CAIRO, Egypt, Sept. 15, 2007
Al Qaeda: $100G To Kill Swedish Cartoonist
Al Qaeda In Iraq Leader Says Lars Vilks Should Die For Producing Images Offensive To Islam
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Pakistani protesters shout anti-Swedish slogans during a protest in Lahore, August 31, 2007. Pakistan said it had summoned a Swedish diplomat to its foreign ministry on August 30 to protest against a 'blasphemous' cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the Prophet Mohammed. The drawing, showing Mohammed's head on the body of a dog, was drawn by Swedish artist Lars Vilks and published in Nerikes Allehanda newspaper in Oerebro on August 18. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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Photo Essay Riots In Pakistan Images of the rioting that has swept through Pakistan - and the Muslim world - to protest a cartoon in a Danish newspaper.
In a half hour audio file entitled "They plotted yet God too was plotting," Abu Omar al-Baghdadi also named the other insurgent groups in Iraq that al Qaeda was fighting and promised new attacks, particular against the minority Yazidi sect.
"We are calling for the assassination of cartoonist Lars Vilks who dared insult our Prophet, peace be upon him, and we announce a reward during this generous month of Ramadan of $100,000 for the one who kills this criminal," the transcript on the Web site said.
Al-Baghdadi, who leads the al Qaeda front group the Islamic State in Iraq, also promised a new campaign of attacks dedicated to his predecessor during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that has traditionally witnessed an increase in violence in the war torn country.
"I am honored to announce the invasion of the martyr Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the beginning of Ramadan," he said.
The al Qaeda leader upped the reward for Vilks' death to $150,000 if he was "slaughtered like a lamb" and offered $50,000 for the head of the editor of Nerikes Allehanda, the Swedish paper that printed Vilks' cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body on Aug. 19.
Most of al-Baghdadi's message, however, focused on the situation in Iraq and he reserved special ire for the Muslim Brotherhood, the organization behind the country's largest Sunni political party, the Islamic Party in Iraq.
He accused the organization of working with U.S. forces to combat al Qaeda militants, especially in Diyala province, northeast of the capital Baghdad.
"Our honorable nation should recognize that the Muslim Brotherhood in Iraq, and the Islamic party at the top of it, are practicing today the most heinous campaign to erase the religion from Iraq," said al-Baghdadi.
He also criticized nationalist insurgent groups, such as the 1920 Revolution Brigades and Hamas of Iraq, accusing them of working with the Iraqi security forces.
The message confirms statements by U.S. commanders that not only are Iraqi tribes taking on al Qaeda, but also other insurgent groups that once fought coalition forces and the government, resulting in new successes in the struggle against the militant organization.
Al-Baghdadi also singled out Iraq's tiny Yazidi minority, followers of an ancient sect living in the north of the country that are considered devil-worshippers by extremist Muslims and were targeted last month by car bombs in the most devastating attack on civilians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, linking it to the stoning death of a young Yazidi woman who converted to Islam in an attempt to elope with a Muslim boyfriend.
"I swear to God either they hand in those who killed you or we will annihilate their greenery, uproot them and expel them from the land of Iraq," he said. "We will continue waging attacks against them until their great devil announces his acceptance and that he doesn't object to the conversion of any Yazidi to Islam"
For his part, the cartoonist Vilks said from Sweden that he believed the matter of his cartoons had been blown out of proportion.
"We have a real problem here," Vilks told The Associated Press over the telephone. "We can only hope that Muslims in Europe and in the Western world choose to distance themselves from this and support the idea of freedom of expression."
Ulf Johansson, editor-in-chief of Nerikes Allehanda, said he took the bounty "more seriously" than other threats he had received. "This is more explicit. It's not every day somebody puts a price on your head."
Johansson said he had contacted the police and that they had already started work on the threat.
Aside from a few scattered protests and condemnations by Muslim countries, the reaction to the cartoon has been muted, in contrast to the violent demonstrations accompanying similar images in a Danish paper last year.
In an attempt to defuse the tensions caused by the cartoon in both Sweden and abroad, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt last week invited 22 Sweden-based ambassadors from Muslim countries to talk about the sketch.
Reinfeldt expressed regret at the hurt it may have caused, but said that according to Swedish law it is not up to politicians to punish the free press.
Al-Baghdadi added in his message that if the "crusader state of Sweden" didn't apologize, his organization would also attack major companies.
"We know how to force you to retreat and apologize and if you don't, wait for us to strike the economy of your giant companies including Ericsson, Scania, Volvo, Ikea, and Electrolux," he said.
Al Qaeda in Iraq in the past has carried out operations in Jordan and may have links to militant groups in Lebanon, but is not known to have any kind of presence in Europe.
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See all 82 Commentsdnc are like john adams and want to give the jihadist their lunch money hoping they will leave us alone....
gop are like thomas jefferson and want to spend their lunch money on weapons and go kick the jihadists in their arses.....
What Thomas Jefferson learned from the Muslim book of jihad
Thomas Jefferson knew about fascist nazi islam..... he killed plenty of them....
In 1786 Jefferson and John Adams went to negotiate with Tripoli''s envoy to London, Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman or (Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja). They asked him by what right he extorted money and took slaves. Jefferson reported to Secretary of State John Jay, and to the Congress:
The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet (Mohammed), that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to heaven.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War
http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan07/jeff_quran.htm
muslim justifies slavery and piracy%u2026
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?6bdec278-6a71-4436-bc4d-29d1c54b0ad7
MUSLIM PIRATES STRIKE AGAIN
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2005/06/muslim-pirates-strike-again.html
allah obviously not the same God as the Christians and Jews.......
"Allah''s damnation be on the Jews and the Christians who made the graves of their prophets objects of worship."
When the last moment of the prophet was near, he used to draw a sheet over his face; but when he felt uneasy, he removed it from his face and said: "Allah''s damnation be on the Jews and the Christians who made the graves of their prophets objects of worship."
Muhammad attacked Khaibar. He destroyed, tortured, murdered, plundered, and enslaved many people (ref Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, volume 2, page 134, 136, 137). They were not preparing to attack him. A Jewish woman, whose family had been wiped out by Muhammad, put poison into a lamb and fed it to Muhammad and the other Muslims. Muhammad ingested some of the poisoned lamb and began to feel it''s effects. He died three years later as a result of the poisoning.
Muhammad was not a real prophet, he was a false prophet. He died as a result of eating poison that he didn''t know about. The poisoned lamb "spoke" to him too late. Only when he realized he was dying did Muhammad "spiritualize" his suffering and coming death. Prior to that he tried to get well.
http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/Silas/mo-death.htm
http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/index.html
Lars
Quran talk about the dog in the context of the people of the cave (I think it is mentined in Old Testimony too).
Here you go the verse:
"Thou wouldst have deemed them awake, whilst they were asleep, and We turned them on their right and on their left sides: their dog stretching forth his two fore-legs on the threshold: if thou hadst come up on to them, thou wouldst have certainly turned back from them in flight, and wouldst certainly have been filled with terror of them" (The Cave:18)
Support Free Speech, Support Lars Vilks Petition, hosted at petitiononline.com.
http://www.petitiononline.com/vilks/petition.html
http://www.vilks.net/
the world. Please. I''''m interested to see it.
Thank you for your consideration.
Posted by Keithle1 at 12:49 PM : Sep 16, 2007
Dude, that is a$$inine! Give me a long list of the good that Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Atheism, Hinduism, etc. do in the world.
Also, what''s up with the "thank you for your consideration." Are you up for an academy award or something?
the world. Please. I''m interested to see it.
Thank you for your consideration.
LEIF LJUNGKVIST PEOPLE SHALL BE FREE TO SAY AND THINK WHAT THEY WANT
Bjorn Danielsson When foreign jihadists solicit murder, a military response is appropriate.
Kevin North Islam is not a race, Islam is not a religion. Islam is a megalomaniacal socio-political doctrine not unlike Facism. It relies upon fear, hatred and a systemic supremecist ideology to spread around the world. Islam should be made illegal in every civilized country.
Jon Dear Unless we stand together, the freedoms we inherited will be lost to this cult that threatens murder at every opportunity.
Andreas E. Islam: the new nazism
Josef Fransson Islam = Nazism & kommunism
Stewart C. Sawyer Protect your rights, OUTLAW ISLAM!!!!!
Marcus Eriksson Stop taking the "lesser" muslims side by calling them victims! This is an open declaration of war on free speech, democracy and our economy!
Julius Balogh This Swedish CITIZEN needs his rights protected from these foreign terrorists. When will the government protect its own people? Defend Swedes from islamic immigrants who seek to overthrow your nation using your own laws against you. Outlaw islam today and send home all muslims to their homelands. All other religions are outlawed so why do we tolerate seditionist islam in our borders? Islam is a political cult posing as a religion.
Have you ever heard that a dog %u201Cknows%u201D when an earthquake is about to hit?
Do you remember hearing that, before the December tsunami struck Southeast Asia, dogs started running frantically away from the seashore, at breakneck speed?
I%u2019m a firm believer that animals %u2014 and especially dogs %u2014 have keen insights into the Truth.
Simply said, a good ol%u2019 hound dog just KNOWS when something isn''t right . . . when impending doom is upon us . . .
Muhammad made strange and harsh statements about dogs and these edicts affect dogs in a tragic way. His teachings may have come from cultural bias, Pagan concepts, or his own imagination, but wherever they came from they led to the cruel treatment of dogs.
None of the statements regarding dogs are found in the Quran but they abound in the various collections of traditions (hadith). These traditions are a primary foundation of Islamic theology and are the basis of many Islamic laws. They render dogs as "impure" and worse. Per Muhammad%u02BCs orders most dogs were to be killed and all dogs of a specific color (black) had to be killed.
Muhammad claimed to be a prophet of God and as such his word was to be obeyed. With the teeth of Islam biting worldwide it is vital that Muhammad%u02BCs teachings be scrutinized to determine if he were a nut or a prophet.
http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/Silas/dogs.htm
sign the petition...
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4b/Muh-hund-originallit.JPG
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http://conservablogs.com/velvethammer/category/lars-vilks/
http://hallsofmacadamia.blogspot.com/2007/09/is-that-fatwa-in-your-pocket.html
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But then in 2000, well before his arrest, something happened which would make Abas question everything he believed in: a fatwa, a religious edict, was issued by Osama bin Laden.
"It should be understood that killing Americans and Jews anywhere found are the highest act of worship and the highest form of good deeds in the eyes of Allah," Simon quotes bin Laden.
Abas and his fellow commanders were ordered to read the fatwa to their men and make sure they carried it out. The others obeyed, but Abas refused. It was his moment of truth. He firmly believed that jihad was to be fought only on the battlefield in defense of Islam; he had always been taught that the killing of civilians had nothing to do with holy war and that it was forbidden.
The fatwa justified killing non-Muslim civilians everywhere.
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PRAISE 2 SAFIYAH!!!
HAHAHA A JEW POISONED MUD-HAM-MAD ALI BABA HAHAHA
PAYBACK IS A BIOTCH...............LOL
HAHAHA
GUESS YOUR GREAT MOON GOD AND MOON ROCK DID NOT PROTECT THE BS FALSE PROPHET..........LOL
PRAISE 2 SAFIYAH FOR POISONING MUD-HAM-MAD ALI BABA!
Probably by Trichinellosis%u2026%u2026LOL%u2026..BURN IN HELL MUD-HAM-MAD ALI BABA!!!
http://answering-islam.org.uk/Silas/mo-death.htm
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