa Hamid and Saif Al-'Adl Represents New Wave of Internal Jihadi Criticism No. 707 - July 14, 2011 Online Exchange between Mustafa Hamid and Saif Al-'Adl Represents New Wave of Internal Jihadi Criticism July 13, 2011 Saudi Sheikh: One Who Kills Himself and Others in Order to Win the Virgins of Paradise Is Not a Martyr but a Suicide; Only the Truly Virtuous Will Gain Paradise No. 3728 - April 01, 2011 Imprisoned Leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad: Islamists to Turn to Politics March 10, 2011 Islamist Saudi Opposition Group Condemns Attack on Baghdad Church December 20, 2010 Former Leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) Muhammad Al-Awfi Calls Upon Al-Qaeda Members in Yemen to Repent and Return to Saudi Arabia Following are excerpts from an interview with Muahmmad Al-Awfi, former leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which aired on... December 08, 2010 Egyptian Chief Mufti Issues Fatwa against Terror Operations In a recent fatwa, Egyptian mufti Dr. 'Ali Gum'a ruled that terrorist operations in Muslim countries are against the shari'a,... November 30, 2010 Ammar Umar, Son of Imprisoned Sheik Omar Abd Al-Rahman: Members of Al-Jama'a Al-Islamiyya Objected to 9/11 in the Planning Stages Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:06:15 - October 8, 2010 Former Jihadist Cleric Sayyid Imam Comes Out against Cordoba House, Slams Al-Awlaki, Compares Bin Laden to Hitler and Genghis Khan No. 3245 - September 20, 2010 Former Jihadist Cleric Sayyid Imam Comes Out against Cordoba House, Slams Al-Awlaki, Compares Bin Laden to Hitler and Genghis Khan September 19, 2010 Under Pressure from Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid Backtracks on Sympathetic Stance toward Hamas No. 5048 - May 28, 2010 Salafi-Jihadi Organizations in Iraq Reject Call by Resistance Groups to Unite, Urge All Groups to Join Al-Qaeda No. 577 - December 31, 2009 Imprisoned Mauritanian Salafis Reject Anti-State Violence In Mauritania, 25 imprisoned salafi radicals have issued a document rejecting violent revolt against the state, according to the London-based... November 26, 2009 Caucasus Jihadists Denounce Ultra-Radical "Kharijites" in Their Midst Jihadists in the North Caucasus republics (Chechnya and its neighbors) have posted an article denouncing ultra-radical "Kharijites"... November 26, 2009 Indian Government Reaches Out To Clerics In Anti-Terror Campaign The Indian government has sought to reach out to Muslim clerics and opinion makers as part of its anti-terror strategy after realizing that... October 30, 2009 Imprisoned Moroccan Islamist Muhammad Al-Fizzazi Expresses Opposition to Attacks on Germany The Moroccan Islamist Muhammad Al-Fizzazi, who is considered one of the leading salafi jihadis in the country, has stated his opposition to... October 30, 2009 Pakistani Cleric: ‘‘Suicide Attacks Are Against Spirit Of Islam’’ Senator Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidari, the Secretary General of the pro-Taliban religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, has said that extremism... October 28, 2009 Conflicting Reports on Support for LIFG Revisions in Morocco's Prisons The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group's publication of its ideological revisions has sparked debate among imprisoned salafi jihadis in... October 26, 2009 Saudi Arabia: We Foiled 31 Attacks on Oil and Economic Targets in Last Five Years The Saudi Interior Ministry has stated, in a new reportm that in the last five years security forces in the kingdom have foiled 31 attempted... October 23, 2009 Libya Releases LIFG Members in Tandem with Publication of Ideological Revisions On October 15, 2009 Libya released 88 jihadist prisoners, continuing a policy initiated by Saif Al-Islam Al-Qaddafi in 2008. October 16, 2009 Official Egyptian Fatwa Bans Suicide Attacks In response to the question "Is it permitted to kill non-Muslim tourists in a Muslim country in the framework of jihad?"... October 02, 2009 Under Pressure from Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid Backtracks on Sympathetic Stance toward Hamas In a June 8, 2009 interview, Mustafa Abu Al-Yazid, an Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, made the startlingly pro-Hamas statement that Hamas... September 10, 2009 Report: 10 Al-Qaeda Maghreb Terrorists Turn Themselves In, Including Some from Unit that Held Western Diplomats Hostage A report today stated that, on two separate occasions, a total of 10 members of Al-Qaeda Maghreb (AQIM) have turned themselves in to the... August 26, 2009 150 Islamic Clerics In Pakistan Declare Suicide Attacks Haram (Forbidden) At a meeting in the Pakistani town of Rawalpindi, nearly 150 clerics of the Deobandi school of Islamic thought have declared suicide attacks... July 13, 2009 Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi Calls on Salafi-Jihadis to Denounce Extremism within Their Camp No. 2421 - June 26, 2009 Indian Muslim Groups Protest "Wahabi Talibani Terrorism" In New Delhi, several Muslim organizations of Barelvi school of Islamic thought have condemned the "Wahabi Talibani terrorism" in... June 22, 2009 ISI Denounces Nationalist Orientation of Some Sunni Jihad Groups No. 2404 - June 15, 2009 The State of Anarchy Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement in Gaza: An Inside View No. 2381 - June 02, 2009 Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Belatedly Admits High-Level Defection Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has belatedly acknowledged that Muhammad Al-'Awfi, a senior commander in the group, turned... June 02, 2009 Pashtun Leader Criticizes Policy Of Sheltering Foreign Militants Mahmood Khan Achakzai, the leader of Pashtun nationalist party Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, has said that the Pakistani policy of... May 22, 2009 London Islamist Hani Al-Siba'i: Ibn Al-Sheikh Al-Libi Was Tortured to Death for Rejecting the Ideological Revisions of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group Hani Al-Siba'i, an Egyptian Islamist living in England, wrote on the website of his Al-Maqreze Center for Historical Studies that Ibn... May 20, 2009 Pakistani Clerics: Suicide Attacks In Pakistan Un-Islamic At a convention in Islamabad, Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa terming suicide attacks in the country as un-Islamic, according to a... May 18, 2009 Moroccan Jihadi Prisoner: We Reject Al-Khattab's Ideological Revisions A letter posted on the Al-Shura jihadist forum denies that the salafi-jihadi prisoners in Moroccan jails are in favor of abandoning violence;... May 18, 2009 Report: Abderezzak 'Al-Bara' Joins Other Historic GSPC Commanders in Condemning Al-Qaeda Maghreb 'Amari Saifi, AKA Abderezzak Al-Bara   The former commander of the Sahara in the Algerian Salafi Group for Preaching and... May 11, 2009 In Recent Conference, Pakistani Clerics Denounce Government's Shari'a for Peace Deal with Taliban; Pronounce Suicide Attacks in Pakistan Forbidden; Say: 'Taliban Are Enemies of Humanity,' 'Jihad Should Be Declared Against Them' No. 2335 - May 01, 2009 Saudi Anti-Terror Campaign Challenges Al-Qaeda to Public Debate The Al-Sakina campaign, a Saudi state-supported initiative for online dialogue with extremists, has challenged Al-Qaeda to a public debate to... April 06, 2009 Muhammad Al-'Awfi, Former Commander in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Foreign Countries Are Behind Al-Qaeda Attacks on Saudi Arabia Muhammad Al-'Awfi, a former commander in Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, has made an appearance on Al-Arabiya TV after handing himself... March 29, 2009 Report: Morocco Jihadist Leader Leads Reconciliation Initiative Hasan Al-Khattab, the imprisoned leader of the Moroccan jihadist group Ansar Al-Mahdi, is currently writing a series of articles condemning... March 18, 2009 Afghan Website Questions Objectives Behind Mullah Omar’s Letter, Accuses Him of Sacrificing Afghans For Al-Qaeda, ISI In a report, a Pashtu-language Afghan website has questioned Mullah Omar’s recent letter to the Pakistani Taliban, urging them not to... March 17, 2009 Former Leader in Al-Qaeda in Iraq Nazem Al-Jabouri on the Organization's Beginnings following the Toppling of the Saddam Regime Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:02:56 - March 6, 2009 Pakistan: Jirga Sets Deadline For Afghan Militants To Leave Dir According to a report in the Pashtu-language newspaper Wrazpanra Khabroona, a peace jirga, or meeting of tribal elders) in the Upper Dir... February 27, 2009 An In-Depth Summary of Sayyid Imam's New Polemic against Al-Qaeda, 'Exposing the Exoneration' No. 500 - February 23, 2009 GSPC Founder Calls On AQIM Members To Turn Themselves In In a recorded audio message broadcast by Al-Jazeera, Hassan Hattab, founder and first Emir of the Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat... February 10, 2009 In Islamist Video, Mujahedeen Sing of Martyrs' Funerals: 'Form a Procession for the Martyr, With His Wound, His Blood and His Garments; Perfume His Forehead and Do Not Remove the Dust From His Body' No. 2238 - February 10, 2009 Protest Against Taliban And Pakistani Security Forces In an unprecedented development, a public protest against the Taliban militants and Pakistani security forces was staged in the Mardan... February 10, 2009 New Book by Abu Yahya Al-Libi in Response to Sayyid Imam:New Book by Abu Yahya Al-Libi in Response to Sayyid Imam: Dispelling the Falsehoods of the 'Document of Right Guidance' No. 494 - February 05, 2009 Salafi-Jihadi Scholar Criticizes Zealots within Salafi Camp, Calls to Expel Them from Community In September 2008, Islamist websites posted a new e-book by Salafi-jihadi scholar Abu 'Abd Al-Rahman, prefaced by a letter of approbation... February 03, 2009 Report: Commander of AQIM's Top Brigade Turned Himself In to the Algerian Authorities The commander of the Al-Ansar Brigade of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Ali Ben Touati aka Abu Tamim, is in the custody of the Algerian... February 02, 2009 Somali Journalist: Shabab Al-Mujahideen Has "Pledged Allegiance to a Man Hiding in a Cave" No. 2223 - February 02, 2009 Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya Leader to Al-Qaeda: Give Obama Four-Month Ceasefire In an "urgent" open letter to Al-Qaeda, 'Isam Darablah, a leader of the Egyptian Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya group, urged it to... January 23, 2009 Somali Religious and Tribal Authorities Appeal to Jihadists: Stop the Fighting On Sunday, January 18, 2009, the U.K.-based Somali website mareeg.com reported that Somali religious and tribal leaders had published... January 21, 2009 GSPC Founder Calls on AQIM Members to Lay Down Their Arms Hassan Hattab, the founder and first Emir of the Salafi Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), has called on members of Al-Qaeda in the... January 21, 2009 Hekmatyar: Iran Should Not Be Trusted On Palestine Gulbadin Hekmatyar, the Chief of Hizb-e-Islami in Afghanistan, has criticized Iran for ‘‘backing Palestine only verbally, not... January 15, 2009 The Current Crisis in Gaza and the Salafi-Jihadi Dilemma No. 2180 - January 08, 2009 Coming Soon: New Book by Sayyed Imam A new book by Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, the senior jihadi cleric who was formerly the shari'a authority for Al-Zawahiri's Egyptian Jihad... November 17, 2008 6,000 Religious Scholars In India’s Hyderabad City Ratify Anti-Terror Fatwa     During the annual conference of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind (The Assembly of Religious Scholars of India), about... November 10, 2008 Egyptian American Author Nonie Darwish Tells of Her Jihad Indoctrination as a Child in Gaza Al-Hayat TV (Cyprus) - Duration: 00:05:40 - August 7, 2008 Senior Saudi Cleric: Bin Laden "Is a Promoter of Evil and Depravity"; Al-Zawahiri Is a "Deviant" No. 1997 - July 22, 2008 Hamas-Iraq: Al-Qaeda in Iraq is Subservient to Iran; "The U.S. is Our Main Enemy, But a More Dangerous Enemy is Iran" No. 1890 - June 23, 2008 The Emergence of the 'Infallible Jihad Fighter' – The Salafi Jihadists' Quest for Religious Legitimacy No. 446 - June 04, 2008 The Party of Jurisprudence vs. The Party of Action: Sayyed Imam, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and the Split in the Jihad Movement No. 444 - June 01, 2008 Deputy Governor of the Iraqi Salah Al-Din District Abdallah Hussein Jabara: Some of Al-Qaeda Leaders in Iraq Are Uncircumcised, Non-Muslim Mossad Agents Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:02:07 - April 25, 2008 Abu Yahya Al-Libi Rejects Sayyed Imam's 'Document of Right Guidance,' Urges Mujahideen to Continue Jihad No. 1871 - April 16, 2008 Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda's Shari'a Guide to Jihad: 9/11 Was a Sin; A Shari'a Court Should Be Set Up to Hold Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri Accountable; There Are Only Two Kinds of People in Al-Qaeda – The Ignorant and Those Who Seek Worldly G No. 1785 - April 10, 2008 Al-Qaeda Commander in Northern Iraq: We Are in Dire Straits No. 1866 - April 09, 2008 Release of New Book by Ayman Al-Zawahiri, in Response to Sayyed Imam: A Treatise Exonerating the Nation of the Pen and the Sword from the Blemish of the Accusation of Weakness and Fatigue No. 1859 - April 09, 2008 Sheik Ali Hatem of the Iraqi Sunni Awakening Council: Al-Qaeda Members Are Scum. It Is Permissible to Kill Them Al-Arabiya TV (Dubai/Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:01:31 - March 28, 2008 Major Jihadi Cleric and Author of Al-Qaeda's Shari'a Guide to Jihad Sayyed Imam vs. Al-Qaeda (Part II): Al-Zawahiri Was Sudanese Agent – Sudan's VP Ali Othman Taha Hired Him to Attack Egypt; Ban on Jihad against Egyptian Regime in Egypt; Summary of Imam's New Right Guidance for Jihad Book No. 1826 - March 18, 2008 Growing Rift between Somalia's Major Jihad Groups – Shabab Al-Mujahideen and Islamic Courts Union No. 1838 - February 13, 2008 Prominent Salafi Jihadist Sheikh Tries to Quell Escalating Strife between Al-Qaeda and Awakening Movement in Iraq No. 1811 - January 17, 2008 Al-Zawahiri in Two Recent Messages: "Iran Stabbed a Knife into the Back of the Islamic Nation;" Urges Hamas to Declare Commitment to Restoring the Caliphate No. 1787 - December 17, 2007 Bin Laden Calls On All Jihad Groups to Unite Under One Banner and to "Keep the Soldiers of Heresy Drinking From the Cup of Bitter Death"; Advises Them to Avoid Blind Obedience to Individuals, Organizations, and Heroes No. 1751 - November 01, 2007 Saudi Mufti Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Saudi Youth From Engaging In Jihad Abroad No. 1731 - October 16, 2007 Islamist Websites Monitoring Project No. 131 No. 1694 - August 31, 2007 Debate in Salafi Islam over Jihad Against "Heretical" Arab Regimes No. 1668 - July 26, 2007 Islamist Websites Monitor No. 94 No. 1568 - May 09, 2007 Iraqi Jihad Group Establishes New Political Framework Called "Hamas-Iraq" No. 1559 - April 30, 2007 Prominent Islamist Kuwaiti Sheikh Questions Religious Legitimacy of the Islamic State of Iraq, Calls to Dissolve It No. 1563 - April 30, 2007 Continued Clashes in Iraq Between Sunni Jihad Groups and Al-Qaeda No. 1542 - April 13, 2007 Is it Legitimate to Use Nuclear Weapons Against the West? A Debate on An Islamist Forum No. 1538 - April 12, 2007 Islamist Websites Monitor No. 80 No. 1521 - March 30, 2007 Sunni Jihad Groups Rise Up Against Al-Qaeda in Iraq No. 336 - March 22, 2007 Al-Zawahiri Attacks Hamas for Signing Mecca Agreement On March 11, 2007, Al-Qaeda's media production company Al-Sahab released a 21- minute video by Al-Qaeda deputy Ayman Al-Zawahiri, in... March 17, 2007 The Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya Cessation of Violence: An Ideological Reversal No. 309 - December 22, 2006 Clashes Between Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iraqi Mujahideen Who are Not Members of Al-Qaeda or of Its Shura Council Today, October 13, 2006, an Islamic website posted a 17-minute video cassette showing a masked man called "Abu Osama Al-Iraqi" who... October 13, 2006 Chairman of Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism Kamal Nawash: American Muslim Organizations are Not Doing Enough to Fight Islamic Terrorism Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - Duration: 00:03:38 - July 18, 2005 Syrian Cleric Jawdat Said against Jihad Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - Duration: 00:01:53 - May 23, 2005 Saudi journalist Mashari Al-Dhayidi: We Export Youth As Suicide Bombers and Martyrs Everywhere Channel 1 (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:03:22 - March 14, 2005 Special Coverage of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad: Saudi Terrorist Plays with His Children Al-Ikhbariya TV (Saudi Arabia), Al-Ekhbariya (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:00:57 - February 5, 2005 Saudi Cleric Sheik Sa'd Al-Breik: Jihad is Justified in Iraq, Not in the U.S. Channel 1 (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:00:38 - January 27, 2005 Former Kuwaiti Minister Ahmad Al-Rube'i: Those Responsible for Extremist Fatwas Live in Luxury in the West LBC TV (Lebanon) - Duration: 00:00:40 - November 21, 2004 Special Coverage of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Conference and Jihad: Saudi Cleric Abikan: Jihad Fatwas Do Not Apply to Iraq MBC TV (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:02:22 - August 28, 2004 Former Tunisian Education Minister: We Don't Need Violent Jihad Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) - Duration: 00:02:05 - August 26, 2004 Legal Advisor to Saudi Justice Ministry Sheik Abiqan: What's Happening in Iraq Is Not Jihad at All MBC TV (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:02:09 - July 31, 2004 Saudi Sheik, Saleh Al-Sidlan: The Terrorists Distorted the Religion of Islam Channel 1 (Saudi Arabia) - Duration: 00:01:10 - June 23, 2004