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cali

(114,904 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:31 AM Apr 2013

Mother Jones: Boston Bombing Suspect Posted Video on Al Qaeda Prophecy on YouTube

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Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26 year-old brother of the second Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, had a YouTube page where he posted religious videos, including a video of Feiz Mohammad, a fundamentalist Australian Muslim preacher who rails against the evils of Harry Potter. Among those videos is one dedicated to the prophecy of the Black Banners of Khurasan which is embraced by Islamic extremists—particularly Al Qaeda. The videos posted on what appears to be Tsarnaev's YouTube page may shed light on the motivations for the attack on the Boston Marathon. The prophecy states that an invincible army will come from the region of "Khurasan," a large portion of territory in central Asia.

"This is a major hadith (reported saying of the prophet Muhammad) that jihadis use, it is essentially an end-time prophecy," says Aaron Zelin, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy "This is definitely important in Al Qaeda's ideology." In The Black Banners, former FBI agent Ali Soufan's book about his pursuit of Al Qaeda that is named after this prophecy, Soufan describes the prophecy this way:



Khurasan is a term for a historical region spanning northeastern and eastern Iran and parts of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and northwestern Pakistan. Because of the hadith, jihadists believe that this is the region from which they will inflict a major defeat against their enemies—in the Islamic version of Armageddon.

The older Tsarnaev seems to have posted the video four months ago under the username "muazseyfullah." According to Zelin, "Mu'az is usually a name," and "Sayf Allah means sword of God." Here is the video:

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http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/boston-bombing-suspect-posted-video-al-qaeda-prophecy-youtube

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Berlum

(7,044 posts)
4. End Timers Vs. End Timers: Meet me in Megiddo
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:36 AM
Apr 2013

Holy Shit. Fundies everywhere intent on whacking each other and everyone else.

"According to the prophecies of prophet Muhammad, a non-stop army will rise from the land of Khorasan holding Black Flags of Islam in the end times. This army will conquer several occupied lands of Muslims till it reaches to Jerusalem. Then it will pledge its allegiance to Imam al Mahdi..." http://blackflags1.blogspot.com

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
6. no kidding.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:39 AM
Apr 2013

I did my graduate degree on millenarianism which today encompasses more than just Christian eschatology and historically speaking, for obvious reasons, it's a mindset that can lead to a broad spectrum of crazy acts.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
10. And we are here as on a darkling plain
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:42 AM
Apr 2013

Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
Where ignorant armies clash by night.

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

2ndAmForComputers

(3,527 posts)
8. Railing against the evils of Harry Potter... whining about "lack of values"...
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:40 AM
Apr 2013

Now where have I seen THAT before?

all american girl

(1,788 posts)
13. I did a double take on the Harry Potter thing, and then came to the End Times....
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 10:00 AM
Apr 2013

Do they all read the same strange book?

blm

(112,920 posts)
11. Armies of (God)? Muslim EndTimers and fundies are the same as Christian EndTimers and fundies.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:58 AM
Apr 2013

Some delusional forces in both religions take it all way too far.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
16. John Fugelsang making this point right now - it's the extreme hard-core
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 11:56 AM
Apr 2013

ultra-right-wing fundamentalists within EVERY branch of religion that are responsible for all of the "faith-inspired" violence throughout the world.

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