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“Jamaat Bulgar” Affirms Support for Global Jihad and Afghan Mujahideen
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 19:00) Written by Laith Alkhouri Tuesday, 16 March 2010 14:26
In an interview published in September 2009, leaders of “Jamaat Bulgar”—a Russian Tatar militant group based primarily in northwest Pakistan—acknowledge that they “are joining in the global jihad movement”. The interviewees state that “...at this very moment we stand in unity with our friends of the Mujahideen of the emirate ‘Afghanistan’ against the group of crusaders NATO and its henchmen, but it is difficult at this moment for us to formulate more plans.” Advising others who wish to join the movement, the interviewees encourage them to “store-up patience” and to “remember that Almighty Allah has prepared many unexpected difficulties for the Mujahideen." The leaders also provide a brief history of their group and call for a complete return to the precepts of Islam and Shari’a law.
