AP/Enquirer, Fallujah a place of mosques, piety

More on last week;s announcement by scholars, which featured on the al-Islam al-Youm pages: arabicnews.com, Saudi scholars: al-Jihad is a duty in Iraq; a call to avoid sedition: "The signatories of the statement which was addressed to the 'militant Iraqi people' stressed the 'special situations our people in Iraq are facing for whom support should be given together with exchanging view and consultation.' Among signatories of the message were the jurisprudence teacher at Imam Muhammad Bin Saud University in Riyadh, Sheikh Ahmad al-Khudeiri, the teacher of Sharia in Um al-Qura university ( Mecca), Sheikh Ahmad al-Abdul Latif, the ' Fiqh ' teacher in former Um al- Qura university, Sheikf Safar al-Hawali, the supervisor for ' Islam al-Youm' establishment, Sheikh Salman Bin fahd al-Odeh, Sheikh Awad al-Qarni and Sheikh Nasser al-Mar."

Jihad Unspun - No Cakewalk Yesterday For US Forces Against “Lions Of Fallujah”

City Journal Autumn 2004 | Homeland Security? Not Yet by Heather Mac Donald

Sunday Times, Suicide squads await US troops' assault on Falluja This is an extract from Hala Jaber's on-site report from Falluja, which refers specifically to the types of videos widely available on the internet [although I don't link to them on these pages]:

"As the night wore on, some of the men sat around the computer watching videos of “resistance actions” as the bombs continued to shake their city...

" ...The men watching this film, although not fighters themselves, analysed his actions and the quick reactions of the sniper much as a group of youths might replay a controversial moment in a football match. They concluded that the Shi’ite was an amateur compared with the Sunni insurgents who would soon be squaring up to the American marines in Falluja."

Reporters sans frontieres - The Internet under surveillance 2004 country-by-country analysis, including a number of Muslim/Islamic contexts

payvand.com, Women's media, rights groups urged to take action after second woman arrested on Internet-related charges in Iran "The latest arrest is that of Mahboudeh Abbasgholizadeh, the editor of Ferzaneh, a magazine about women's issues, who was detained on 1 November on her return from London, where she took part in the European Social Forum. Police searched her Tehran home, confiscating her computer hard drive and other items."

The New York Times > International > Middle East > Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites "Iran has continued its crackdown on journalists, with two arrests in the past week, and has moved against pro-democracy Web sites, blocking hundreds of sites in recent months and making several arrests."

AP/iranian.ws, Saudi Religious Scholars Call for "Holy War" - Persian Journal Latest Iran news & Iranian Article News paper "The 26 Saudi scholars and preachers said in an open letter to the Iraqi people that their appeal was prompted by "the extraordinary situation through which the Iraqis are passing which calls for unity and exchange of views." The letter was posted on the Internet."

Mathaba.Net News/Jihad Unspun, Iraqi Resistance: Who's Who Part 3

Telegraph, Al-Qaeda calls for release of British hostage in Iraq

Al Qaeda's newest weapon - The Washington Times: Commentary - November 07, 2004

Sunday Tribune, Media frenzy make beheadings weapon of choice

AFP/turkishpress.com, Zarqawi group claims string of deadly Iraq attacks more details on this video

Islam Online, Southern Baghdad Forgotten Resistance Bastion "He recalled how US-backed Iraqi troops set fire to Al-Sidik Islamic library in the city, stole personal computers, telephones, videos, while leaving copies of the Noble Qur’an devoured by flames.

"The other day, they burnt out Al-Forqan Islamic library after stealing its computers, photocopiers and arresting its four employees."

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Blast hits Dutch Muslim school "The Wall Street Journal today reported that investigators believed the murder suspect had contacts with Islamic militants in Spain and that the order to kill van Gogh may even have come from a fugitive militant in Spain. The main suspect was carrying a pamphlet threatening death to enemies of Islam."

ThisisLondon (Evening Standard), Video shows 'Black Watch bomb' : "A video claiming to show the suicide bomb attack which killed three Black Watch soldiers has been posted on an Islamic website. "

Murder fuels fears among Dutch "The Dutch police on Saturday arrested two men in their 20s for allegedly distributing a video on the Internet that promised "paradise" for the beheading of Geert Wilders, an increasingly popular right-wing politician who often speaks out on the dangers of radical Islam, according to the Netherlands Press Agency. Police also detained a sixth suspect in the van Gogh killing."

E:M | Worrying death threat Iranian bloggrs have received death threats by a blog called 'Islamic Army', for alleged "'insults' to Allah, Prophet Mohammad and other Shia Imams."

AFP/TurkishPress.com, Islamist web surfers foresee World War III after Bush re-election "Radical Islamists used the Internet Thursday to vent their anger at US President George W. Bush's re-election, with one accusing the American people of choosing "the logic of war"."

Zaman.com, Al-Masri Brigade Threatens US with 'Unbearable Hell', The European leg of Al-Qaeda, the Abu Hafs Al-Asri Brigade posted a statement on an internet site threatening Americans for electing Bush again. "The upcoming days will show you that the person you elected will take you to an unbearable hell."

Intelligence.org.il, Hatred and Terrorism, Critique from an Israeli organisation of the Hamas online children's magazine al-Fateh (and related materials).

International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Jerusalem pioneers wireless web in some sectors only...

NY Times/SF Gate, Risky film for lesbian, gay Muslims, "Sharma has conducted interviews throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, in countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Egypt. Many of the people he interviewed were found through the Internet."

CNN Presents Classroom Edition - Educator Guide, Kingdom on the Brink: The Battle for Saudi Arabia