Anwar al-Awlaki killed in Yemen

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Includes lives of the prophets too,
Misses some of his interviews etc, still - the most comprehensive works I've found.
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format_quote Originally Posted by Souljette

But has it been confirmed?

I read somewhere his brother said it wasn't true. My sister is good friends with his sister, but I've yet to get hold of her. I wish it isn't true. Despite all the bull**** that is stacked up against him he is one of the few to speak the truth without fear.

format_quote Originally Posted by ßlµêßêll

I don't really care about half of the so-called scholars out there who think monarchies are OK and to rebel against tyrant regimes renders you a non-Muslim.. there comes a time in ones life when one has to put their head to work for them instead of being led around like sheep by enemies inside and out!

As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):

A statement we can finally agree.

On Al-Fida' Forum

What the brother's from Yemen are saying:

May Allah bless you my noble brothers. The news is true. We say, may Allah have mercy on our sheikh and our beloved, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was killed this morning in the area between al-Jawf and Marib in a Hilux 2005 vehicle, along with six people accompanying him.

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We consider him as a martyr and we ask mercy for all the mercy who fell with him in this raid, which was carried out by a plane that monitored the movements of Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki for three days, according to what was told by local residents close to the incident.

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Peace be upon you my dear brother. By Allah, I am from Yemen. Allah is witness that this news came upon us like a thunderbolt, but we consider him a martyr, because he was martyred along with another person, an American citizen of Pakistani origin who specialized in programming. The news was confirmed to me, and I apologize for the delay, because I was praying.

As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):


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يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُونُواْ قَوَّامِينَ لِلّهِ شُهَدَاء بِالْقِسْطِ وَلاَ يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَى أَلاَّ تَعْدِلُواْ اعْدِلُواْ هُوَ أَقْرَبُ لِلتَّقْوَى وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ إِنَّ اللّهَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ (5:8)
Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo koonoo qawwameena lillahi shuhadaa bialqisti wala yajrimannakum shanaanu qawmin
AAala alla taAAdiloo iAAdiloo huwa aqrabu lilttaqwa waittaqoo Allaha inna Allaha khabeerun bima taAAmaloona



5:8 (Y. Ali) O ye who believe! stand out firmly for Allah, as witnesses to fair dealing, and let not the hatred
of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to piety: and fear Allah.
For Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.
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The same brush that is used to paint the obvious indiscretions and failings of the West should be
applied to our corrupt governments who accept billions from the West and squander and pillage
these funds, brutalize and kill our people. The Arab Spring could have used many of our opinionated
forum members.

Anwar al-Awlaki was born, raised and educated in the United States. His families country
of origin is Yemen which anyone with a sane mind knows is corrupt, despot and
lackey of the West.

The practicing Muslims should present the same zeal displayed in this forum
to promote Allah word as superior as they appear to do with those who Allah has
created.

Be careful of promoting men instead of the word of Allah. That is a form of
Shirk.

An-Nisa (The Women)

إِنَّ اللّهَ لاَ يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَن يَشَاء وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلاَلاً بَعِيدًا (4:116)
Inna Allaha la yaghfiru an yushraka bihi wayaghfiru ma doona thalika liman yashao waman yushrik biAllahi faqad dalla dalalan baAAeedan

4:116 (Y. Ali) Allah forgiveth not (The sin of) joining other gods with Him; but He forgiveth whom He pleaseth other sins than this: one who joins other gods with Allah, Hath strayed far, far away (from the right).

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Reread our post and ayat. We are witnesses even it is against ourselves to justice. We
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Reviewing our posts on supporting the rights Allah has
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Our voice against tribal and cultural indoctrination usually
offends those who continue to neglect their own country
of origin corrupt regimes.

For anyone who's interested, here are Yasir Qadhi's thoughts regarding Awlaki's assassination:

An Illegal and Counterproductive Assassination
By YASIR QADHI
Yasir Qadhi, an American Muslim cleric, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale. He blogs at muslimmatters.org.

New Haven

ANWAR AL-AWLAKI, the Yemeni-American cleric who was killed Friday in a C.I.A. drone attack in Yemen, appears to be the first United States citizen that our government has publicly targeted for assassination.

The accusations against him were very serious, but as a citizen, he deserved a fair trial and the chance to face his accusers in a court of law. Whether he deserved any punishment for his speech was a decision that a jury should have made, not the executive branch of our government. The killing of this American citizen is not only unconstitutional, but hypocritical and counterproductive.

The assassination is unconstitutional because the Fifth Amendment specifies that no person may “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” A group of policy makers unilaterally deciding that a particular citizen needs to be targeted is, by no stretch of the imagination, due process.

The assassination is hypocritical because America routinely criticizes (and justifiably so) such extrajudicial assassinations when they occur at the hands of another government. We most certainly don’t approve the regimes of Syria or Iran eliminating those whom they deem to be traitors. In fact, Al Qaeda’s own justifications for murder stem from the notion that its members are qualified to be the judge, jury and executioner of those whom they view as enemies. America’s moral authority is undermined if we criticize in others what we do ourselves. It only reinforces the stereotype that the United States has very little concern for its own principles. Even Nazi war criminals got their day in court, at Nuremburg.

It is ironic to note that those who have actually attempted terrorist attacks on American soil and been caught were read their Miranda rights and went to trial, even though some were not United States citizens. Yet Mr. Awlaki, who has never been accused of himself directly attempting an attack, was not given this chance.

Lastly, the assassination is counterproductive because it feeds into the martyr mythology that makes Al Qaeda’s narrative so different from that of most other terrorist groups.

If our policy makers studied history, they would realize that Sayyid Qutb, a founder of radical Islam, while popular in his life, only achieved his legendary status after the Nasser regime in Egypt had him executed, in 1966. Instantly, his books became (and remain) best sellers. Killing people doesn’t make their ideas go away.

Mr. Awlaki was born in New Mexico in 1971 while his father was pursuing graduate studies. Though his parents returned to Yemen when he was seven, he later returned to the United States to pursue degrees in engineering and education. Eventually, he became an imam, or leader, of a mosque in California and later in Virginia. During these years, it is alleged that he met multiple times with at least three of the 9/11 hijackers. But for many American Muslims, he was only known for one thing: the telling of stories from the Koran. He lectured about the lives of the prophets of God, drawing from traditional Islamic sources (and sometimes even Biblical ones).

His captivating lecture style and copious quotations from classical sources made him extremely popular, especially among American Muslim youth. During these pre-9/11 years, these lectures, still available online, became some of the hottest-selling items at some Islamic conferences across America. At this stage, he was not publicly associated with any radical views. However, after 9/11, he adopted a more adversarial and anti-American tone, eventually moving back to Yemen. He was jailed for two years (and rumored to have been tortured).

It was only after his release that he publicly began supporting Al Qaeda and issuing messages calling for attacks upon the United States. It was alleged that he came into contact with or inspired a number of people to attempt terrorist activities: Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 killings in Fort Hood, Tex.; Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalib, accused of trying to set off a bomb hidden in his underwear on a 2009 flight to Detroit; and Faisal Shahzad, who tried to blow up a car in Times Square last year.

Mr. Awlaki’s ideas were dangerous. His message that one cannot be a good Muslim and an American at the same time was insulting to nearly all American Muslims. His views about the permissibility of killing Americans indiscriminately were completely at odds with those of mainstream Muslim clerics around the world. He needed to be refuted. And that is why many people, myself included, were extremely vocal in doing just that.

Mr. Awlaki needed to be challenged, not assassinated. By killing him, America has once again blurred the lines between its own tactics and the tactics of its enemies. In silencing Mr. Awlaki’s voice, not only did America fail to live up to its ideals, but it gave Mr. Awlaki’s dangerous message a life and power of its own. And these two facts make the job of refuting that message now even more difficult.

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Source

format_quote Originally Posted by Tyrion

Here are Yasir Qadhi's thoughts regarding Awlaki's assassination.

The U.S is a lawless *****, but let's face it, they couldn't have done it without the aid of Saleh & that's precisely why he went back to Yemen after that exit.. They want him & he thinks they'll save him. Well Al'Awlaki comes from a pretty powerful & influential tribe & the folks are already sick of that SOB..
my predictions are:
1- U.S will pursue a war with Pakistan! (Afghanistan & Pakistan) house the largest number of hafiths & that by their standards is the worst thing ever
2- Tea party nutters will probably & in all likelihood win the election.
3- Israel will become a super power instead of the U.S
4- the dollar value will continue to sink
5- Egypt will have a secular democracy per U.S wishes but it will fail miserably, then Islam will come back with vengeance the camp David treaty will be burned & Egypt will with the Palestinians liberate Palestine Insha'Allah..
6- Alot of blood shed of innocent people at the hands of their rulers..
7- China, Iran & Russia with Putin will unite against the U.S & her poodles (I don't know the outcome of that) because both teams are like the Gog & Magog of our generation..

this is just my opinion for the next couple of years from what I am seeing of current events..

I forgot to make dua for the other Muslims who died along with Awlaki. I already made dua for Awlaki , so now I want to make dua for the other Muslims who died with him.

May Allah (SWT) forgive Anwar al-Awlaki and the other Muslims who died with Awlaki, ameen! May Allah (SWT) protect them from the torment of the grave and from the torment of the Fire, ameen! May Allah (SWT) grant them jannah al firdous, ameen! May Allah (SWT) forgive all the Muslims, ameen!

May Allah (SWT) protect us all from the Torment of the Grave and from the torment of the fire.

Indeed, the punishments of Allah (SWT) is more severe than any pain and punishment we experience in this life. May Allah (SWT) guide us all, ameen!

format_quote Originally Posted by Tyrion

For anyone who's interested, here are Yasir Qadhi's thoughts regarding Awlaki's assassination:

An Illegal and Counterproductive Assassination
By YASIR QADHI
Yasir Qadhi, an American Muslim cleric, is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale. He blogs at muslimmatters.org.

New Haven

ANWAR AL-AWLAKI, the Yemeni-American cleric who was killed Friday in a C.I.A. drone attack in Yemen, appears to be the first United States citizen that our government has publicly targeted for assassination.

The accusations against him were very serious, but as a citizen, he deserved a fair trial and the chance to face his accusers in a court of law. Whether he deserved any punishment for his speech was a decision that a jury should have made, not the executive branch of our government. The killing of this American citizen is not only unconstitutional, but hypocritical and counterproductive.

The assassination is unconstitutional because the Fifth Amendment specifies that no person may “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” A group of policy makers unilaterally deciding that a particular citizen needs to be targeted is, by no stretch of the imagination, due process.

The assassination is hypocritical because America routinely criticizes (and justifiably so) such extrajudicial assassinations when they occur at the hands of another government. We most certainly don’t approve the regimes of Syria or Iran eliminating those whom they deem to be traitors. In fact, Al Qaeda’s own justifications for murder stem from the notion that its members are qualified to be the judge, jury and executioner of those whom they view as enemies. America’s moral authority is undermined if we criticize in others what we do ourselves. It only reinforces the stereotype that the United States has very little concern for its own principles. Even Nazi war criminals got their day in court, at Nuremburg.

It is ironic to note that those who have actually attempted terrorist attacks on American soil and been caught were read their Miranda rights and went to trial, even though some were not United States citizens. Yet Mr. Awlaki, who has never been accused of himself directly attempting an attack, was not given this chance.

Lastly, the assassination is counterproductive because it feeds into the martyr mythology that makes Al Qaeda’s narrative so different from that of most other terrorist groups.

If our policy makers studied history, they would realize that Sayyid Qutb, a founder of radical Islam, while popular in his life, only achieved his legendary status after the Nasser regime in Egypt had him executed, in 1966. Instantly, his books became (and remain) best sellers. Killing people doesn’t make their ideas go away.

Mr. Awlaki was born in New Mexico in 1971 while his father was pursuing graduate studies. Though his parents returned to Yemen when he was seven, he later returned to the United States to pursue degrees in engineering and education. Eventually, he became an imam, or leader, of a mosque in California and later in Virginia. During these years, it is alleged that he met multiple times with at least three of the 9/11 hijackers. But for many American Muslims, he was only known for one thing: the telling of stories from the Koran. He lectured about the lives of the prophets of God, drawing from traditional Islamic sources (and sometimes even Biblical ones).

His captivating lecture style and copious quotations from classical sources made him extremely popular, especially among American Muslim youth. During these pre-9/11 years, these lectures, still available online, became some of the hottest-selling items at some Islamic conferences across America. At this stage, he was not publicly associated with any radical views. However, after 9/11, he adopted a more adversarial and anti-American tone, eventually moving back to Yemen. He was jailed for two years (and rumored to have been tortured).

It was only after his release that he publicly began supporting Al Qaeda and issuing messages calling for attacks upon the United States. It was alleged that he came into contact with or inspired a number of people to attempt terrorist activities: Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 killings in Fort Hood, Tex.; Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalib, accused of trying to set off a bomb hidden in his underwear on a 2009 flight to Detroit; and Faisal Shahzad, who tried to blow up a car in Times Square last year.

Mr. Awlaki’s ideas were dangerous. His message that one cannot be a good Muslim and an American at the same time was insulting to nearly all American Muslims. His views about the permissibility of killing Americans indiscriminately were completely at odds with those of mainstream Muslim clerics around the world. He needed to be refuted. And that is why many people, myself included, were extremely vocal in doing just that.

Mr. Awlaki needed to be challenged, not assassinated. By killing him, America has once again blurred the lines between its own tactics and the tactics of its enemies. In silencing Mr. Awlaki’s voice, not only did America fail to live up to its ideals, but it gave Mr. Awlaki’s dangerous message a life and power of its own. And these two facts make the job of refuting that message now even more difficult.

__________

Source

Salaam

Realy good article.

peace

good?

i used to listen to some of yasir qadhi's speeches - but now believe he's another of their tamed pets.

he made it look like the u.s government and it's terrorist accomplices are the gods of the world with the moral authority to judge people.
and that people who said tit-for-tat (although i believe mistakenly) were in comparison a lot worse - if not the only criminals - simply because they were Muslim.

he believes the murderous us government and it's stooges have the morality to give someone a fair trial?
i pray Allah has saved the Imam from this evil fitnah.

maybe he's not aware that people are being harassed just for being or looking Muslim - and this is being encouraged.

Imam Awlaki himself didn't like the idea of killing "innocents" even in retaliation - before they unjustly imprisoned him,
psychologically tortured him and made him give up any lurking hope that America could be redeemed.
and even then - he kept it in context and mentioned the crimes which were millions of times worse,
and he made clear that there were reasons for this resentment - despite it being misguided resentment.

before unjust imprisonment:


regardless of whether he's wrong on that issue - the us government is a million times more wrong - if we are to condemn anyone i believe we condemn them in context - just as the brother did. not like boot-licker Qadhi did

what kind of image did Qadhi give of Islam - anyone who hasn't looked beneath the surface on this topic would take it to understand that the u.s's war isn't against Islam, and that any resistance - lawful or not - is wrong.

and do you know how many hate filled posts i see on youtube and other sites about Islam, when someone puts up a video of dead palestinian children - some haters come and say: terrorists children deserve it, bomb mecca, nuke mecca, kill all goat**** muslims, f**k iraqis, ****Allah, ****Muhammad etc?
do you know we'd be branded terrorists for saying stuff like that on the other coin?

and if you still need proof that the u.s government is engaged in a war against Islam - just read the newspapers or go to a news site -
they claimed that by killing him they had scored a triumph in their fight against "Islamic militancy",
no - not against atheist militancy, not against zionist militancy, not against illegal u.s militancy in Iraq, not against chinese or indian or russian or european militancy - but against Islamic militancy.
thereby proving that they disdain the idea of Muslims having a nation based on faith, is this not a war against Islam.
and Qadhi goes along with it? when did he last say that the people of the world should murder the zionists for having a military?

here's what brother Awlaki went through and i'm now quite glad that Allah saved him from the fitnah of this boot-licking generation of "scholars" (wolves in sheep's clothing). just like Allah raised Isa (pbuh) from another generation of Roman boot-licking rabbis. it was only after that that the Khilafat was taken from the Jews.
i just hope his family are given steadfastness and ease in this life and in the next.

notice the slurred speech - characteristic of one who has been either drugged - or is struggling with sleep.

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments;

and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

Revelation 3:4

and regarding the non-combatant thing - although i believe people should try to discriminate a little more between those who they have a duty to share guidance with and those who are killing their brothers and sisters - it is very difficult to do so when one suffers injustice at the hands of tyrants while the ones hiring them sing and dance - imagine your parents were killed by some murderers - how would you feel? would you feel rational? do you even know?

and it wasn't the Imam who said this first ....................... it was bush.
you are either with us, or your with the terrorists.

well i think many made a decision then and there - and when it turned out that Amerika is the terrorist - they continued in that decision, they just sat in the same place and flipped the board around.

here's what someone on infowars just said:

patrick gragg says:
October 1, 2011 at 2:40 pm
An unconfirmed source tells ABC news …………………………………
The official spoke on condition of remaining anonamous………………………….
He was heavily armed but “submitted … without incident or resistance,” the force said. It did not detail how they had identified Khan……………………………………………
“This is a blow for the Haqqanis,” the Pakistani official said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media………………………………………..
Khaddaffi Rebels unconfirmed reports they are close to capturing or killing Khaddaffi………………………..
unconfirmed sources inside the Pentagon say……………………..
Unable to independently confirm the following………………………………………….
HEY, ANYBODY ELSE STARTING TO SEE A PATTERN WITH ALL THESE REPORTS?
the MSM just take the word of whoever they want to win the conflict and pass it off as the gospel,lying ba$tards,
BUT
What is worse, most American homes believe Dan Rather, inc. et al, like they were the local church pastor or something!
A NATION VOTES FOR WHAT IT DESERVES!
IN 1973,YOU BELIEVED THE LIE THAT A FETUS WAS JUST A HUNK OF FLESH TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED AT THE WHIM AND WILL OF ITS MOTHER.
666 MILLION AMERICANS DEAD SINCE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
(THROUGH THEIR SUPREME COURT) LEGALIZED BABY MURDER.
DOES THAT BOTHER ANY OF YOU SMILEY FACE WAR PROTESTERS AT ALL?
YOU HAVE BEEN COMMITTING A NINE ELEVEN ON YOURSELVES EVERY DAY SINCE ROE V. WADE,3000+ BABIES EVERY DAY,MURDERED AND THROWN AWAY IN A DUMPSTER
9/11/2001 WAS JUST A DOUBLE DOSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED EVERY DAY OF EVERY YEAR,FOR 38 YEARS IN YOUR ABORTION MILLS!
EVERYONE INSIDE THE BORDERS OF AMERICA IS GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER WITH TAX DOLLARS ON A DAILY BASIS FOR ALMOST 4 DECADES,
AND YOU WONDER WHY WE HAVE THE SELECTION OF “LEADERS” THAT WE DO,SHEESH!
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^^ i don't think Qadhi has any Adhab before God for his "embarrasing" comments, calling a respected scholar who at least spoke out against real terrorism and mass genocide - a terrorist, and i believe you do better on the puzzles and humour threads.
i've given up worrying about being ashamed to speak the truth for a while now - as the kuffar made me realize that they'd persecute me anyway.,
so don't entertain the mis-conception that i am blushing......................

If you're not ready to die for it, take the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary.

• Chicago Defender (28 November 1962) Attributed to Brother Malik El Shabbaz - Malcolm X

how about i say:
we can't kill all kuffar - so we must win as many hearts and minds as we can.................

what do you think would be on the papers the next day if i said that in public or within earshot of a fox news reporter?

"radical extremist fundamentalist islamist muslim wants to kill all non-muslims - but benevolently chooses to win as many hearts and minds as possible while fighting".



but maybe Qadhi will say "he's only talking about the violent ones" - well so am i