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Federal Bureau of Investigation ALL INFOPKkTIC1N CUfLAINED HEPEDI 1iNCLASIFIED EXCEPT 1IIHEPE PEOU OTHERWISE at fl Federal Bureau of Investigation DATE 05162012 CLASSIFIED 50324U05AH/SB/CWS PEASOIO IA CD DECLAISIF OW 05162037 INTRODUCTION TO THE JAMAAT AL TABLIGH iT It DUOO $1 ACLURM053621 FB10531 33 Federal Bureau of Investigation SE 1//NO RN DEOBANDI IS AM JAMAATALTABLIGH DARUL ULOOM MADRASA Founded in Deoband India in1867 Escape from encroachment of Western civilization Committed to literal interpretation of Islam Gathering place for Indian Muslims hostile to British rule DEOBANDI ISLAMIC BELIEFS Muslims first loyalty is to Islam Muslims recognize the religious frontiers of the Ummah Muslims have sacred and Jihad in right obligation to wage where Muslims threatened any country are JAMAAT AL TABLIGH Offshoot of Deobandi Islam ST//N RN ACLURM053622 FB10531 34 Federal Bureau of Investigation sEc 1//NOFO NOTABLE DEOBANDI DA UL UL OM MADRASSA GRADUATES Trained of Taliban most leadership at the Darul Uloom Haqqania Madrassa in Peshawar Pakistan Uses network of Darul Uloom Madrassas in Waziristan to indoctrinate recruit and train jihadists to fight in Afghanistan ACLURM053623 FB10531 35 Federal Bureau of Investigation Birthplace ofiamaatAlTabligh ACLURM053624 FB10531 36 tOT Federal Bureau of Investigation JAMAAT AL TABLIGH Founded in India in 1927 practitioner of Deobandi Islamic beliefs Attributes negative social economic conditions of Muslims to the disappearance of Islam from their lives MISSION STATEMENT To Purge Muslim Society of Un-Islamic Beliefs Practices and bring Muslims back to the basics of Islam as practiced by the Prophet ACLURM053625 FB10531 37 Federal Bureau of Investigation SECT//NRN JAMAAT AL TABLIGH HIERARCHY Leadership is held by blood relatives marriage Emir Responsible Brothers New Workers HO in Nizamuddin India HO in Pakistan HO in Bangladesh HO in Europe London UK HO in US New York NY ACLURM053626 FB10531 38 Federal Bureau of Investigation ST//NORN SIX POINTS OF JAMAAT AL TABLIGH Shahadah Article of Faith Six Ikmts of Tabligh Salaat Ritual Prayer lIm Dhikr Knowledge Rememberance of God iw lkram i-Muslim Respect all Muslims flitv Iklas i-Niyat Life of Servitude to Allah Tafriq i-Waqt participate in Dawah/Jamaats DIVISION AMONG TABLIG HIS TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT JIHAD BIN SAIF Jihad through the Sword Supremacy of Islam Deobandi Islam Salafi Islam Saudi Wahabbi Islam AOl Taliban JIHAD BIN NAFS Jihad through Conscience Islam is Religion of Peace Mainstream Islam 1IINN ACLURM053627 FB10531 39 Federal Bureau of Investigation SEC Jarnaat Al Tabligh TABLIGHI NISAB DAWAH JAMAAT CALL FROM THE HEART UNCL LIFE NCLASSFIED UNCLASSEFEED /NOF ACLURM053628 FB1053140 Federal Bureau of Investigation WHAT THE USIC SAYS ABOUT iT Most widespread organization within the Muslim world Six million members in over 70 countries with potential annual income of over $10 Billion iT Leadership is hostile to the US Government and resents the Wests incursions into Muslim societies iT has harbored either knowingly or unknowingly members of variety of Sunni terrorist organizations Vast majority of iT workers in the US are peaceful religious workers with no terrorism ties 30000 to 50000 members in United States as of June 2005 ACLURM053629 FB1053141 Federal Bureau of Investigation RN KNOWN TIES TO iT uuvv Minerican Airlines flight in December 2001 Lit match while inside aircraft Match wasto act as detonator m0RN ACLURM053630 FB1053142 Federal Bureau of Investigation iET//NORN TERRORISTS ITH NOWN TIES TO JT ACLURM053631 FB1053143 Federal Bureau of Investigation IL S//NRN TERRORIST WITH NOWN TIES TO iT TRAINING BACKGROUND Travel to Pakistan Born in Afghanistan Trained by Al Qaeda Legal U.S Resident Weapons Explosives INDICATORS UTTP Formulas Handling Making Backpack bombs Initiating Explosives Hydrogen-Peroxide Main Explosive Charges TATP Detonator Fuze Systems stii ACLURM053632 FB1053144 Federal Bureau of Investigation RET//ORN UTERRORIS ITH KNWNTIESTOJT 7C SE//NRN ACLURM053633 FB1053145 Federal Bureau of Investigation GUANTANAMO BA CUBA GITMO 50% OF REMAINING PRISONERS FROM YEMEN MOST ARE JT MEMBERS 27 YEMENI PRISONERS RELE SED FROM GITMO NOW PART OF AQAP ACLURM053634 FB1053146 lb Federal Bureau of Investigation ACLURM053635 FB1053147 Federal Bureau of Investigation -a I- ACLURM053636 FB1053148 Federal Bureau of Investigation iT EXPANDING OPERATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ACLURM053637 FB1053149 Federal Bureau of Investigation ITRIRI JTFfl TI IT MFMRFR5 COPIES OF THE 2009 EID AL FITR STATEMENT MADE BY TALIBAN frHE77PAGESTATEMENTOPENEDWIT CONGRATULATING AND HONORING FOLLOWERS FOR THEIR FIGHT ON THE FRONTLINES OF JIHAD HE EXCLAIMED MAY ALLAH ACCEPT THE MARTYRDOM OF THE MARTYRS AND THE STRUGGLES OF THE MUJAHEDDIN IN THIS BLESSED AND HOLY PATH SECX//NORN ACLURM053638 FB10531 50 Federal Bureau of Investigation ACLURM053639 FB1053151 Bureau of Investigation t\I/ I7KlN Both an Help Administer DaiIbjationsi 1i6 RN ACLURM053640 FB10531 52 Federal Bureau of Investigation Radical Islamic Extremist Advocator of Jihad vs US/Israel In Charge of iT in Nfl iT Recruiter at LSU Shreveport From Pakistan From Mauritania ties to AQIIM ACLURM053641 FB10531 53 Federal Bureau of Investigation SECkT//N ORN Louisiana Based A1ran-Arnerican iT Members Islam Majority are former Nation of Islam members who converted to while in prison ACLURM053642 FB10531 54.
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