Al Qa'idah (AQ) - Tarbiyah Jihadiyah

DID YOU KNOW:European and Western Muslims in Syria: Western governments have reported that over 500 Muslims have left their countriesof residence to join the struggle in Syria against the Bashar al Assad regime. The governments are afraid that the EuropeanMuslims will learn combat skills abroad by extremist groups and begin to cause destruction in the West once they return.The background behind this is because counter-terrorism experts say that non-practising Muslims usually be parts of drug gangs,and drug gangs have access to people who sell weapons and guns. Once such a Muslim becomes a 'practising/adhering' Muslimand starts to follow Islam, they see that Western powers are at war with Muslim countries. With this person knowing where toget weapons from (from drug dealers contacts'), he may become extreme enough to commit acts of terrorism to seek revengeagainst his government. Similarly, any Muslim who has gone abroad in warzones may become radicalized and learn how to makeexplosives. He may then commit terrorism in the European, Australian or American country after he returns.The governments are in a strong dilemma as to what they can do to those Muslims who return back from warzones. They havearrested a few Muslims who did return from Syria already, but they still need laws to make it a crime. Below are some proposalswhich have been made and in some cases implemented:* Keep a close eye on extremist groups training camps, and also on social networks. If a person adds photos of themselfon Facebook with members of an extremist group, then that is a clear proof that you will be jailed when you return. (AMuslim convert called Eric Harroun who took photos with Jabhat al Nusra while holding guns, and adding his pics onFacebook has been jailed when he returned to the USA. He could even get a life sentence in jail). [April 2013 ]* Theresa May in the UK proposed (April 2013 ) that UK residents who train in terrorist training camps should have theirpassports revoked/cancelled, even if they were born in the UK. There are cases in Somali where Muslim youth accused ofjoining Harakat al-Shabab al Mujahideen (an Islamist Jihadi group) had a letter sent to the boys parents house, it saidtheir son's nationality in the UK had been removed. Some time later, it was found he had been captured in secretprisons, then extradited to the USA. He was not a UK citizen anymore, so the British government had no responsibility totry to free him from the US government. Other ‘ex’-UK citizens have been killed in Somalia through drones for allegedlyjoining al-Shabab.* In Australia it is a crime to fight war in another country for any group whatsoever. Nearly all Western countries arehoping to introduce this law to prevent people from joining resistance groups in other countries.* A Muslim man from California, in his 20s was arrested (in April 2013 ) for wanting to join Jabhat al Nusra. He joined a'Jihadi recruiting' website (made by undercover FBI agents) and told them he had no combat experience, but he stillwanted to join them in Syria 'to help the Ummah' (Muslim nation). He was arrested and may spend upto 20years inprison for intending to 'provide material support to terrorists'. AQ does not recruit people online, it only gives 'guidance'through general articles online, and expects people to do 'lone wolf' (individual) attacks in countries who are at war withMuslims, or the recruits would join AQ directly in a Muslim land like Syria where they have a strong presence. In the West(or where AQ has a small presence), AQ does not recruit random people for its own security and safety, and if someindividual did, they would either be a really ignorant Muslim who doesn't understand security, or a spy who wants to seehow you respond and 'set you up' so you also become a spy (through blackmail), or the alternative which is prison.If Muslims travel to other countries for such purposes, then it is better if they always keep a low profile, and that they do notreturn. They should keep a low profile avoid video recordings of themselves which could be uploaded by anyone on Youtube andrecognised by governments. Families who have relatives who have gone abroad should also not phone or electronically (email,phone, skype) them because it is likely that the conversations are being recorded and made as cases against you. The bestmethod would not be suspicious from the beginning, and to travel abroad and then find methods to communicate. The longerthe Muslims delay in leaving the West, the more difficult it would 41 be for them in the future.