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April 26, 2004
Militants in Europe Openly Call for Jihad and the Rule of Islam
By PATRICK E. TYLER
and DON VAN NATTA Jr.
UTON, England, April 24 - The call to jihad is rising in the streets of
Europe, and is being answered, counterterrorism officials say.
In this former industrial town north of London, a small group of young
Britons whose parents emigrated from Pakistan after World War II have turned
against their families' new home. They say they would like to see Prime Minister
Tony Blair dead or deposed and an Islamic flag hanging outside No. 10 Downing
Street.
They swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden and his goal of toppling Western
democracies to establish an Islamic superstate under Shariah law, like
Afghanistan under the Taliban. They call the Sept. 11 hijackers the "Magnificent
19" and regard the Madrid train bombings as a clever way to drive a wedge into
Europe.
On Thursday evening, at a tennis center community hall in Slough, west of
London, their leader, Sheik Omar Bakri Mohammad, spoke of his adherence to Osama
bin Laden. If Europe fails to heed Mr. bin Laden's offer of a truce - provided
that all foreign troops are withdrawn from Iraq in three months - Muslims will
no longer be restrained from attacking the Western countries that play host to
them, the sheik said.
"All Muslims of the West will be obliged," he said, to "become his sword"
in a new battle. Europeans take heed, he added, saying, "It is foolish to fight
people who want death - that is what they are looking for."
On working-class streets of old industrial towns like Crawley, Luton,
Birmingham and Manchester, and in the Arab enclaves of Germany, France,
Switzerland and other parts of Europe, intelligence officials say a fervor for
militancy is intensifying and becoming more open.
In Hamburg, Dr. Mustafa Yoldas, the director of the Council of Islamic
Communities, saw a correlation to the discord in Iraq. "This is a very dangerous
situation at the moment," Dr. Yoldas said. "My impression is that Muslims have
become more and more angry against the United States."
Hundreds of young Muslim men are answering the call of militant groups
affiliated or aligned with Al Qaeda, intelligence and counterterrorism officials
in the region say.
Even more worrying, said a senior counterterrorism official, is that the
level of "chatter" - communications among people suspected of terrorism and
their supporters - has markedly increased since Mr. bin Laden's warning to
Europe this month. The spike in chatter has given rise to acute worries that
planning for another strike in Europe is advanced.
"Iraq dramatically strengthened their recruitment efforts," one
counterterrorism official said. He added that some mosques now display photos of
American soldiers fighting in Iraq alongside bloody scenes of bombed out Iraqi
neighborhoods. Detecting actual recruitments is almost impossible, he said,
because it is typically done face to face.
And recruitment is paired with a compelling new strategy to bring the
fight to Europe.
Members of Al Qaeda have "proven themselves to be extremely opportunistic,
and they have decided to try to split the Western alliance," the official
continued. "They are focusing their energies on attacking the big countries" -
the United States, Britain and Spain - so as to "scare" the smaller states.
Some Muslim recruits are going to Iraq, counterterrorism officials in
Europe say, but more are remaining home, possibly joining cells that could help
with terror logistics or begin operations like the one that came to notice when
the British police seized 1,200 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a key bomb
ingredient, in late March, and arrested nine Pakistani-Britons, five of whom
have been charged with trying to build a terrorist bomb.
Stoking that anger are some of the same fiery Islamic clerics who preached
violence and martyrdom before the Sept. 11 attacks.
On Friday, Abu Hamza, the cleric accused of tutoring Richard Reid before
he tried to blow up a Paris-to-Miami jetliner with explosives hidden in his
shoe, urged a crowd of 200 outside his former Finsbury Park mosque to embrace
death and the "culture of martyrdom."
Though the British home secretary, David Blunkett, has sought to strip Abu
Hamza of his British citizenship and deport him, the legal battle has dragged on
for years while Abu Hamza keeps calling down the wrath of God.
Also this week, over Mr. Blunkett's vigorous objection, a 35-year-old
Algerian held under emergency laws passed after Sept. 11 was released from
Belmarsh Prison. The man, identified only as "G," suffered from severe mental
illness, his lawyers told a special immigration appeals panel, which let him out
of prison and put him under house arrest.
Mr. Blunkett insisted that that should not be the final judgment on a man
already found by one court "to be a threat to life and liberty."
In an interview on the BBC over the weekend, Mr. Blunkett advocated a
stronger deportation policy, initially focused on 12 foreign terror suspects
held without charge since the Sept. 11 attacks.
Despite tougher antiterrorism laws, the police, prosecutors and
intelligence chiefs across Europe say they are struggling to contain the openly
seditious speech of Islamic extremists, some of whom, they say, have been
inciting young men to suicidal violence since the 1990's.
One chapter in Sheik Omar's lectures these days is "The Psyche of Muslims
for Suicide Bombing."
The authorities say that laws to protect religious expression and civil
liberties have the result of limiting what they can do to stop hateful speech.
In the case of foreigners, they say they are often left to seek deportation, a
lengthy and uncertain process subject to legal appeals, when the suspect can
keep inciting attacks.
That leaves the authorities to resort to less effective means, such as
mouse-trapping Islamic radicals with immigration violations in hopes of making a
deportation case stick. "In many countries, the laws are liberal and it's not
easy," an official said.
At a mosque in Geneva, an imam recently exhorted his followers to "impose
the will of Islam on the godless society of the West."
"It was quite virulent," said a senior official with knowledge of the
sermon. "The imam was encouraging his followers to take over the godless
society."
While such a sermon may be incitement, recruitment takes a more shadowy
course, and is hard to detect, a senior antiterrorism official said. "Believers
are appealed to in the mosques, but the real conversations take place in
restaurants or cafes or private apartments," the official said.
While some clerics, like Abu Qatada - said to be the spiritual counselor
of Mohamed Atta, who led the Sept. 11 hijacking team - remain in prison in
Britain without charge, others like Sheik Omar, leader of a movement called Al
Muhajiroun, carry on a robust ideological campaign.
"There is no case against me," Sheik Omar said in an interview. Referring
to calls by members of Parliament that he be deported, he added, "but they are
Jewish" and "they have been calling for that for years."
Among his ardent followers is Ishtiaq Alamgir, 24, who heads Al Muhajiroun
in Luton and calls himself Sayful Islam, the sword of Islam. He says there are
about 50 members here but exact numbers are secret.
Most days, he and a handful of his followers run a recruitment stand on
Dunstable Road much to the chagrin of the Muslim elders of Luton.
Mainstream Muslims are outraged by the situation, saying the actions of a
few are causing their communities to be singled out for surveillance and making
the larger population distrustful of them.
Muhammad Sulaiman, a stalwart of the mainstream Central Mosque here, was
penniless when he arrived from the Kashmiri frontier of Pakistan in 1956. He
raised money to build the Central Mosque here and now leads a campaign to ban Al
Muhajiroun radicals from the city's 10 mosques.
"This is show-off business," he says in accented English. "I don't want
these kids in my mosque."
Other community leaders look to the government to do something, if only to
help prevent the demonization of British Muslims, or "Islamophobia," as some
here call it.
"I think these kids are being brainwashed by a few radical clerics," said
Akhbar Dad Khan, another elder of the Central Mosque. He wants them prosecuted
or deported. "We should be able to control this negativity," he said.
In Slough, Sheik Omar spent much of his time Thursday night regaling his
young followers with the erotic delights of paradise - sweet kisses and the
pleasures of bathing with scores of women - while he also preached the virtues
of death in Islamic struggle as a ticket to paradise.
He spoke of terrorism as the new norm of cultural conflict, "the fashion
of the 21st century," practiced as much by Tony Blair as by Al Qaeda.
"We may be caught up in the target as the people of Manhattan were," he
told them.
And he warned Western leaders, "You may kill bin Laden, but the
phenomenon, you cannot kill it - you cannot destroy it."
"Our Muslim brothers from abroad will come one day and conquer here and
then we will live under Islam in dignity," he said.
Patrick E. Tyler reported from Luton, Slough and London and Don Van Natta
Jr. from London. Souad Mekhennet contributed reporting from Germany.
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<P>They swear allegiance to Osama bin Laden and his goal of =
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<P>Even more worrying, said a senior counterterrorism official, is =
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<P>"Iraq dramatically strengthened their recruitment efforts," one =
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<P>Members of Al Qaeda have "proven themselves to be extremely=20
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<P>Mr. Blunkett insisted that that should not be the final =
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<P>In an interview on the BBC over the weekend, Mr. Blunkett =
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terror=20
suspects held without charge since the Sept. 11 attacks.</P>
<P>Despite tougher antiterrorism laws, the police, prosecutors and =
intelligence chiefs across Europe say they are struggling to =
contain the=20
openly seditious speech of Islamic extremists, some of whom, they =
say,=20
have been inciting young men to suicidal violence since the =
1990's. </P>
<P>One chapter in Sheik Omar's lectures these days is "The Psyche =
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<P>The authorities say that laws to protect religious expression =
and civil=20
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hateful=20
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seek=20
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when the suspect can keep inciting attacks.</P>
<P>That leaves the authorities to resort to less effective means, =
such as=20
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<P>At a mosque in Geneva, an imam recently exhorted his followers =
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<P>"It was quite virulent," said a senior official with knowledge =
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<P>While such a sermon may be incitement, recruitment takes a more =
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"Believers are appealed to in the mosques, but the real =
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<P>While some clerics, like Abu Qatada =97 said to be the =
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campaign.=20
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<P>"There is no case against me," Sheik Omar said in an interview. =
Referring to calls by members of Parliament that he be deported, =
he added,=20
"but they are Jewish" and "they have been calling for that for =
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<P>Among his ardent followers is Ishtiaq Alamgir, 24, who heads Al =
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<P>Most days, he and a handful of his followers run a recruitment =
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<P>Mainstream Muslims are outraged by the situation, saying the =
actions of=20
a few are causing their communities to be singled out for =
surveillance and=20
making the larger population distrustful of them.</P>
<P>Muhammad Sulaiman, a stalwart of the mainstream Central Mosque =
here,=20
was penniless when he arrived from the Kashmiri frontier of =
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1956. He raised money to build the Central Mosque here and now =
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<P>"This is show-off business," he says in accented English. "I =
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these kids in my mosque."</P>
<P>Other community leaders look to the government to do something, =
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<P>"I think these kids are being brainwashed by a few radical =
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<P>In Slough, Sheik Omar spent much of his time Thursday night =
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<P>He spoke of terrorism as the new norm of cultural conflict, =
"the=20
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by Al=20
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<P>"We may be caught up in the target as the people of Manhattan =
were," he=20
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<P>And he warned Western leaders, "You may kill bin Laden, but the =
phenomenon, you cannot kill it =97 you cannot destroy it."</P>
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<P><EM>Patrick E. Tyler reported from Luton, Slough and London and =
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