Quranet- Dhimmi Israeli ‘bridge’ to Islamist Jihad
by Jerry Gordon, The Iconoclast, May 28, 2008
Witness these tidbits from the Foreign Ministry promotional piece on Quranet: * Quranet transforms the Quran into a unique and useful educational tool for parents and teachers, and thereby renders the beneficial power of the Quran widely accessible.
* Quranet interweaves the Quran, in unprecedented fashion, with modern educational approach, thereby helping the Islamic world and the West to understand each other.
* Quranet reveals the beauty of the Quran and its respect for human dignity, thereby providing a resounding response to warped exploitation of the Quran for the justification of terror.
* Since many issues are common to Islamic and Western culture, we aspire to develop Quranet into a social network in various languages, and create communities with shared interests, thus establishing a bidirectional bridge between the two cultures.
Bat Ye’or will surely have some choice words to say about this latest dhimmi excess by Israelis who should know better. But then note that a professor of developmental psychology at Ben Gurion University, together with Bedouin graduate students created this ‘dhimmi’ bridge, Quranet. Beduoins are loyal citizens of Israel and have served in the IDF. I have met one who is the deputy regional consul for Israel in San Francisco at a conference in New York back in late 2006. I have no brief or grief against them. In fact I laud their valor. Rather it is Israeli Arabs in the north of Israel who support the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement -a group of Hamas Wannabes – who concern me more. They offer unstinting vocal support for ‘land day” and ‘el Nakba’ catastrophe commemorations on Israel’s birthday. They are patently disloyal citizens as they do not recognize the existence of the State of Israel.
Quranet in Israel simply perpetuates the Islam as a ‘religion of peace syndrome’ while not recognizing the law of abrogation in the final Qu’ran verses that make earlier allegedly tolerant verses null and void and turned Jews into targets of Jihad. A fact that may not dawn on the Israeli Ben Gurion U professor and his Bedouin grad students and the ‘three distinguished sheiks’ who are obviously thrilled about the launch of Quranet.
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From an encyclopedia of poisons posted on the forum Mawqi’ Al-Muhajir Al-Islami (34)
In recent years jihadist organizations have been using the Internet for purposes of indoctrination, propaganda, recruitment, and maintaining morale among the mujahideen. In addition, Internet forums provide venues not only for sharing views, but for exchanging information that serves the operative needs of the mujahideen, such as guidance in guerilla warfare techniques, and information on manufacturing and using explosives, weapons, and poisons Such information is often posted in special Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad (Equipment and Preparation)(1) sections of numerous jihadist forums, including Shabakat Al-Firdaws Al-Jihadiyya (www.al-firdaws.org),(2) Shabakat Al-Ma’arik Al-Salafiyya (http://www.m3ark.com),(3) Shabakat Al-Mujahideen Al-Elektroniyya (www.majahden.com),(4) Shabakat Shumoukh Al-Islam (www.shmo5alislam.net),(5) Minbar Al-Battar Al-I’lami (www.albatar.1talk.net),(6) Mawqi’ Al-Muhajir Al-Islami (www.asia.geocities.com/mohajerlb),(7) and others.(8)
In addition to postings dealing with weapons and warfare, Al-’Udda Wal-’Idad sections also include messages on a wide range of other topics relevant to terrorist activity, from forging documents to techniques for withstanding interrogation. Most of the material is translated into Arabic from non-Arabic sources It should be noted that Islamist sites without an Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad section also present military information of this type, on other sections of their sites. The following message, posted on Al-Firdaws by a member calling himself Al-Battar, shows the importance forum members attribute to the content on the Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad sections: “…Looking through several threads on this forum and on others, I discovered that the young [members] write about various topics without knowing anything [about them]… [So] it is your sacred duty to convey [information about] them to our brothers the mujahideen…
“[The Koran says:] ‘And prepare against them what force you can and horses harnessed for battle, to strike terror into [the hearts of] the enemies of Allah and your enemies and others besides them, whom you do not know (but) Allah knows them [Koran 8:60].’
“Therefore, we must attain [the technological level] that the West has attained.”
“Allah’s Messenger, peace and prayers be upon him, interpreted the word ‘force’ in this verse to mean ‘shooting’… So ‘force’ refers to shooting (arrows, catapults, guns, pistols, cannon, or rockets of various types). Of all these weapons, we [should] use the ones that inspire the most fear, as mentioned in the verse. In other words, if today there are advanced weapons, which cause more damage [than the weapons of the Prophet's day], we [must] be prepared to obtain and [use] them, even if the only way to obtain them is to learn how to make them [ourselves]…
“Therefore, we must attain [the technological level] that the West has attained, and not [by starting from the point] where the West began [i.e. from a pre-technological level] – …because that would be a waste of time, money, and effort… Let no one say that [the West] has many abilities that we lack… [Only] the lazy and the weak [among us] expect the resources to be handed to them on a silver platter…”(9)
Topics Discussed on Al-’udda Wal-’dad Sections
A review of 50 messages on the Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad section of the Shabakat Al-Mujahideen Al-Elektroniyya forum (www.majahden.com) indicated that 17 postings (34%) dealt with the manufacture of rockets, bombs, mines, and mortars; five postings (10%) contained instructions for using small arms such as assault rifles, sniper guns, and handguns; and three postings (6%) dealt with survival skills and with battle tactics and strategy. The remaining 25 messages (50%) contained links to online encyclopedias of weapons and warfare, and addressed a wide range of subjects, from poisons to secure communication techniques and information on the armies of Western countries.
A crucial point is that the Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad sections are not merely archives of content on military topics, but are used as a virtual meeting place where the jihad fighters exchange information and obtain advice that is relevant to their ongoing terrorist activities.
Following are excerpts from discussions on Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad sections, organized by topic.
. Poison
Lastly, the Al-’Udda Wal-I’dad sections also contain information on preparing various poisons from readily available materials. For example, on January 5, 2008, a member on the Al-Firdaws forum suggested to mixing cyanide into face cream and then trying the mixture on a rabbit.(32) Another member asked whether any type of cream would be suitable, and a third supplied detailed instructions:
“…Go to stores that sell poison and ask for cyanide. It is very cheap. Then go to the supermarket and look for moisturizing cream. Make sure it’s the kind of cream that opens up the pores of the skin quickly and efficiently. When you have both [ingredients], do the following:
“1. Take a small spoonful of cyanide.
“2. Take some cream and mix it with the cyanide.
“Be careful! Cyanide is very strong and acts very quickly… [At that point] you might ask yourself: ‘Can these two components [i.e. the cream and the cyanide] kill a man?’ I tell you, brother, [in order to find out] you need a rabbit, because a rabbit’s blood pressure is similar to that of a human being… Using scissors, shave some of the rabbit’s fur to expose its skin, and then apply some of the cyanide cream you prepared. Wait 3-5 seconds. If [the rabbit] does not die, your poison is not enough, since it does not act rapidly enough. Gradually add poison to the mixture until you obtain the desired effect. Make sure to get two or three rabbits, and do not consider [using] a different animal, since, as I already said, rabbits have a blood pressure similar to that of humans.
“3. How to expose one of Allah’s enemies to the poison:
“Place the poison in a small bottle and lie in wait for a vehicle [driven by] enemies of Allah, preferably by Americans. Put some poison on the vehicle door, and especially… on the handle. Don’t do this casually, but in a professional manner, [using] cotton wool and protecting your hands with gloves… Put poison on the inside and outside [of the door handle], so that as much poison as possible gets on the fingers of the enemy of Allah.”(33)