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Muslims aiding, defending jihad Becky Yeh - OneNewsNow California correspondent - 11/18/2010 4:10:00 AM <http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php> Bookmark and Share Islam Jihad dominateAn expert on Islam says jihad activity is rising in the United States. A California woman has been arrested for funding and providing personnel for a terrorist group in Somalia. According to The Associated Press, Nima Ali Yusuf of San Diego helped an al-Qaeda militia group carry out murders in Somalia, and aided radicals in forming an Islamic state. Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch <http://www.jihadwatch.org/> , explains that every Muslim is obligated to aid jihad. But even though not all Muslims are able to fight, they can provide finances. "We see this kind of thing happening with Muslims from the West increasingly aiding jihad activity -- because it is, as far as they understand, an Islamic obligation, a religious obligation that they do so," Spencer explains. Robert SpencerReports show that since 2007, approximately 20 men have left Minnesota to fight for an Islamic militia, though it is unclear if Yusuf is connected to those men. Meanwhile, four individuals have been charged in San Diego for aiding al-Shabab in the last month. The Islam expert suggests al-Qaeda is focusing on Somalia because countries like Indonesia and Thailand are too distant to implement jihad. "There is a concerted war effort to impose an Islamic state, and so that's been a focus of al-Qaeda activity, also because al-Qaeda is close to Somalia," he notes. The Jihad Watch director adds that every Muslim must defend Islam if their lands have been attacked. So radicals attribute the presence of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as a sign of infiltration. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
