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...wouldn't attackers do something forbidden by their religious practice - to take drugs or anything else - that could help them achieve what they consider the far more important goal of their plot in striking a blow for God?" Bruguière asks. "Adepts of the Takfir wal-Hijra sect will adopt what Islam considers impure behavior of enemy societies, like drinking alcohol, eating pork and wild living, to better prepare attacks for those same societies. That's what Mohamed Atta and the other 9/11 attackers did while plotting in the U.S. If terrorists feel jihad justifies impious acts to prepare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Were the Mumbai Terrorists Fueled by Coke? | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...said that although moderates are developing new avenues for challenging takfir, such as through "a movement within the Islamist Islah party which might best be called moderate," few are willing to step outside of the boundaries of what is considered Orthodox...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visiting Scholar Addresses Islamic Politics in Yemen | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...story, "Visiting Scholar Addresses Islamic Politics in Yemen," contained a number of factual errors. The story referred to the practice of declaring that another has given up faith in Islam as "tut phir" instead of "takfir," misstated the title of the talk, and misquoted the speaker as saying "comparative politics" when she in fact said "competitive politics...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visiting Scholar Addresses Islamic Politics in Yemen | 11/13/2008 | See Source »

...sort of place where you can buy stomach-turning videos (lots of throat slitting) made by Islamic extremist groups. The sermons of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the mosque's one-eyed, steel-clawed imam, continually stress the importance of jihad. Baker says the mosque is dominated by adherents of Takfir wal Hijra, the neo-fascist Islamic ideology influential among European operatives of al-Qaeda. However extreme its message, Finsbury Park is undeniably popular. At midday prayers on a recent Friday, Abu Hamza preached to a congregation of about 1,200, who came from all over London. Sardar explains that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shoe Bomber's World | 2/25/2002 | See Source »

...sort of place where you can buy stomach-turning videos (lots of throat slitting) made by Islamic extremist groups. The sermons of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the mosque's one-eyed, steel-clawed imam, continually stress the importance of jihad. Baker says the mosque is dominated by adherents of Takfir wal Hijra, the neo-fascist Islamic ideology influential among European operatives of al-Qaeda. However extreme its message, Finsbury Park is undeniably popular. At midday prayers on a recent Friday, Abu Hamza preached to a congregation of about 1,200, who came from all over London. Sardar explains that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Shoe Bomber's World | 2/16/2002 | See Source »

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