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To: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck who wrote (10973)	12/2/2007 8:55:18 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

‘Seas of blood’ for jihad extolled in articles to jury {Boston} Worcester Telegram and Gazette ^ \| Lee Hammel telegram.com BOSTON— A Muslim newspaper promoted the virtue of giving up one’s life for jihad and was critical of those who speak against it. Excerpts from the newspaper Al-Hussam (The Sword) and from other publications taken in 2003 from a Northboro self-storage locker rented by the charity Care International were read to a jury in U.S. District Court yesterday. Al-Hussam quoted Abdullah Azzam, a central figure in the jihad movement, as saying Afghan Muslims, who drove the Soviets out of their country in the 1980s, “didn’t get to where they are now without courage, without mountains of martyrs, without seas of blood.” Al-Hussam, the name of the newspaper of both Al-Kifah Refugee Center in Boston and Care International in Boston, had an article in the Feb. 24, 1995, issue saying that “Jews, Christians and liars joined in a plan which was financed by the Saudi regime, executed and produced by Pakistan” to prevent a united Muslim government in Afghanistan. Article after article was read to the jury, interrupted by frequent warnings from Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV that the three defendants had a right to hold and publish their views and practice their religion, and should not be punished by the jury for doing so. The defendants are two former Worcester residents, Emadeddin Z. Muntasser, 42, of Braintree, and Samir Al-Monla, 50, of Boston, both former presidents of the charity; and Muhamed Mubayyid, 42, of Shrewsbury, a former treasurer of Care. All are charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, scheming to conceal material facts, and obstructing and impeding the IRS. They withheld information that allegedly could have made a difference in the charity receiving its tax-exempt status. That is, that Care International allegedly supported Muslim holy war and those who fight it; and that it is an outgrowth of the Al-Kifah Refuge Center, a New York-based organization that has been tied to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York.... Numerous Al-Hussam articles promoted the obligation to support jihad and the virtues of martyrdom...