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14 years ago
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Dirty Kuffar
"Jihad Against the Crusaders," appears on the screen immediately after laughter over the footage of the hijacked planes crashing into the Twin Towers.
This video presents a new threat to counterterrorism, and at the same time shows the ingenious of Fundamentalists to draw in new recruits to take up "Jihad." Dirty Kuffar means 'dirty non-believer,' and the video displays a new approach by Fundamentalists; they have now adapted typically Western themes, this video is reminiscent of an MTV rap video, to try to capture the attention of Muslim youths to take up the 'holy war' against the crusaders. While inventive, the video completely contradicts the ideals of terrorist forces like the Taliban, who ban music and dancing, but that is exactly the point of this video. The fundamentalists are trying to call Muslims that do not agree with the views and ideals of militant radicals by incorporating themes from pop-culture. In this film the fundamentalists also tie religion to a call to arms, to inspire a sense of moral duty to kill the 'crusaders'. As british Labor MP Andrew Dismore said, "these extremists are using music and video to prey on young and impressionable Muslim boys in order to attract them to their brand of lunacy and entice them to commit acts of terror. It is inexcusable."
The video was actually made in Britian, not the Middle East, by Sheikh Terra and the Soul Salah Crew. Produced in 2004, it was sponsored by Mohammed Al-Massari, a UK based Islamic extremist and Saudi Arabian dissident. British authorites are attempting to prosecute the makers of this video, however their efforts may be too little too late as new extremist rappers emerge.
Following in the footsteps of Dirty Kuffar, other British Muslims have begun to use rap and hiphop as a means to call people to Jihad. Aki Nawaz has emerged as the frontman for the extremist rap group "Fun-Da-Mental," a group that sings the praises of suicide bombers and Osama Bin Laden. In 2006 Britian passed a new Terrorism Act which made the glorification or encouragement of political violence a crime, but despite the efforts of British officials, videos like "Dirty Kuffar" are only a click away on youtube.
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I find this kind of recruiting tool a bit odd and most certainly atypical of what you might expect from terrorists, but they must be hurting if this is what they are resorting to. They have their principles, laws, and beliefs that they must stand by, and breaking them, I believe, signals a move of last resort. If they are struggling to recruit new members or their numbers are dwindling, then this new type of recruiting mechanism might be put in place.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I do think this will be successful. As you stated above, it appeals to a certain demographic the terrorists are trying to recruit from which they had not been able to reach in the past. However, I think this can also be viewed as good news for Americans, as it serves as a signal that the terrorists are in dire need of new members. This war is obviously a very long process, but the U.S. is experiencing signs of success.