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Al Qaeda deputy criticises Muslims for not backing insurgencies
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DUBAI (AFP) — Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri criticised Muslims for failing to support Islamist insurgencies in Iraq and elsewhere in a new audiotape posted Tuesday on the Internet.

Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant also blasted Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas over their reported readiness to consider a peace deal with Israel.

"I call upon the Muslim nation to fear Allah's question (at judgement day) about its failure to support its brothers of the Mujahedeen (holy Warriors), and (urge it) not to withhold men and money, which is the mainstay of a war," he said.

He also used the two-and-a-half hour message to urge Muslims to join militant groups, mainly in Iraq, where he claimed that the insurgency against the Iraqi government and the US-led coalition forces is bearing fruit.

"I urge all Muslims to hurry to the battlefields of Jihad (holy war), especially in Iraq," Zawahiri said in the message, the second in a two-part series to answer about 100 questions put to him via online militant forums.

"The situation in Iraq heralds an imminent victory of Islam and the defeat of the Crusaders and those who stand under their flag," he said.

In his message, Zawahiri also called on the various jihadist groups operating in the country to unite behind the "more advanced" Al-Qaeda-backed "Islamic State of Iraq".

On Friday, Zawahiri commemorated the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq with a call to Muslims to make Iraq a "fortress of Islam".

Turning his ire on Hamas, he said the Palestinian group's reported willingness to hold a referendum on any peace deal with Israel flew in the face of Sharia, or Islamic, law.

"How can they put a matter that violates Sharia to a referendum?" he added.

Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Monday that Hamas told him it would recognise Israel's right to live in peace if a deal is reached and approved by a Palestinian vote.

Zawahiri also criticised Hamas for resorting to non-Sharia compliant measures, like elections.

"Those who claim to (plan) to implement Sharia through resorting to other than Sharia would be only fooling themselves," he said in an apparent reference to Hamas' participation in the Palestinian elections in January 2006 which swept Hamas to victory and prompted its boycott by the West.

Meanwhile, Zawahiri said that Lebanon will play a pivotal role in the Islamists' fight against the "Crusaders and Jews," calling upon Al-Qaeda followers in the country to prepare to fight Israel and UN forces.

"Lebanon is a Muslim frontline fort. It will have a pivotal role God willing in future battles with the Crusaders and the Jews," he said.

"I call upon the jihadist generation in Lebanon to prepare to reach Palestine, and to banish the invading Crusader forces which are claimed to be peace keeping forces in Lebanon," he said in reference to the UN forces delpoyed along the borders with Israel.

An Al-Qaeda-inspired Islamist group waged a 15-week battle against the military last year in northern Lebanon after it was holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

Almost 400 people were killed, including some 222 militants and 168 troops, in the fighting which ended after a military assault on September 2.

In the first message of the two-part series release early this month, Zawahiri launched a blistering attack on the United Nations calling it the enemy of Islam and Muslims.

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Lady, you and Imhotep are being disingenous . . . the phrase in contention is ABSENT from the "Traditional Catechetical Formula" on the right.
What you keep bleating about is a direct quote from Exodus . . . unfortunately you cant simply delete whatever u dont like from the bible since there are billions of copies in print but you can choose to pick and choose which parts of the commandments you want to follow which is exactly what the catholic church has done.

almondjoy:
May God continue to bless the souls of the dearly departed or soldiers who gave4give their lives to fight to keep us free in the world.

I'm growing sick of that particular phrase. Those men did not give their lives to "keep us free" . . . they are simply the victims of American misadventure. The US was never under threat from Saddam.

nwandolina:
let's see what happens in Pennsylvania tonight.
My obama will do it again

Not even Obama believes that. If he keeps the defeat within single digits he'll be fine.

some women are rogues. They'd be selling that ring on the black market faster than you can say "break up".

with time you get over them.

~Lady~:
Cgift, JeSoul, 4Him and others, this holier than thou attitude will only lead you to darkness. Olabowale, keep out of this discussion.

my dear, you cant keep avoiding the truth by labeling others as having a "holier than thou attitude".
Sorry, catholics are already in gross darkness when it comes to unbiblical heresies like the pope (vicarius filli dei) - a flagrant disobedience of commandments 1-3 in your own post, penance, purgatory . . . such as do not exist anywhere in the bible.

Continue having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof, we already know that of such we are to turn away.

olabowale:
@Cgift: Have the protestants faired better in what you accused mother Catholics? Afterall you worship more than One God. You created a graven image and picture of the so called partnership of God. Is your own condition, after you plagerised their Bible, minus 7 books.

Apologies but the above is puerile rubbish.

- Christians dont worship 3 Gods, that you cant wrap your mind around the concept of ONE GOD in three manifestations should not be an excuse for you to keep peddling this falsehood.

- What graven image did we create?

- Plagiarised whose bible? If we must pander accusations of plagiarism then NO ONE but the jews shld be reading the bible as the entire old testament was written by and for jews only.
Most of the new testament letters were written for jews and for jewish churches until Paul and other apostles started carrying the gospel to the gentiles.

tosinadeda:
don't av that one yet, when i doo i will upload

thanks, its playing on my ipod atm. You can get his tracks off limewire.

olabowale:
In other words, from the arguments presented so far above, we see that the Children of Israel have not lived up to the Commandments of God who specifically chosen them and brought them out of great trials in Egypt and on to safety.

alhaji:
1. It is up to God AND NOT YOU to judge the Jews.
2. The jews are not catholic, so how do the arguments presented above concern them? Their torah has the complete commandments so of what purpose is your statement?

olabowale:
Please can such a people still continue to be the chosen

Sorry, but the covenant God has with the jews is an everlasting covenant. It cannot be broken neither will you succeed in smuggling arabs into it. It is this kind of mindset that is driving the current middle east problems today. Mu'slims feel they shld be the ones to succeed the jews by force in the Holy Land God gave to Isaac and his descendants forever.

Apologies, it aint going to happen. Let Al'lah choose mu'slims if he wants, no point struggling desperately to force urselves into the commandments and covenant of Jehova.

the health ministry cannot walk into houses and vaccinate children by force especially if the state governments of those states are the ones in the forefront of the fight to promote illiteracy and ignorance on the altar of religion.

Cadet:
It's ok,baby. I am givng you a hug now

awwwww u're so sweet.  

wendymanda:
Good night you'll I have to go do work now. It was fun while it almost lasted.

next time allow a guy to show a little bit of interest first before u put urself on the line.

StephenP:
As bad as I feel disrupting this Cinderella story, I know I have to clear this up before it is blown out of proportion. It is hard because both are beautiful intelligent women, but Rebellious is the one that has captivated me right now.

not cool. better said privately dude.

wendymanda:
Oh so this is what falling head over heels is like. Somewhat scary if you ask maybe. Maybe its the unexpected nature of the whole thing.

it happens. Hope this turns out good for you both.

@ J-girl, my exact point too.

The Sly:
Thoughts by a naijaman. . . . since December . . .
This is April and still nothing up there?

i'm sorry SLY, been putting off kickstarting the blog again but i promise this weekend. pele hmm  

Cadet:
oh gosh, David, don't bring religion into this na.

i appologize.  

wendymanda:
Thanks but I also don't want to be a home wrecker in the sense that he professed his love for Rebellious and she might actually like him.

they aint married so technically he can still change his mind. if you know how to play ur cards well that is, rebellious already has a good headstart.

wendymanda:
At least he doesn't have braids. I mean since some Nigerian tribes have tattoos it can't be all that bad. Also girls pierce and I don't think there is anywhere in the bible where it denounces men piercing there ears. And he looks sooooooooo cuuuuuuute with it too.

Actually there is, in the old testament hebrew slaves were distinguished by ear rings.

Cadet:
Yes! But guess who's badder ?

someone i'm yet to meet?  

wendymanda, u know what? I like you for a reason, you saw what you wanted and went straight for it . . .
i just hope you fellas are ringing each other at this moment.

StephenP is a bad guy!

wendymanda:
I don't want to seem too pushy

forget about being pushy, the guy apparently also likes you. Oya steve hook up with a lady.

StephenP is at a crossroads, Rebellious is actually very cute and i dont blame him.

Cadet:
make me. Come and read with me and I promise to stay all night reading

i'll be right there . . .

wendymanda:
Explain further. Divulge chasing information por favor. I know you probably think this is a joke but it kinnda is not.

then do the right thing, hook up on phone or smth asap before stephenP picks somebody else. You gotta be proactive.

Siena:
No, David. Smart Nigerians who want to remain alive!

i dont blame them.

wendymanda:
_{Yes I don't know what to do next he really likes Rebellious and I think his cute. You think his cute too right?}

come, use a bit more style to chase this guy.

@ cadet, oya go and read.

Big B1:
He absolutely did his thing as usual without any questions, but he did not accept or acknowledge the invitation of the Mu slim society in United States.

He didnt have to. I personally i'm of the oppinion it is high time world leaders stopped lending some form of legitimacy to covertly intolerant "mu slim societies".

Big B1:
I thought as a divine entity, one should see all equally regardless of the skin color, class, belief, politics or state of mind. So, what happened?

I thought as a "divine" land mecca should see all equally regardless of skin color, class, belief, politics or state of mind. so, what happened?

Big B1:
Moreover, Pope in the past has also delivered many speeches in which he clearly promoted peace and unity. I thought accepting the invitation would have been the greatest opportunity to sincerely, publicly and physically endorse peace and unity for all mankind.

my dear say something else. We are fed up of intolerant groups always agitating that the other MUST necessarily be the one to "sincerely, publicly and physically endorse peace and unity for all mankind".
Mu slim nations practice the most virulent form of intolerance of christians and jews, they are silent in the face of terrorism, silently participate in the disaster that is darfur and YET are the fastest to ask others to endorse peace. How about those leaders of urs endorse peace for once.

Big B1:
I thought it would have been very effectively, extremely magnificent and also touched many lives if he had spared few minutes to meet with this group of people.

It would merely have massaged the egos of those whose stock in trade is religious hypocrisy.

Big B1:
I believe in action much more than mere speech;

me too. I have been waiting in vain for the "tolerance and peace" these mu slim societies profess to preach.

Big B1:
and I truly believe that acknowledging the invitation by pope would have embraced peace in general and brought a new dimension to the way folks see things and treat one another in regard to religion and faith.

Even if the pope moves his home to the doorsteps of your mosque, religious crisis will still continue in Kano and christians will still be refused the right to carry their bibles to riyadh.

Big B1:
It is never a good feeling to be ignored, afterall God created all!

Tell that to the saudis, syrians, gazans, iranians . . . you people know how to tell others what to do.

Big B1:
The benefit of meeting with couple of Mu slim professors and students (in a well controlled environment) by the Pope would have brought enormous peace and relief to this world.

this is decietful.

what a waste of a really cute chic. 35 and unmarried?

aladunni see a doc, your kidneys or liver might need looking into.

Ogun state . . . the state where brains are born.