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Spokesman for UK Islamic Extremist Group Praises Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as "Brilliant"

By Evan Kohlmann

Globalterroralert has obtained an original audio recording of a lecture given by "Abu Ratib", a spokesman for the radical British Al-Muhajiroun movement (a.k.a. "Ahlus Sunnah waal Jamaah"), led by Shaykh Omar Bakri Mohammed.  During his January 2005 speech, Abu Ratib celebrated Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as "brilliant" for his "attack on the Shia" and his recent written manifesto condemning the concept of democracy (which Abu Ratib described as "the most beautiful statement ever heard").  The Al-Muhajiroun spokesman also assured his audience that Zarqawi's "slogans and statements are all in adherence to the Quran... Glory be to Allah, this person is a man of Tawheed.  May Allah keep him as a true believer, and may he die as a true believer, and may Allah make him a martyr." 

Click to hear exclusive audio c/o Globalterroralert.com
See also: "A Web of Terror" - Journal of Counterterrorism

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