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myths that surround the Security Service. 334 Nonetheless, suspicions remain high. Islamists argue that spying is generally prohibited in Islam, making any form of intelligence gathering forbidden. This distinguishes intelligence careers from those in the military or police force, because even jurists who do not want Muslims to join the latter, rarely give a blanket prohibition. Instead they approve the basic idea of joining – but then pepper the ruling with so many caveats that it renders practical service in either the police force or armed forces impossible. However, there are a plethora of fatwas expressly forbidding any form of intelligence work outright. For example, an unsigned but popular Salafi fatwa, which is widely circulated and reproduced on Salafi/Islamist websites, reveals: Spying is the ultimate form of treason, and for a Muslim it is a major sin. While it is a form of alliance with the disbelievers, the ruling on it may range from a declaration of disbelief and apostasy to a state of major sinfulness. If its motivation is a longing for the victory of the disbelievers, and a hope for their subjugation of the Muslims, then this is the act of a disbeliever, however if a person was motivated by a desire for some personal or worldly gain or something similar, then it is a major sin. 335 The premise here is that anyone working with the intelligence agencies is immediately committing a major sin within Islam. There is no equivocation in the fatwa. The key issue here among Islamist scholars is always two-fold: the first stresses that such work is categorically prohibited, while the second advocates the most extreme of punishments. Notably, these opinions do not just come from Middle Eastern clerics, but from those in the West too. For example, Sheikh Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi, who is Imam at the Calgary Mosque in Canada, says that a Muslim who spies for ‘the enemies of Islam’ [...] is not considered a Kafir (disbeliever), rather he is treated as a traitor for that country, if it is proven. The punishment for this act is beheading or death, but he will be buried as a Muslim. 336 Particularly worrying are the sermons of American-Yemeni scholar, Anwar al-Awlaki, who in 2009 published a pamphlet, ‘44 Ways to Support Jihad’. 337 He starts by offering a stark insight into his world view: Jihad is the greatest deed in Islam and the salvation of the ummah is in practicing it... Jihad becomes obligatory on every Muslim. 338 One of the specific methods he gives for supporting the mujahideen is to ‘preserve their secrets’. He writes: The enemies of Allah will try to recruit Muslims to infiltrate Islamic work. They will tell them that we are doing this to protect the Muslims. They may carry along with them scholars who would approve that. Part of your role in protecting the mujahideen is by warning the Muslim community that spying on a Muslim for a non-Muslim is nothing less than kufr. 339 Awlaki currently lives in Yemen and has been targeted by US drones. Yet this has not prevented him from disseminating his virulent views around the world in the Bri�sh Muslims and Barriers to Entering the Armed Forces 334 http://www.bbc.co.uk/1 /hi/uk/7112190.stm 335 http://kalamullah.com/ fatwa08.html 336 http://web.archive.org/web/ 20070319070958/http://www.isl amonline.net/livefatwa/english/B rowse.asp?hGuestID=17qftL 337 Anwar al-Awlaki, 44 Ways to Support Jihad. A copy of this is in Policy Exchange’s possession. 338 Ibid, p.2 339 Ibid, p.9 policyexchange.org.uk | 75
Ties that Bind 340 Keynote Address at GEOINT Conference by Charles E. Allen, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis /Chief Intelligence Officer (October 28, 2008) http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/speec hes/sp_1225377634961.shtm 341 http://www.ummah.com/ forum/archive/index.php/t- 79166.html; http://www.ummah .net/forum/showthread.php?t=83 179. Please note that it is unclear whether Awlaki actually spoke at the event. 342 http://74.125.93.104/ search?q=cache:ZvoC0GIPQ6IJ:cit yisoc.com/+city+isoc&cd=1&hl=e n&ct=clnk&gl=uk 343 Ibid. 76 | policyexchange.org.uk past by utilising the internet for online broadcasts, and issuing books, and audio lectures. Indeed, the Department for Homeland Security website hosts a speech by Charles Allen which states: Another example of al-Qa’ida reach into the Homeland is U.S. citizen, al-Qa’ida supporter, and former spiritual leader to three of the September 11th hijackers Anwar al-Awlaki – who targets U.S. Muslims with radical online lectures encouraging terrorist attacks from his new home in Yemen. 340 He has not just targeted the US. Awlaki was invited in 2006 to speak via video link at Westminster University by the Islamic Society. 341 In 2009 the Islamic Society at City University also planned to host Awlaki via a video link – although his attendance was later cancelled after the university received complaints. 342 However, prior to this, the Islamic Society at City University had promoted Awlaki’s writings on their website, including a link to his own webpage from where pamphlets such as the one detailed above can be accessed. 343 The promotion of men like Awlaki and their views in Britain creates massive barriers to entry and cooperation for Muslims considering a career in the Security Service. This is particularly damaging, especially as the Security Service and police force need high quality intelligence from communities in order to carry out their work effectively.
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