Points of notice on the downtime of the Online Jihad Network October 8, 2008
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As many have started to note, the major Jihadi Networks - such as al-Ekhlaas (which is the cream of the crop), al-Firdaws, Al-Ma’arik al-Salafiyya, Shura and al-Faloja - have been down for about a month. For those who don’t know, these are the forums which give the official and authentic voice of the Mujahideen and their views. They are vital forums because they chiefly develop the Salafi-Jihadi culture. The majority of what you see on this blog is from these forums such as the videos, statements, translations and whatnot. Our actual contribution to the Jihadi culture is very little compared to what we import. And since many of the Kuffaar are terrified of this blog as well as the amount of them in the Government Agencies that keep tap of it, you can imagine just how high-ranking these forums are. For these forums to be hacked is a very big deal.
However, there are some points and reminders that are important to lay out regarding this situation for those who are both informed of this as well as those who are new to this:
- Taking down the forums does not kill the Jihadi culture entirely since this culture is firmly rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Those who stick to the traditional method are those who revive this culture whether they do so consciously or not. This is a reminder for the Kuffaar that are celebrating behind their monitors; the inevitable result of shutting down the forums is that there will be other channels to revive the culture.
- The Companions of Muhammad, sallallahu ‘alayhi wassallam, were able to conquer a sizable amount of the world through their use of the pure tongue, beautiful character, and slashing sword. What makes us think that victory is impossible without the forums? The forums only play an additional and supportive role in this war against the Global Crusade. So we must remember to reform ourselves as much as possible since victory lies in this.
- In these difficult times for the Admins of the forums, we must not forget that they are technical experts in their respected IT fields. They are not ignorant youtube-google browsers that just stumble upon information; rather, these brothers are well-trained in their fields and they take their work very seriously. In this case, it could be that they are moving servers to different countries and building their security defenses from scratch, hence the long downtime. The point is one, two or three months of downtime doesn’t mean anything except that they are re-building their networks with more caution and vigor than before, In Sha’ Allah.
- The Kuffaar who celebrate on such occasions as these are the quickest to forget that there are minor forums and sites which the Mujahideen still get their statements and media releases across successfully. We have been seeing this work flawlessly for the past month on Arabic forums such as Ansar al-Jihad, Noon as-Salafiyya, Shamookh as well as non-Arabic forums that are not directly affiliated with the authentic Salafi-Jihadi voice.
- The active shutting down of the forums is a reminder to the Muslim Community worldwide that there is an actual struggle of the disbelievers to not give the Muslims a chance to express their thoughts and spread their media. It is clear that any form of media by the Muslims exposing the Western Governments is considered a threat; and this is a glad tiding to us that the disbelieving hypocrites are not pleased with our Millah (see 2:120) nor can they handle their weaknesses being exposed. Interestingly enough, the majority of what is put out on these forums are bits and pieces of guidance for the Muslim community in these troubling times; these documents, discussions, and books primarily focused on rectifying the ‘Aqeedah of the Muslims and clearing the thick cloud of dust from the air of international politics and religious issues. The fact that they were hacked by the disbelievers is a sign that these disbelievers don’t even want us to be guided and would rather want us to be misguided like them.
- Finally, it is a reminder to all of the believers that the internet war is only one part of this war against the West. The physical battle is the most important battle and this is where the success of the Ummah lies in. With Allah’s help, our Admins will help bring these forums back up and continue their Jihad of the tongue against the worldwide disbelief.
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assalamu alykum,
Sameer khan, i would like to point out. that exposing the available working salafi jihadi sites, is really a threat to those sites. so please take care of that. and remove the links.
i mean why we should make the task of kuffar easier??
wa salam
Walaikum Assalam,
The Kuffaar already know about the available sites I mentioned and they talk about them often such as jihadica.com, makingsenseofjihad.com, and mypetjawa. These available forums have been famous for quite a long time.
However, there are some forums I purposely didn’t mention.
Shukran.
assalamu alykum brother,
it seems ansar al jihad is down. :confused:
may allah help the brothers to get it back.
wa salam.
Salaam
Can you please let us know when al-hisbah is up?
It has since been stated that “Allaahu Akbar! This proves that the strength and ability of the Mujahideen is stronger than the impure united front of kaafir hackers in US Government and their ilk.”
This is true. I am dumbfounded as to what the US/UK Government thinks that they have achieved by doing this? To me, who can see that regardless this video is so easily accessible now that even a child could download it, all they have done is show As-Sahab what they intend to now do when an anniversary video comes out, thus giving them a heads-up to counter this in whatever way they see nessesary in the future.
Regardless of this pathetic attempt to distabalise As-Sahab’s video releases, I can only assume that they have made them stronger looking at the formers inability and incompetance to achieve anything of any significance.
So they delayed it by a few days. So what? The video is now still available, easily and widely. Which, from my understanding, is the point. Regardless of what they have done, the message is out their, as was intended, and more people are far more determined to watch it now that they tried to stop them. Am I missing something?
BBC News, 22 October 2008:
Al-Qaeda websites down for weeks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7684567.stm
Key websites used by al-Qaeda have been closed for the past six weeks, fuelling speculation they have been targeted by hackers or intelligence agencies.
One site, al-Ekhlas, has long served as a message board for various jihadists but now merely boasts a message by “Your Joker.com Team”.
Al-Ekhlas and other such sites have all suffered occasional glitches, but they have rarely been down for so long.
Some jihadists have blamed western intelligence groups for the disruption.
The sites, which also include al-Firdaws, disappeared shortly before 11 September, the seventh anniversary of the attacks on New York and Washington, news agency AFP reported.
Al Fajr Media Center, al-Qaeda’s communications wing, put the problem down to technical difficulties.
“We deny reports published by the media of the tyrants regarding the fall of some of the headquarters of these networks into the hands of the enemy,” its statement said, according to the US-based Site Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist sites.
The internet has become an increasingly important tool for al-Qaeda, allowing the group to keep in contact with its supporters and spread its message to the outside world.
Some jihadists blame western intelligence agencies, particularly the United States, seeing it as an attempt to stop al-Qaeda getting out propaganda to coincide with the 9/11 anniversary.
‘Cyberwar’
Another theory is that the sites have been targeted by Shia Muslim groups engaged in tit-for-tat sectarian cyber warfare with rival Sunnis.
That is a view supported by Mustafa Alani of the Gulf Research Centre in Dubai, who told the BBC that what was once a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shias has “transferred over to a cyberwar”.
Analysts say the disappearance of these sites will be a cause of concern for hard-line al-Qaeda supporters.
However many other extremist websites remain operational.