Showing posts with label Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tajikistan, jihad and the net

Khayrullo Fayz, BBC Uzbek Service, Tajikistan youth turn to radical Islam, 27 Sep 2010 "Furqon.com is the website of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), an al-Qaeda-affiliated Central Asian group that now fights alongside the Taliban from a base in northern Pakistan.

"Written in local and Arabic languages, it offers a mix of Islamic texts, atrocity videos and exhortations to join the jihad."

Note: furqon.com is currently down

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

German 'jihadists'

Yassin Musharbash and Holger Stark, Spiegel, Islamists in Pakistan Recruit Entire Families from Europe, 21 Sep 09 "The latest recruitment video from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) is a half-hour in length and is addressed to our "beloved" brothers and sisters back in Germany. The video is presented by, among others, Mounir Chouka, alias "Abu Adam," who grew up in the western German city of Bonn.

"The video shows shacks erected against a backdrop of lush greenery and craggy rock formations. Women wearing blue burqas are seen surrounded by their children. One small girl is holding an artillery gun."