In This Interview: Adam Tells Resurgence Azzam Al-Amriki June 25, 2015
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In this interview: Adam tells Resurgence Azzam al-Amriki June 25, 2015 [Please note: Images may have been removed from this document. Page numbers may have been added.] Targeting India will remain one of the Mujahideen’s priorities as long as it pursues its antagonistic policies and continues to engage in and condone the persecution, murder and rape of Muslims and occupation of their land The way forward for our persecuted brothers in Bangladesh is Da’wah and Jihad The Pakistani regime bears responsibility for the toppling of the Islamic Emirate and the occupation of Afghanistan, and its crimes are continuing unabated While in Pakistan, I and my brothers were blessed with numerous supporters who sheltered and took care of us despite the risk The Americans and their Pakistani agents almost captured me in Karachi on at least two occasions Shaykh Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi had the qualities of a great leader and a smile which could illuminate a city The Americans came close to martyring Shaykh Abu Mus’ab (may Allah have mercy on him) in Afghanistan, but Allah preserved him until he became America’s number one enemy in Iraq Shaykh Abu Mus’ab was a champion of unity who fought for the Ummah, and he should not be held responsible for the deviation today of some people who falsely claim to follow him and his methodology A Muslim’s blood is sacred, more sacred even than the Ka’aba, and spilling it without right is not only an act of oppression, it is the greatest sin after Kufr and Shirk The blessed raids of September 11th rubbed America’s nose in the dirt and debunked the myth of its invincibility Brother Hani Hanjour asked me about security on American domestic flights in 1999 Allegations of the un-Islamic character and behavior of the heroes of September 11th is part of a conspiracy to confuse and mislead Muslims Prophetic visions increased before major operations like September 11th and the USS Cole attack, leading Shaykh Usama to forbid the brothers to talk about their dreams The objective of the new Crusade against Iraq and Syria is to reestablish Crusader control of the region under the pretext of combating a particular faction 1 If the Crusaders decide to change their ways, then we have absolutely no interest whatsoever in prolonging the war for so much as another minute The Jihad against the regime in Damascus remains the most important battle for the Muslim Ummah in decades, and we must refocus our efforts on supporting our brothers in Syria in their heroic and fateful struggle The Nusra Front is an integral part of the blessed Syrian revolution Any attempt to differentiate between the Syrian and non-Syrian Mujahideen or drive a wedge between them is doomed to failure Cultivating and preserving a base of popular support is essential for the success of our Jihad Actual combat is only a small part of Jihad; most of the Mujahid’s time is taken up by Ribaat, which has a huge reward The Islamic Emirate is poised to return to power—soon, Allah willing—and its return will reverberate around the region Mujahideen everywhere should benefit from the Afghan experience and the examples set by the Islamic Emirate The liberation of al-Aqsa Masjid is getting closer with each passing day and each new victory Resurgence: First of all, we would like to learn about your family background and the early years of your life. Adam: In the name of Allah, and all praise is due to Allah, and peace and prayers be upon the Messenger of Allah and upon all his Family and Companions. Before I begin, I would like to congratulate you on the founding of Qa’eda al-Jihad Organization in the Indian Subcontinent, as well the founding of Resurgence Magazine. May Allah bless your efforts, and may He make al-Qa’eda in the Subcontinent and Resurgence play major roles in the empowerment of Muslims and the restoration of the Khilaafah (Caliphate); and I would also like to extend my thanks to you for picking me to be the subject of your first interview. Now, about the background of my family: like many or most Americans, I come from a family of diverse descent. My paternal grandfather’s parents were Ashkenazi Jews who immigrated to Brooklyn, New York from the Lithuania/Poland region. His wife—my paternal grandmother—was a Protestant Christian woman from West Virginia whose family—the Christians—has been in America since revolutionary times and which, like many prominent Western European families, traces its ancestry back to people like Charlemagne and William the Conqueror. 2 On my mother’s side, the family is—if my memory serves me right—of German Catholic descent, like many people in the Pennsylvania-New Jersey region where they lived. My father’s parents moved from the East Coast to southern California before he was born, and that’s where he grew up, and where he was introduced to my mother who was staying with relatives in the area. Soon after meeting—about two weeks later, if I’m not mistaken—my parents married. Shortly thereafter, they moved to the neighboring state of Oregon, and it was there that I was born—on September 1st, 1978—in a small trailer in the woods near the town of Port Orford. Soon after my birth, the government forced my family off the land my father had purchased in order to make way for a national park or nature reserve, and so we moved back to southern California, where my father bought 60 acres in an area which at the time was undeveloped, sparsely populated, and relatively far away from the suburban sprawl. I think we were only the second or third family to take up residence there. This rural ranch is where I grew up, as the eldest of four children. I have two sisters and a brother (the youngest of the four). Resurgence: How would you describe the early years of your life? Adam: Hmm…I would say that they were rather idyllic, occasionally boring—or perhaps often boring is the right way to put it—and probably a bit unusual for the place and time I grew up in. As I said, it was a very rural area, and we had no AC electricity, nor gas supply, nor even any toilets. We didn’t even have a telephone for the first ten years. The same thing goes for television. I think I was about 11 or 12 when one of our relatives gave us a small 3 or 4 inch black and white TV which we ran for a couple of hours each day off the three solar panels we used for lighting and powering small appliances like radios and cassette and CD players. Resurgence: So you obviously didn’t have air conditioning, then? Adam: Obviously! During the summer we had to sweat it out, while in the winter we would warm ourselves around the wood stove on which my mother would cook our food. That was during the day and in the early evening, but at bedtime we had to make do with several layers of blankets and quilts. Perhaps I should mention here that we lived in a small four-room house which my father designed and built himself from scratch, adding new rooms as the family grew larger; and the walls of our house were built entirely out of a single layer of wood planks with gaps in between most planks due to shrinkage, and obviously such a setup doesn’t offer much protection against the wind and cold, keeping in mind that temperatures in our area would regularly drop below freezing during the winter months. But on the plus side, a house built out of wood doesn’t retain much heat, which was helpful during summers where the temperature could reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). Resurgence: Was this rough, “off-the-grid” way of life someone your parents chose, or was it something they were forced into by circumstances? 3 Adam: I think it was a personal choice for the most part, whether born out of a desire to be different or out of a dislike of Western consumer culture and a wish to live a simpler life, although to be honest, I’m not quite certain on what basis they chose which amenities and conveniences of modern life to abandon and which to keep, because there were numerous concessions made to modernity. For example, while we didn’t have AC power or toilets, we had several automobiles, in addition to the technology which I mentioned earlier and other things I haven’t mentioned. Resurgence: We’ve heard that you did not attend school or any other formal educational institution. Is this true, and if so, why did your parents prefer homeschooling? Adam: Yes, I never went to school, whether public (state-funded) or private. I think there were probably a number of reasons my parents didn’t send me or any of my siblings to school. Like many parents who school their children at home, I think my parents did so because they didn’t want to entrust other people with their children’s intellectual development and physical well-being. There is no doubting the facts that schools—particularly American public schools—are one of the leading causes of the corruption of children’s minds, values, morals, manners and health. Atheism, godlessness, sex, drugs, petty and violent crime, disease, junk food: you name the vice, you’ll find it at school and be taught all about it, whether by your fellow students or by those tasked with educating you.