"This is the "actual" translation of Osama Bin Laden's pretaped video message which aired on Qatar's news program Al_Jazeera shortly after the U.S. began its attack on Afghanistan! You will find it sharpy different from the English overdubs you are hearing on the news. This is in no way an affirmation, nor is it a rejection, of any of the content within this statement. It is merely an effort to present the truth as it is, without the manipulation and adulteration of the propagandist media. " From Shibli Zaman
All praise belongs to Allah. We praise Him, seek His
aid, seek His
forgiveness. And we seek refuge with Him from the
wicked [promptings] of our
souls and the evil [consequences] of our deeds. And
I bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah alone and
I bear witness that
Muhammad is His slave and His messenger.
To proceed.
So here is America, Allah has struck it in one of
its vital points, so He
destroyed her greatest of buildings. And unto Allah
is all praise (al-hamd)
and He has favored us with this blessing (al-minna).
And here is America filled with terror from its
north to its south, from its
east to its west.
And unto Allah is all praise (al-hamd) and He has
favored us with this
blessing (al-minna).
So what America tastes today is just a little of
what we have tasted for
decades. For indeed our ummah [nation] for some 80
plus years has tasted
this
humiliation; so its children are killed, and its
blood shed, and its holy
places transgressed; and it is slaughtered by what
Allah has not sent down.
And there is none to hear or respond [to our cries].
So when Allah -- subhanahu wa ta'ala [glorious is
He]-- led to success as
star from the stars
of Islam and a vanguard from the vanguards of Islam
-- [so] Allah gave them
victory so they destroyed America with a great
destruction --- I ask Allah
--- subhanahu wa ta'ala --- to raise their position
and provide them with
the high Firdaus [heaven].
So when these [men] replied on behalf of their
oppressed children, and on
behalf of their brothers and sisters in Palestine
and in many lands of Islam
-- the world in its entirety shouted. Unbelief
(kufr) shouted and hy pocrisy
(nifaq) followed it.
Until this moment which I am speaking, a million
innocent children have been
murdered [and are still being murdered] for no sin
they have committed and
we do not hear [any voice] denouncing that and we do
not hear any fatwa from
the scholars of the rulers [regarding that].
And during these days, Israeli tanks and death
machines spread destruction
in the lands -- in Janeen, in Ramallah, in Rafah, in
Bait Jaalo, and
elsewhere in the lands of Islam and we do not hear
anyone raising a voice or
getting up to do something [about that].
So if after 80 years the sword befalls on America,
the head of hypocrisy
comes out and feels sorry for those murderers who
played with the b! lood,
honor, and holy places of the Muslims. The least
what can be said regarding
[those scholars] is that they are sinful (fasiqa).
They followed falsehood,
and they gave victory [by their words] to the
butcher over the lamb and they
gave victory [by their words] to the oppressor over
the innocent [Muslim]
child. So Allah is sufficent for me against them and
I ask Allah --
subhanahu wa ta'ala -- to show us what they deserve
[from His punishment].
I say the matter is clear and obvious. So it is
necessary for every Muslim
after this event and after the leaders in the United
States of America --
beginning with the head of world infidelity (kufr),
Bush, and those with
him, have spoken. They have come out with their men
and steeds [of war].
They have gathered against us. Even the nations that
identify themselves
with Islam [have gathered] against this group that
has come forth [to
establish] its religion for Allah -- subhanahu wa
ta'ala -- [and] which
refuses to humilate their religion. [These nations]
have come out seeking to
fight Islam and humanity in the name [of fighting]
terrorism.
A people in the far ends of the earth ... in Japan
... hundreds of thousands
of its people -- young and old -- were killed [by
America's atomic bombs].
This is not a war crime [rather] this is an issue
that has to be
'contemplated'. Today [the slaughter due to
sanctions] in Iraq .. this is an
issue that needs to be 'contemplated'.
However when tens are killed in Nairobi and Dar
as-Salam, Afganistan is
bombed, Iraq is bombed. And hypocrisy in its
entirety stands behind the head
of world infidelity .. behind the Hubal [Note: Hubal
was an idol worshipped
by Quraish] of today -- America and those with it.
I say these events have divided the world in its
entirety into two camps: a
camp of faith having no hypocrisy and a camp of
unbelief (kufr). May Allah
protect us and you from [hypocrisy and unbelief]. It
is necessary for every
Muslim to rise up and give victory to his deen. The
winds of faith have
blown. And the winds of change to remove the
falsehood in the peninsula of
Muhammad -- sallallahu alaihi wa sallam - have
blown.
As for America I say to it and its people just a few
words: I swear by Allah
the Greatest Who raised the heavens [above the
earth] without pillars...
neither America nor those who live there will dream
of security until we
live it in reality in Palestine and before all the
infidel armies leave the
lands of Muhammad -- sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.
Allah is greatest and
glory and might is for Islam alone. And may Allah's
peace, mercy, and
blessings be upon you.
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