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From: Murray Kah
To:     heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Bin Laden: 1996 (Public Information)

DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST
THE AMERICANS OCCUPYING THE
LAND OF THE TWO HOLY PLACES 

USAMA BIN LADEN

(PART 1 OF 3)

http://snakefist.tripod.com/declaration3.htm

Praise be to Allah, we seek His help and ask for his pardon. we take refuge
in Allah from our wrongs and bad deeds. Who ever been guided by Allah will
not be misled, and who ever has been misled, he will never be guided. I bear
witness that there is no God except Allah no associates with Him and I bear
witness that Muhammad is His slave and messenger. 

{O you who believe! be careful of your duty to Allah with the proper care
which is due to Him, and do not die unless you are Muslim} (Imraan; 3:102), 

{O people be careful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a
single being and created its mate of the same kind and spread from these
two, many men and women; and be careful of your duty to Allah , by whom you
demand one of another your rights, and (be careful) to the ties of kinship;
surely Allah ever watches over you} (AnNisa; 4:1),

{O you who believe! be careful of your duty to Allah and speak the right
word; He will put your deeds into a right state for you, and forgive you
your faults; and who ever obeys Allah and his Apostle, he indeed achieve a
mighty success} (AlAhzab; 33:7071). 

Praise be to Allah, reporting the saying of the prophet Shu'aib: {I desire
nothing but reform so far as I am able, and with non but Allah is the
direction of my affair to the right and successful path; on him do I rely
and to him do I turn} (Hud; 11:88). Praise be to Allah, saying: {You are the
best of the nations raised up for the benefit of men; you enjoin what is
right and forbid the wrong and believe in Allah} (AalImraan; 3:110). 

Allah's blessing and salutations on His slave and messenger who said: (The
people are close to an all encompassing punishment from Allah if they see
the oppressor and fail to restrain him) It should not be hidden from you
that the people of Islam had suffered from aggression, iniquity and
injustice imposed on them by the ZionistCrusaders alliance and their
collaborators; to the extent that the Muslims blood became the cheapest and
their wealth as loot in the hands of the enemies. Their blood was spilled in
Palestine and Iraq. The horrifying pictures of the massacre of Qana, in
Lebanon are still fresh in our memory. Massacres in Tajakestan, Burma,
Kashmir, Assam, Philippine, Fatani, Ogadin, Somalia, Eritrea, Chechnia and
in BosniaHerzegovina took place, massacres that send shivers in the body and
shake the conscience. All of this and the world watch and hear, and not only
didn't respond to these atrocities, but also with a clear conspiracy between
the USA and its' allies and under the cover of the iniquitous United
Nations, the dispossessed people were even prevented from obtaining arms to
defend themselves.

The people of Islam awakened and realised that they are the main target for
the aggression of the Zionist-Crusaders alliance. All false claims and
propaganda about "Human Rights" were hammered down and exposed by the
massacres that took place against the Muslims in every part of the world.

The latest and the greatest of these aggressions, incurred by the Muslims
since the death of the Prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) is
the occupation of the land of the two Holy Places the foundation of the
house of Islam, the place of the revelation, the source of the message and
the place of the noble Ka'ba, the Qiblah of all Muslims by the armies of the
American Crusaders and their allies. (We bemoan this and can only say: "No
power and power acquiring except through Allah"). Under the present
circumstances, and under the banner of the blessed awakening which is
sweeping the world in general and the Islamic world in particular,
I meet with you today. And after a long absence, imposed on the scholars
(Ulama) and callers (Da'ees) of Islam by the iniquitous crusaders movement
under the leadership of the USA; who fears that they, the scholars and
callers of Islam, will instigate the Ummah of Islam against its' enemies as
their ancestor scholars may Allah be pleased with them like Ibn Taymiyyah
and Al'iz Ibn AbdesSalaam did. And therefore the Zionist-Crusader alliance
resorted to killing and arresting the truthful Ulama and the working Da'ees
(We are not praising or sanctifying them; Allah sanctify whom He pleased).

They killed the Mujahid Sheikh Abdullah Azzaam, and they arrested the
Mujahid Sheikh Ahmad Yaseen and the Mujahid Sheikh Omar Abdur Rahman (in
America). By orders from the USA they also arrested a large number of
scholars, Da'ees and young people in the land of the two Holy Places among
them the prominent Sheikh Salman AlOud'a and Sheikh Safar AlHawali and their
brothers;(We bemoan this and can only say: "No power and power acquiring
except through Allah"). We, myself and my group, have suffered some of this
injustice ourselves; we have been prevented from addressing the Muslims. We
have been pursued in Pakistan, Sudan and Afghanistan, hence this long
absence on my part. But by the Grace of Allah, a safe base is now available
in the high Hindukush mountains in Khurasan ; where by the Grace of Allah
the largest infidel military force of the world was destroyed. And the myth
of the super power was withered in front of the Mujahideen cries of Allahu
Akbar (God is greater). 

Today we work from the same mountains to lift the iniquity that had been
imposed on the Ummah by the Zionist-Crusader alliance, particularly after
they have occupied the blessed land around Jerusalem, route of the journey
of the Prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) and the land of the
two Holy Places .We ask Allah to bestow us with victory, He is our Patron
and He is the Most Capable. From here, today we begin the work, talking and
discussing the ways of correcting what had happened to the Islamic world in
general, and the Land of the two Holy Places in particular. We wish to study
the means that we could follow to return the situation to its' normal path.
And to return to the people their own rights, particularly after the large
damages and the great aggression on the life and the religion of the people.
An injustice that had affected every section and group of the people; the
civilians, military and security men, government officials and merchants,
the young and the old people as well as schools and university students.
Hundred of thousands of the unemployed graduates, who became the widest
section of the society, were also affected. 

Injustice had affected the people of the industry and agriculture. It
affected the people of the rural and urban areas. And almost every body
complain about something. The situation at the land of the two Holy places
became like a huge volcano at the verge of eruption that would destroy the
Kufr and the corruption and its' sources. The explosion at Riyadh and
AlKhobar is a warning of this volcanic eruption emerging as a result of the
sever oppression, suffering, excessive iniquity, humiliation and poverty.
People are fully concerned about their every day livings; every body talks
about the deterioration of the economy, inflation, ever increasing debts and
jails full of prisoners.

Government employees with limited income talk about debts of ten thousands
and hundred thousands of Saudi Riyals . They complain that the value of the
Riyal is greatly and continuously deteriorating among most of the main
currencies. Great merchants and contractors speak about hundreds and
thousands of million Riyals owed to them by the government. More than three
hundred forty billions of Riyal owed by the government to the people in
addition to the daily accumulated interest, let alone the foreign debt.
People wonder whether we are the largest oil exporting country?! They even
believe that this situation is a curse put on them by Allah for not
objecting to the oppressive and illegitimate behaviour and measures of the
ruling regime: Ignoring the divine Shari'ah law; depriving people of their
legitimate rights; allowing the American to occupy the land of the two Holy
Places; imprisonment, unjustly, of the sincere scholars. The honourable
Ulamah and scholars as well as merchants, economists and eminent people of
the country were all alerted by this disastrous situation. Quick efforts
were made by each group to contain and to correct the situation.

All agreed that the country is heading toward a great catastrophe, the depth
of which is not known except by Allah. One big merchant commented : `' the
king is leading the state into `sixty six' folded disaster'', (We bemoan
this and can only say: "No power and power acquiring except through Allah").
Numerous princes share with the people their feelings, privately expressing
their concerns and objecting to the corruption, repression and the
intimidation taking place in the country. But the competition between
influential princes for personal gains and interest had destroyed the
country. 

Through its course of actions the regime has torn off its legitimacy: 

(1) Suspension of the Islamic Shari'ah law and exchanging it with man made
civil law. The regime entered into a bloody confrontation with the truthful
Ulamah and the righteous youths (we sanctify nobody; Allah sanctify Whom He
pleaseth). 

(2) The inability of the regime to protect the country, and allowing the
enemy of the Ummah the American crusader forces to occupy the land for the
longest of years. The crusader forces became the main cause of our
disastrous condition, particularly in the economical aspect of it due to the
unjustified heavy spending on these forces. As a result of the policy
imposed on the country, especially in the field of oil industry where
production is restricted or expanded and prices are fixed to suit the
American economy ignoring the economy of the country. Expensive deals were
imposed on the country to purchase arms. People asking what is the
justification for the very existence of the regime then? Quick efforts were
made by individuals and by different groups of the society to contain the
situation and to prevent the danger. They advised the government both
privately and openly; they send letters and poems, reports after reports,
reminders after reminders, they explored every avenue and enlist every
influential man in their movement of reform and correction. They wrote with
style of passion, diplomacy and wisdom asking for corrective measures and
repentance from the "great wrong doings and corruption " that had engulfed
even the basic principles of the religion and the legitimate rights of the
people. But to our deepest regret the regime refused to listen to the people
accusing them of being ridiculous and imbecile. The matter got worse as
previous wrong doings were followed by mischief's of greater magnitudes. All
of this taking place in the land of the two Holy Places! It is no longer
possible to be quiet. It is not acceptable to give a blind eye to this
matter. 

As the extent of these infringements reached the highest of levels and
turned into demolishing forces threatening the very existence of the Islamic
principles, a group of scholars who can take no more supported by hundreds
of retired officials, merchants, prominent and educated people wrote to the
King asking for implementation of the corrective measures.

In 1411 A.H. (May 1991), at the time of the gulf war, a letter, the famous
letter of Shawwaal, with over four hundred signatures was send to the king
demanding the lift of oppression and the implementation of corrective
actions. The king humiliated those people and choose to ignore the content
of their letter; and the very bad situation of the country became even
worse. People, however, tried again and send more letters and petitions. One
particular report, the glorious Memorandum Of Advice, was handed over to the
king on Muharram, 1413 A.H (July 1992), which tackled the problem pointed
out the illness and prescribed the medicine in an original, righteous and
scientific style. It described the gaps and the shortcoming in the
philosophy of the regime and suggested the required course of action and
remedy. The report gave a description of: 

*  (1). The intimidation and harassment suffered by the leaders of the
society, the scholars, heads of tribes, merchants, academic teachers and
other eminent individuals; 

*  (2). The situation of the law within the country and the arbitrary
declaration of what is Halal and Haram (lawful and unlawful) regardless of
the Shari'ah as instituted by Allah; 

*  (3). The state of the press and the media which became a tool of truth
hiding and misinformation; the media carried out the plan of the enemy of
idolising cult of certain personalities and spreading scandals among the
believers to repel the people away from their religion, as Allah, the
Exalted said: {surely as for those who love that scandal should circulate
between the believers, they shall have a grievous chastisement in this world
and in the here after} (AnNoor, 24:19). 

*  (4). Abuse and confiscation of human rights; 

*  (5). The financial and the economical situation of the country and the
frightening future in the view of the enormous amount of debts and interest
owed by the government; this is at the time when the wealth of the Ummah
being wasted to satisfy personal desires of certain individuals!! while
imposing more custom duties and taxes on the nation. (the prophet said about
the woman who committed adultery: "She repented in such a way sufficient to
bring forgiveness to a custom collector!!")., 

*  (6). The miserable situation of the social services and infrastructure
especially the water service and supply , the basic requirement of life., 

*  (7). The state of the illtrained and illprepared army and the impotence
of its commander in chief despite the incredible amount of money that has
been spent on the army. The gulf war clearly exposed the situation., 

*  (8). Shari'a law was suspended and man made law was used instead., 

*  (9). And as far as the foreign policy is concerned the report exposed not
only how this policy has disregarded the Islamic issues and ignored the
Muslims, but also how help and support were provided to the enemy against
the Muslims; the cases of GazaAriha and the communist in the south of Yemen
are still fresh in the memory, and more can be said. 

As stated by the people of knowledge, it is not a secret that to use man
made law instead of the Shari'a and to support the infidels against the
Muslims is one of the ten "voiders" that would strip a person from his
Islamic status (turn a Muslim into a Mushrik, non believer status). The All
Mighty said: {and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are
the unbelievers} (AlMa'ida; 5:44), and {but no! by your Lord! they do not
believe (in reality) until they make you a judge of that which has become a
matter of disagreement among them, and then do not find the slightest
misgiving in their hearts as to what you have decided and submit with entire
submission} (AnNissa; 4:65). 

In spite of the fact that the report was written with soft words and very
diplomatic style, reminding of Allah, giving truthful sincere advice, and
despite of the importance of advice in Islam being absolutely essential for
those in charge of the people and the large number who signed this document
as well as their supporters, all of that was not an intercession for the
Memorandum . Its' content was rejected and those who signed it and their
sympathisers were ridiculed, prevented from travel, punished and even
jailed. Therefore it is very clear that the advocates of correction and
reform movement were very keen on using peaceful means in order to protect
the unity of the country and to prevent blood shed. Why is it then the
regime closed all peaceful routes and pushed the people toward armed
actions?!! which is the only choice left for them to implement righteousness
and justice. To whose benefit does prince Sultan and prince Nayeff push the
country into a civil war that will destroy everything? and why consulting
those who ignites internal feuds, playing the people against each other and
instigate the policemen, the sons of the nation, to abort the reform
movement. While leaving in peace and security such traitors who implement
the policy of the enemy in order to bleed the financial and the human
resources of the Ummah, and leaving the main enemy in the area the American
Zionist alliance enjoy peace and security?! The advisor (Zaki Badr, the
Egyptian exminister of the interior) to prince Nayeff minister of interior
was not acceptable even to his own country; he was sacked from his position
there due to the filthy attitude and the aggression he exercised on his own
people, yet he was warmly welcomed by prince Nayeff to assist in sins and
aggressions. He unjustly filled the prisons with the best sons of this Ummah
and caused miseries to their mothers. Does the regime want to play the
civilians against their military personnel and vice versa, like what had
happened in some of the neighbouring countries?!! No doubts this is the
policy of the American-Israeli alliance as they are the first to benefit
from this situation.

But with the grace of Allah, the majority of the nation, both civilians and
military individuals are aware of the wicked plan. They refused to be played
against each others and to be used by the regime as a tool to carry out the
policy of the American-Israeli alliance through their agent in our country:
the Saudi regime. Therefore every one agreed that the situation can not be
rectified (the shadow cannot be straighten when its' source, the rod, is not
straight either) unless the root of the problem is tackled. Hence it is
essential to hit the main enemy who divided the Ummah into small and little
countries and pushed it, for the last few decades, into a state of
confusion. The Zionist-Crusader alliance moves quickly to contain and abort
any "corrective movement" appearing in the Islamic countries. Different
means and methods are used to achieve their target; on occasion the
"movement" is dragged into an armed struggle at a predetermined unfavourable
time and place. Sometime officials from the Ministry of Interior, who are
also graduates of the colleges of the Shari'ah, are leashed out to mislead
and confuse the nation and the Ummah (by wrong Fatwas) and to circulate
false information about the movement. At other occasions some righteous
people were tricked into a war of words against the Ulama and the leaders of
the movement, wasting the energy of the nation in discussing minor issues
and ignoring the main one that is the unification of the people under the
divine law of Allah. In the shadow of these discussions and arguments
truthfulness is covered by the falsehood, and personal feuds and
partisanship created among the people increasing the division and the
weakness of the Ummah; priorities of the Islamic work are lost while the
blasphemy and polytheism continue its grip and control over the Ummah. We
should be alert to these atrocious plans carried out by the Ministry of
Interior. The right answer is to follow what have been decided by the people
of knowledge, as was said by Ibn Taymiyyah (Allah's mercy upon him): "people
of Islam should join forces and support each other to get rid of the main
"Kufr" who is controlling the countries of the Islamic world, even to bear
the lesser damage to get rid of the major one, that is the great Kufr".

". If there are more than one duty to be carried out, then the most
important one should receive priority. Clearly after Belief (Imaan) there is
no more important duty than pushing the American enemy out of the holy land.
No other priority, except Belief, could be considered before it; the people
of knowledge, Ibn Taymiyyah, stated: "to fight in defence of religion and
Belief is a collective duty; there is no other duty after Belief than
fighting the enemy who is corrupting the life and the religion. There is no
preconditions for this duty and the enemy should be fought with one best
abilities. (ref: supplement of Fatawa). If it is not possible to push back
the enemy except by the collective movement of the Muslim people, then there
is a duty on the Muslims to ignore the minor differences among themselves;
the ill effect of ignoring these differences, at a given period of time, is
much less than the ill effect of the occupation of the Muslims' land by the
main Kufr. Ibn Taymiyyah had explained this issue and emphasised the
importance of dealing with the major threat on the expense of the minor one.
He described the situation of the Muslims and the Mujahideen and stated that
even the military personnel who are not practising Islam are not exempted
from the duty of Jihad against the enemy. 

Ibn Taymiyyah , after mentioning the Moguls (Tatar) and their behaviour in
changing the law of Allah, stated that: the ultimate aim of pleasing Allah,
raising His word, instituting His religion and obeying His messenger
(ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) is to fight the enemy, in every
aspects and in a complete manner; if the danger to the religion from not
fighting is greater than that of fighting, then it is a duty to fight them
even if the intention of some of the fighter is not pure i.e . fighting for
the sake of leadership (personal gain) or if they do not observe some of the
rules and commandments of Islam. To repel the greatest of the two dangers on
the expense of the lesser one is an Islamic principle which should be
observed. It was the tradition of the people of the Sunnah (AhlulSunnah) to
join and invade fight with the righteous and non righteous men. Allah may
support this religion by righteous and non righteous people as told by the
prophet (ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM). If it is not possible to
fight except with the help of non righteous military personnel and
commanders, then there are two possibilities: either fighting will be
ignored and the others, who are the great danger to this life and religion,
will take control; or to fight with the help of non righteous rulers and
therefore repelling the greatest of the two dangers and implementing most,
though not all, of the Islamic laws. The latter option is the right duty to
be carried out in these circumstances and in many other similar situation.
In fact many of the fights and conquests that took place after the time of
Rashidoon, the guided Imams, were of this type. (majmoo' al Fatawa, 26/506).
No one, not even a blind or a deaf person , can deny the presence of the
widely spread mischief's or the prevalence of the great sins that had
reached the grievous iniquity of polytheism and to share with Allah in His
sole right of sovereignty and making of the law. The All Mighty stated: {And
when Luqman said to his son while he admonish him: O my son! do not
associate ought with Allah; most surely polytheism is a grievous iniquity}
(Luqman; 31:13). Man fabricated laws were put forward permitting what has
been forbidden by Allah such as usury (Riba) and other matters. Banks
dealing in usury are competing, for lands, with the two Holy Places and
declaring war against Allah by disobeying His order {Allah has allowed
trading and forbidden usury} (Baqarah; 2:275). All this taking place at the
vicinity of the Holy Mosque in the Holy Land! Allah (SWT) stated in His Holy
Book a unique promise (that had not been promised to any other sinner) to
the Muslims who deals in usury: {O you who believe! Be careful of your duty
to Allah and relinquish what remains (due) from usury, if you are believers
* But if you do (it) not, then be appraised of WAR from Allah and His
Apostle} (Baqarah; 2:278279). This is for the "Muslim" who deals in usury
(believing that it is a sin), what is it then to the person who make himself
a partner and equal to Allah, legalising (usury and other sins) what has
been forbidden by Allah. Despite of all of the above we see the government
misled and dragged some of the righteous Ulamah and Da'ees away from the
issue of objecting to the greatest of sins and Kufr. (We bemoan this and can
only say: "No power and power acquiring except through Allah"). Under such
circumstances, to push the enemy the greatest Kufr out of the country is a
prime duty. No other duty after Belief is more important than the duty of
had . Utmost effort should be made to prepare and instigate the Ummah
against the enemy, the American-Israeli alliance occupying the country of
the two Holy Places and the route of the Apostle (Allah's Blessings and
Salutations may be on him) to the Furthest Mosque (AlAqsa Mosque). Also to
remind the Muslims not to be engaged in an internal war among themselves, as
that will have grieve consequences namely: 

*  1. Consumption of the Muslims human resources as most casualties and
fatalities will be among the Muslims people. 

*  2. Exhaustion of the economic and financial resources. 

*  3. Destruction of the country infrastructures 

*  4. Dissociation of the society 

*  5. Destruction of the oil industries. The presence of the USA Crusader
military forces on land, sea and air of the states of the Islamic Gulf is
the greatest danger threatening the largest oil reserve in the world. The
existence of these forces in the area will provoke the people of the country
and induces aggression on their religion, feelings and prides and push them
to take up armed struggle against the invaders occupying the land; therefore
spread of the fighting in the region will expose the oil wealth to the
danger of being burned up. The economical interest of the States of the Gulf
and the land of the two Holy Places will be damaged and even a greater
damage will be caused to the economy of the world. I would like here to
alert my brothers, the Mujahideen, the sons of the nation, to protect this
(oil) wealth and not to include it in the battle as it is a great Islamic
wealth and a large economical power essential for the soon to be established
Islamic state, by Allah's Permission and Grace. We also warn the aggressors,
the USA, against burning this Islamic wealth (a crime which they may commit
in order to prevent it, at the end of the war, from falling in the hands of
its' legitimate owners and to cause economical damages to the competitors of
the USA in Europe or the Far East, particularly Japan which is the major
consumer of the oil of the region). 

*  6. Division of the land of the two Holy Places, and annexing of the
northerly part of it by Israel. Dividing the land of the two Holy Places is
an essential demand of the Zionist-Crusader alliance. The existence of such
a large country with its huge resources under the leadership of the
forthcoming Islamic State, by Allah's Grace, represent a serious danger to
the very existence of the Zionist state in Palestine. The Nobel Ka'ba, the
Qiblah of all Muslims makes the land of the two Holy Places a symbol for the
unity of the Islamic world. Moreover, the presence of the world largest oil
reserve makes the land of the two Holy Places an important economical power
in the Islamic world. The sons of the two Holy Places are directly related
to the life style (Seerah) of their forefathers, the companions, may Allah
be pleased with them. They consider the Seerah of their forefathers as a
source and an example for re-establishing the greatness of this Ummah and to
raise the word of Allah again. Furthermore the presence of a population of
fighters in the south of Yemen, fighting in the cause of Allah, is a
strategic threat to the Zionist-Crusader alliance in the area. The Prophet
(ALLAH'S BLESSING AND SALUTATIONS ON HIM) said: (around twelve thousands
will emerge from Aden/Abian helping the cause of Allah and His messenger,
they are the best, in the time, between me and them) narrated by Ahmad with
a correct trustworthy reference. 

*  7. An internal war is a great mistake, no matter what reasons are there
for it. the presence of the occupier the USA forces will control the outcome
of the battle for the benefit of the international Kufr. 

                                     (End 1 of 3)

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