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Other Zawahiri supports Qaeda "Caliphate" call
2012-11-16
[ASHARQ-E] Egyptian jihadist Mohamed al-Zawahiri
... Formerly second in command of al-Qaeda, now the head cheese, occasionally described as the real brains of the outfit. Formerly the Mister Big of Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Bumped off Abdullah Azzam with a car boom in the course of one of their little disputes. Is thought to have composed bin Laden's fatwa entitled World Islamic Front Against Jews and Crusaders. Currently residing in the North Wazoo area. That is not a horn growing from the middle of his forehead, but a prayer bump, attesting to how devout he is...
announced his support for the call issued by his brother , Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, for Moslems to work to establish an Islamic Caliphate, rejecting nation states. Mohamed al-Zawahiri, who currently resides in Cairo and is a well-known Egyptian Islamist, told Asharq Al-Awsat that "we want to guide Egypt to the Islamic association because this is stronger than the national association." However he stressed that the Al Qaeda leader's message does not mean the end of his offer to mediate a peace between Al Qaeda and the West.

In a statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri entitled "Supporting Islam" posted by Al Qaeda's publishing arm on an Islamist website, the Al Qaeda chief called on Moslems to work to re-establish an Islamic Caliphate that "does not recognize nation state, national links or the border imposed by the occupiers, but establishes a rightly guided caliphate following in the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad."

The statement added "these are the objectives of the Document of Supporting Islam, and we call on all those who believe in them to call for them, support them and try to spread them in every way possible among the people of the nation."

The Al Qaeda chief also called on Moslems to work together to liberate Moslem lands from occupiers, rejecting any deal that gives "infidels" the right to control Moslem lands.

He added that this included what he referred to as the British Mandate Paleostine -- present day Israel and the Paleostinian territories -- as well as Russia's Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus region, Indian-controlled Kashmire, the Spanish-ruled North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla which are claimed by Morocco and East Turkestan in China's north-western Xinjiang region.

As for whether he supports his brother's call in this regard, Mohamed al-Zawahiri told Asharq Al-Awsat "of course...I support anything connected with Islamic Sharia law. I support him not because he is my brother, but because his call is in line with the principles of Islamic Sharia law." He added "this has all been confirmed by Islamic Sharia law...and if he [Ayman al-Zawahiri] were to violate this, we would retreat from him in this case."
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