November 14, 2006
Homegrown Jihad in the UK
I'm reposting this link to a lengthy BBC report about homegrown jihad in the U.K. because it is important that you see it.
It exposes the connection between how jihadi propaganda transmitted over the internet is used to recruit for jihad both abroad and in the U.K. The internet is also used to coordinate the activities of jihadis within Britain.
In addition to the internet, universities and college campuses are used for recruitment. And outside of moderate mosques where the jihadis have been banned, they pass out literature. In one segment, one of them attacks the BBC reporter. Physically.
But it's not just outside of mosques, it's in the back rooms of mosques. Where secret meetings are held and jihadi propaganda distributed. Much of that propaganda depicts the U.S. and Britain as the bad guys, and Muslims as victims. Think Abu Ghraib.
Note also that there is a criminal aspect to the homegrown jihad. These groups of young Muslims jihadis have gangs. Criminality funds terrorism.
Who else is funding these groups? At about 21 minutes into the video the shocker: One of the leading radical leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir is on the government payroll. And he works for the British immigration office. Nice.
Hizb ut-Tahrir has the worldwide caliphate as its goal.
You need to see this. Anyone who can rip this and put it up at Youtube is encouraged to do so.
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at November 14, 2006 07:07 PM | | l digg this
