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� 1 For this paper: Ab� Ameenah ’AbdurRahm�n as-Salaf�, Ab� F�timah Bengal�, ’AbdulHaq ibn Kofi ibn Kwesi al-

Ashanti and from ’AbdurRahm�n ben Adam, pp.51-61 has some material from his paper here: www.quran.nu

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1111 ’’AAwwllaakk�� aanndd hhiiss ““EExxppllaannaattiioonn”” ooff tthhee BBooookk ‘‘CCoonnssttaannttss iinn tthhee PPaatthh ooff JJiihh��dd’’ bbyy tthhee aall--

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-- 40 ’Awlak� Claims CNN and BBC Have Spread Isl�m Enough to Have Established the

Hujjah on Humanity Today!?

40 ’Awlak� Claims CNN and BBC Have Spread Isl�m Enough to Have Established the

Hujjah on Humanity Today!?

-- 45 ’Awlak�’s View on Leaving the Arena of Battle if Muslims are Overwhelmed 45 ’Awlak�’s View on Leaving the Arena of Battle if Muslims are Overwhelmed

-- 49 ’Awlak� Says Ir�q is “New Jih�d Front for the Muslims”!? 49 ’Awlak� Says Ir�q is “New Jih�d Front for the Muslims”!?

-- 52 ’Awlak� Tries to Make Analogies Between the Martyrdom and Bravery of the

Sah�bah and the Contemporary Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings: An Analysis

52 ’Awlak� Tries to Make Analogies Between the Martyrdom and Bravery of the

Sah�bah and the Contemporary Phenomenon of Suicide Bombings: An Analysis

-- 68 ’Awlak� Exhorts to Armed Jih�d Yet Does Not do it Himself! 68 ’Awlak� Exhorts to Armed Jih�d Yet Does Not do it Himself!

-- 69 ’Awlak� Insinuates that Civilians Can be Purposefully Targeted in Armed Combat 69 ’Awlak� Insinuates that Civilians Can be Purposefully Targeted in Armed Combat

-- 75 The Prohibition of Transgression When Fighting: The Prohibition of Killing

Women, Children, the Elderly, the Sick and Those Not Fighting is Muhkam and the

Prophet (sallall�hu ’alayhi wassallam) Never Allowed it!

75 The Prohibition of Transgression When Fighting: The Prohibition of Killing

Women, Children, the Elderly, the Sick and Those Not Fighting is Muhkam and the

Prophet (sallall�hu ’alayhi wassallam) Never Allowed it!

-- 85 The Use of Manjaneeq (Catapults) Between ’Awlak� and Im�m Ibn ul-Mun�sif

(563-620 AH/1168-1223 CE) in His Book Kit�b ul-Inj�d f� Abw�b ul-Jih�d

85 The Use of Manjaneeq (Catapults) Between ’Awlak� and Im�m Ibn ul-Mun�sif

(563-620 AH/1168-1223 CE) in His Book Kit�b ul-Inj�d f� Abw�b ul-Jih�d

-- 89 Using the Hadeeth in Ab� Daw�d Regarding the Indiscriminate Attack on the

People of T�’if with Manjaneeq (Catapults)

89 Using the Hadeeth in Ab� Daw�d Regarding the Indiscriminate Attack on the

People of T�’if with Manjaneeq (Catapults)

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IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN Indeed, all praise is due to All�h, we praise Him, we seek His aid, and we ask for His forgiveness.

We seek refuge in All�h from the evil of our actions and from the evil consequences of our

actions. Whomever All�h guides, there is none to misguide and whoever All�h misguides there is

none to guide. I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship except All�h and I bear

witness that Muhammad is the servant