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- Transcriptions of audio speeches by Ayman Alzawahiri in Malay. This
includes one criticizing the Americans for electing Bush for two
consecutive terms.
- An audio lecture by Abu Ibrahim entitled The purpose of Shari’ah.
- Extremist articles from Indonesian jihadist websites, which include
statements and speeches by Abu Bakar Baasyir, the three Bali bombers,
and top al-Qa’ida leaders.
- Details of a book authored by Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Bari al-Andal,
entitled The Slicing Sword Against The One Who Forms Allegiances With The
Disbelievers And Takes Them As Supporters Instead Of Allah, His Messenger
And The Believers. The topics addressed in the book are: “Muslims
emigrating to the lands which were seized by the enemy in order to build
up its economy while it remains in their control;” “The Muslim who
claims to be from the community of the Christians and identifies himself
with their flags, etc.;” “The ruling upon the Muslim who attributes justice
to the Christians and approves of their authority and scoffs at the Muslim
authority and their leadership;” “The ruling upon the Muslim who ships
goods and supplies to the Christian lands and the ruling upon another
Muslim who kills him for doing that;” “The ruling upon the Muslims who
remain inside the country, which was seized and occupied by foreign
invaders, and subsequently fall under their rule;” “The rulings upon those
who emigrate to the Muslim lands vs. those who emigrate to the lands of
the disbelievers and the effect upon the wealth of both types of
emigration;” “The funeral prayer of the one who claims to be from the
community of the Christians vs. the funeral prayer for the one who claims
to belong to the community of the Muslim Kingdom;” and “The ruling
upon the one who turns away from the ruling of Islam in favour of the
ruling of the Christian laws.”
The second forum frequented by Malay speakers, al-Tawbah.com, focuses
heavily on updates of global jihad and news on the mujahidin. Again, statements
and speeches from the three Bali bombers and al-Qa’ida leaders are often posted
to this site. There are also online conversations between Malay speakers posted
on this forum, including a recent thread entitled “Discussion on whether jihad
should be fought in one’s own country or in other countries.” In that thread, one
participant, who calls himself “Abu Anshor,” submits his view that Patani (a
region in Southern Thailand) should be the new focal point of jihad in Southeast
Asia. He then goes on to argue that one should not limit oneself to waging jihad
in one’s own country. Labeling this as a “nationalist” act, Abu Anshor states that
he would prefer to have jihad waged in unity with the al-Qa’ida and the Taliban
in places like Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq, and Somalia. In response, a visitor to
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