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Sunday, September 07, 2008
More Muslim Madness
I'm sure some muslims will trot out the line that "jihad" means "inner struggle" in response
to this latest bit of muslim madness and terrorism.
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Islam group urges forest fire jihad
Josh Gordon
September 7, 2008
AUSTRALIA has been singled out as a target for "forest jihad" by a group
of Islamic extremists urging Muslims to
deliberately light bushfires as a weapon of terror.
US intelligence channels earlier this year identified a website calling on Muslims in Australia, the US, Europe and
Russia to "start forest fires", claiming "scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests
when they do the same to our lands".
The website, posted by a group called the Al-Ikhlas Islamic Network, argues in Arabic that lighting fires is an
effective form of terrorism justified in Islamic law under the "eye for an eye" doctrine.
The posting — which instructs jihadis to remember "forest jihad" in summer months — says fires cause economic
damage and pollution, tie up security agencies and can take months to extinguish so that "this terror will haunt them
for an extended period of time".
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Full article at "The Age"