Al Qaeda urges Hamas not to agree truce with Israel.Summary: Al Qaeda's No. 2 urged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (gäz`ə), (2003 est. pop. 1,330,000) rectangular coastal area, c.140 sq mi (370 sq km), SW Asia, on the Mediterranean Sea adjoining Egypt and Israel, in what was formerly SW Palestine. not to succumb to Arab pressure for a ceasefire with Israel and vowed to support fighting against the Jewish state. Al Qaeda's No. 2 urged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip not to succumb to Arab pressure for a ceasefire with Israel and vowed to support fighting against the Jewish state. The Egypt-born leader in a recording posted on the Internet on Monday said: "Israel's Arab aides are trying to impose a calm on the people of Gaza to stop their jihad ... I tell our brothers and folk in Gaza that jihad to liberate Palestine and all Islamic land should not stop." "I reaffirm to our brothers the fighters in Gaza and everywhere that the mujahideen mujahideen Arabic mujahidun (“those engaged in jihad”) In its broadest sense, those Muslims who proclaim themselves warriors for the faith. Its Arabic singular, mujahid, was not an uncommon personal name from the early Islamic period onward. against crusaders in various battle zones are willing to give their brothers in Gaza and everywhere training and preparation," Ayman al-Zawahri said. Without naming Hamas, Zawahri advised the movement against blending with non-Islamist factions under the umbrella of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس) (born March 26, 1935), also known by the kunya Abu Mazen . "Talk of fixing the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO PLO abbr. Palestine Liberation Organization PLO Palestine Liberation Organization Noun 1. PLO ) is futile," said Zawahri. "The PLO is a secular entity that does not uphold Islamic law Noun 1. Islamic law - the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no separation of church and state" sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law and it is the entity that dropped jihad from its covenant." 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) 2009 Al Bawaba (Albawaba.com) Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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