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Thousands of Muslim fighters bound for Moluccas
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THE PROSPECT of renewed sectarian bloodshed in Indonesia's
Moluccas, the former Spice Islands, loomed large yesterday when 3,000
Muslim fighters were massed to travel to the provincial capital,
Ambon.
The fighters, who have pledged to wage a jihad, or holy war,
against Christians in the islands, gathered in the East Java port of
Surabaya. However, the departure of the bulk of the force was delayed
because no ferries were available. A few hundred men arrived in
Ambon, 1,400 miles east ...
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Thousands of Muslim fighters bound for Moluccas
The Independent - London
; THE PROSPECT of renewed sectarian bloodshed in Indonesia's Moluccas, the former Spice Islands, loomed large yesterday when 3,000 Muslim fighters were massed to travel to the provincial capital, Ambon. The fighters, who have pledged to wage a jihad, or holy war, against Christians in the islands,
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God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam / The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions
Interpretation
; God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam, by Peter Partner. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1998. 391 pp. $16.95. ISBN 0-69100235-5. The Holy War Idea in Western and Islamic Traditions, by James Turner Johnson. Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, 1997. 194 1.
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Hundreds of fighters heed bin Laden's call to wage holy war in Iraq
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Hundreds of fighters heed bin Laden's call to wage holy war in Iraq By RICHARD C. PADDOCK, ALISSA J. RUBIN AND GREG MILLER Los Angeles Times Sunday, November 9, 2003 Baghdad, Iraq -- Answering Osama bin Laden's call for holy war in Iraq, hundreds of followers from at least eight nations have
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`HOLY WAR' EXPLORES BIN LADEN
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; ... credentials and charisma of Bergen, who is easy to watch and seems to have a real sense of the Qaeda ringleader. The problem is that as CNN's terrorism expert, Bergen has already shared most of what he knows with anyone watching the cable news channel.
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Muslim leaders reject Hussein call for holy war
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; ... confuse us in our judgment on the real nature of the Iraqi regime," said a report published Sunday by IRNA, the Iranian government news agency, in the name of the nation's Shiite leaders. "Putting Allah-o-Akbar (God is Great) on its national flag . . . is a propaganda ...
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Student recruiter for Islam Holy War.(News)
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; BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Prominent Saudi religious scholars urged Iraqis to support militants waging holy war against the U.S.-led coalition forces as American troops prepared Saturday for a major assault on the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah. The 26 Saudi scholars and preachers said in an open letter
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In holy war, Islamic groups will be scrutinized
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; When in the name of religion, holy war is waged against the United States, then I no longer believe in the sanctity of the mosques of that religion. I believe God and our intelligence communities will prevail. The Koran may speak against suicide, but isn't quite so adamant. Should you take out 40
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Silence In The Face Of Evil: 'Holy war' against America and Jews meets with quiet from Christian, Muslim clerics
The New York Jewish Week
; ... a fiery statement Sept. 25 saying that: "Wherever there are Americans and Jews, they will be targeted." In a release faxed to news organizations in the name of the group's chief military commander, Naseer Ahmed Mujahed, the statement added, "Wherever there ...
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US Tragedy: 'Holy war' threat if USA attacks Afghanistan.(News)
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; AFGHANISTAN'S ruling Taliban, facing massive US military attacks and promising holy war in return, hinted yesterday that they may surrender the world's most wanted man as long as it is not to America. In return for Osama bin Laden, the Taliban will seek international recognition for their outcast
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