The Sunday Times     November 13, 2005

Al-Qaeda calls Queen an "enemy of Islam"
Abul Taher

AL-QAEDA has threatened the Queen by naming her as "one of the
severest enemies of Islam" in a video message to justify the 
July bombings in London.

The warning has been passed by MI5 to the Queen's protection 
team after it obtained the unexpurgated version of a video issued 
by Al-Qaeda after the 7/7 attacks. Parts of it were broadcast on 
Al-Jazeera, the Arabic satellite channel.

In the video, Ayman al- Zawahiri, second-in-command to Osama Bin
Laden, targets the Queen as ultimately responsible for Britain's
"crusader laws" and denounces her as an enemy of Muslims.

[...]

The Sunday Times has obtained the full 27-minute video, which is
circulating on secure jihadist websites in the Middle East used to
recruit and inflame prospective terrorists. In Britain it has been
posted by Muhammad al-Massari, the London-based Saudi extremist, on
his website Tajdeed.

It also contains inflammatory material from Mohammad Sidique Khan,
ringleader of the London bombings which killed 52 commuters. He is
urging Muslims to take part in jihad and seek martyrdom.

Khan, 30, incites British Muslims to ignore the moderate Islamic
leaders who want integration with British society.

"Our so-called scholars of today," he said, "are content with their
Toyotas and semi-detached houses" in their desire for integration.
The message is believed to be the first of its kind in which a British
suicide bomber calls on fellow UK Muslims to follow his example. 

[...]

In the video al-Zawahiri not only labels the Queen as one of Islam's
"severest enemies" but also sends a warning shot to British Islamic
leaders who "work for the pleasure of Elizabeth, the head of the
Church of England".

He said those who followed her were saying: "We are British citizens,
subject to Britain's crusader laws, and we are proud of our submission
. . . to Elizabeth, head of the Church of England."

[...]

Full article at "The Sunday Times" - Britain
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1869849,00.html

Cheers, Steve..

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