1. Introduction

2. How do we know that As-Sahab Media is authentic and not some CIA plot?

a. Who are As-Sahab Media?

b. The apparent piety of As-Sahab Media

c. Al-Qaa’idah’s relationship with the Taliban

d. Refuting some arguments

3. How do we know for sure that Usaamah bin Laadin was behind the 9/11 invasion?

a) Reminding everyone the authenticity of As-Sahab Media and their videos related to 9/11 as well as their strategy in releasing the videos.

b) The official statement of Usaamah regarding the 9/11 invasion.

c) Regarding the conspiracy theories of the bombs in the Twin Towers and no plane hitting the Pentagon.

d) Regarding the conspiracy theories of the FBI taking security camera footage from local hotels/gas stations after the attacks on the Pentagon.

e) Regarding the Jews celebrating when seeing the Twin Towers attacked.

f) Regarding the warnings that America received before the invasion

g) Regarding the letter America sent Mullah ‘Umar before 9/11

1. Introduction

Verily, all praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek refuge with Him, and seek His Forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allah from the evils of our souls and the mistakes in our actions. Whoever Allah Guides, there is none who can misguide him, and whoever Allah misguides, there is none who can guide him. And I testify that there is none worthy of being worshipped except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wassallam) is his servant and Messenger.

To proceed:

After the 11th of September, the world has been engulfed in the webs of the conspiracy theorists who have concluded almost unanimously that the attacks on New York and Washington were an “inside job” perpetrated by the United States Government. To the general public, the conclusions sounded to be upon solid grounds especially since the Science of their theories were present.

As time passed, we noticed that those who were clinging firmly to their beloved conspiracy theorist(s) – such as Alex Jones – were ignoring a vital and direct confrontation to their opinion. It was this confrontation which shook the foundations of the conspiracy theories and the only response the theorists and their vibrant followers had was to label this confrontation as a “CIA plot” or “Government plan to fool its citizens.” Thus they painted the confrontation with weak arguments in order to continue the road of their theories. This confrontation which is a thorn on their path, as we know it, is called As-Sahab Media.

For one to ignore As-Sahab Media whilst clinging onto a theory of the theorist is imbalance on the scales of justice. This is what we wish to prove in this paper and its importance and relevance will become clear to you as you turn the pages, bi idhnillaah. We feel this is an important document for all to read in order to fix a mistake which many of us hold in our minds as Muslims.

Let me first state for the Kuffaar and Munaafiqeen that read this (just in case the Zionists or foolish ones try to make up some baseless conclusion) that: (1) I am not part of As-Sahab Media in any way or form, (2) I don’t know anyone from As-Sahab Media nor anyone that knows their members, (3) All I know of As-Sahab Media is what I have watched from their videos and read from their statements and what the Mujaahideen of other groups say about them in their official releases as well as what the disbelievers say about them in their documentaries and interviews, (4) I am not part of any Jihaadee group, movement or organization; I am simply an independent writer who feels that some ideas need to be clarified.

Furthermore, I wish to clarify that I am not associated with the United States Government in any shape or form, and that I am not writing this in their favor. Verily, my animosity and hatred is towards them, for the sake of Allah, until they leave the Muslims alone in their affairs and give up their worship of those besides Allah.

With that said, I will discuss the following:

1. How do we know that As-Sahab Media is authentic and not some CIA plot?

2. How do we know for sure that Shaykh Usaamah bin Laadin was behind the 9/11 invasion? How do we answer the conspiracy theories of Alex Jones and such who say 9/11 was an inside job or that it was done by the Israeli Mossad?

I ask Allah to help me in this endeavor and to help me untie the knot in my tongue in order to make the reality clear for mankind.

1. How do we know that As-Sahab Media is authentic and not some CIA plot?

As we know, Allah Ta’aala says,

O ye who believe! If a Faasiq comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unintentionally and afterwards become full of repentance for what ye have done. (49: 6)

I quote this aayah because I feel this is how we need to approach this subject. Instead of making evil assumptions and suspicions about a group of Muslims, we should follow our religion when it comes to its guidelines for following the stronger evidence. This is because if we don’t follow such guidelines, then it is possible that we fall under those whom Allah said, “lest ye harm people unintentionally” and perhaps not even repent!

Going back to the subject, let’s follow this aayah and speak about the generality of its guidelines. Generally speaking, as Muslims, we are supposed to follow our fellow Muslims who are apparently pious and trustworthy in what they say about certain affairs which are out of our reach. If a Kaafir says otherwise about the same affair, then we ignore his claims until it can be proven. If the Kaafir brings credible evidences against the claim of the Muslims – such as his theories about 9/11 – and the

Muslims [who claimed it] do not respond, then we should still believe in our brothers until we are able to verify from them (i.e., Muslims) instead of rejecting the brothers and throwing doubts upon them; we are allowed to still keep those questions in our minds from the credible evidences of the Kuffaar (or other Muslims), but we don’t use them against our fellow brothers until we verify from them (in whatever way) and we are clear on their stance. This is because in some cases, these Muslims will hold back some information from the public for the benefit of the strategy that is in use by them.

So let’s now bring As-Sahab Media into the picture. Before we filter out a few things, let’s briefly discuss who As-Sahab Media is:

1. They are the official media branch of al-Qaa’idah. The quality of their media first didn’t start off too great (but was still good); eventually they became the best of the best.

2. Their media consists of (mostly) videos, audios and brief statements.

3. Their media is geared towards reviving the great Sunnah and Fard of Jihaad fe Sabeelillaah in the Ummah in its purest form – pure from Pride, Nationalism, Shirk, Democracy, Secularism, Cowardliness, Apostasy, Ignorance and so on. From what is apparent, they want to revive it both intellectually and spiritually.

4. The majority of their videos show military operations in Afghanistan against the American/NATO occupation and the Murtadeen who help the Kuffaar.

5. Whatever Shaykh Usaamah bin Laadin or Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri (or some other prominent Mujaahideen) want to say to the public or to a certain group of people, As-Sahab Media is the mouthpiece.

6. They have made hundreds of videos. Just in 2007 alone, they made over 90 videos; most of them showed the military operations of al-Qaa’idah and Taliban. With that said, let’s go into how we would know their authenticity.

So as I said, we are supposed to follow our fellow Muslims who are apparently pious and trustworthy in what they say about certain affairs which are out of our reach.

How do we know that As-Sahab Media is apparently pious?

For a number of reasons:

1. In their videos, they discuss Islaamic issues affecting the Ummah; furthermore they strictly follow guidelines pertaining to good manners and morals by not playing any haraam music, showing haraam images (they even black out women), and so on. In addition, in their talks and speeches, they speak of the correct ‘Aqeedah and they don’t commit bid’ah or Kufr or Shirk; sure, some

Muslims might disagree with some of their views such as their evidences for martyrdom operations and invading America - and they can be debated another time – but generally speaking, there is no apparent evil in what they say. All we see in their videos is a sincere attempt to revive the love and practice of Jihaad fe Sabeelillaah so that this Ummah can once again hold the flag of Islaamic glory and power.

2. As we know, As-Sahab Media is al-Qaa’idah. So when they show videos of their Mujaahideen fighting – such as Shaykh Abu Yahya Al-Libi, Naasir al-Qahtaanee, and many others – they are in actuality showing their own fighters performing Jihaad. So what do we see from their fighters in regards to apparent piety? We see the following:

a) The performance of Salawaat. They show their fighters praying the 5 mandatory prayers as well as Tahajjud.

b) The recitation of Qur’aan. They show their fighters reading Qur’aan as well as other Islaamic texts.

c) The learning of religion. They show their fighters learning different aspects of the Deen such as Tajweed, Fiqh, and more.

d) The practice of Islaamic brotherhood. All the fighters they show practice brotherhood amongst each other. From what is apparent, they love each other for the sake of Allah ‘Azza wa Jall by making dhikr, reciting Qur’aan, keeping each other happy, swimming, and even just playing around.

e) The zeal for religion. From what is apparent, we see it in all of them. No one is there because they hate their life and want to commit suicide or any other negative reason. Rather, they are there because they believe in their Lord, and they believe that their will be a day of Judgment; so they are there to make the best of their lives and end it nobly, in hopes to die as Shuhadaa.

f) The love for the Ummah. From what is apparent, they care greatly for the Ummah and wish to see it leading the world. Some might say that they don’t care about Muslims because they intentionally kill them. My response to this is: you have to define what you mean by Muslim. If you are referring to those who help the Kuffaar against the Mujaahideen such as the Afghan Army or the spies from amongst the population of Afghanistan, then no, by Allah, they are not Muslims. If you are referring to the civilian population, then no, they don’t kill them intentionally. Sure, it is possible that during an operation, a Muslim civilian happen to pass by or get in the way, and was killed; but this is not done intentionally. Our evidence is from their statements and how sincere they are in them (from quoting the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and clarifying military operations/mistakes) and their videos where they show that they are about to set off an IED but don’t because a Muslim was passing by. As for 9/11, it is slightly more complicated as we will discuss later. Their invasion of America, specifically the Twin Towers, had a long fiqhi history behind it. Shaykh Usaamah consulted with quite a few ‘Ulema regarding doing such an attack; and whether or not we agree with it, he has his Shari’ evidence for doing it and was firm in the decision. I don’t intend on discussing the ruling here because I am focused on who is As-Sahab Media and who did 9/11. However, from what I know, some of the evidence had to do with attacking a military and financial compound that had some Muslims mixed in it and the rulings regarding attacking a compound where you can avoid Muslims and the rulings regarding attacking a compound where you cannot avoid Muslims. Again, I will not discuss this issue itself.

g) Their Shuhadaa’ smell like musk. From what is apparent of those Mujaahideen standing around the dead bodies of their fellow fighters, they smell musk and get excited.

h) They follow as much of the Sunnah as they can.

i) The closeness to their Rabb in Du’aa. In their military operation videos, you will always see the Mujaahideen making small du’aa or dhikr before, during, and after the fighting.

j) How they remind each other and the Ummah of the aayaat of Qur’aan for the purpose of making the Muslims worship their Lord properly.

k) Their implementation of al-Walaa’ wal Baraa’ah (alliance and disavowal) for the sake of Allah Ta’aala.

l) Their Jihaad against the Disbelievers and Hypocrites. Allah prefers the Mujaahideen over the Qaa’ideen (those who sit back) as He mentioned in an-Nisa’ (aayaat 95-6) and so we must love those whom Allah loves.

So these are just some of the things I can think of regarding their apparent piety.

And Allah knows best.

Now that we covered the issue of the apparent piety of As-Sahab Media (which is really the piety of its soldiers), let’s get deeper into the issue of authenticity. It’s clear that these Mujaahideen are pious. In addition, it is apparent that they are fighting the enemies of Allah Ta’aalaa and not the Awliyaa of Allah Ta’aalaa.

So this is an added plus.

The next thing I want to talk about is al-Qaa’idah’s relationship with Taliban. From what is apparent, the two movements are working side-by-side in complete peace and brotherhood. Never has the Taliban complained about al-Qaa’idah in any of their official releases. In reality, these two groups are working like one large movement under the umbrella, “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” whose leader is Mullah ‘Umar, hafidhullah. In addition, the Taliban expressed their happiness with al-Qaa’idah and their full support of Shaykh Usaamah bin Laadin.

So the next question to ask here is: is the Taliban a movement whom we can trust their words?

The answer is obviously yes, from many different angles of which some are:

a) The sincerity of the movement to establish Shari’ah and to destroy Shirk.

b) The history of the creation of the movement. They started off as a group of students who wanted to get rid of some wicked crooks. Eventually, they controlled most of the Country ruling with the law of Allah ‘Azza wa Jall, and the crime rate dropped significantly.1

c) Their piety and practice of the Religion. So keeping all of these points in mind, let’s now ask the following questions:

1. How can a Muslim deny a single release from As-Sahab Media when they show videos of pure Jihaad fe Sabeelillaah?

2. How can a Muslim deny a single release from As-Sahab Media when they don’t show any sign of Kufr, Shirk, Bid’ah etc. but only show righteousness and practice of the religion?

3. How can a Muslim deny a single release from As-Sahab Media when they work together with the Taliban and the Taliban loves them and accepts them?

4. How can a Muslim deny a single release from As-Sahab Media when there is absolutely no evidence that they (i.e., al-Qaa’idah) are led by a foreign Kaafir intelligence such as the CIA?

5. How can a Muslim deny a single release from As-Sahab Media when they show military operations against America and NATO? How can a Muslim deny their releases when they show the Mujaahideen killing American soldiers - sometimes even showing the bloody remains of these soldiers – and ambushing them with

IEDs, RPGs, PKs, and other weaponry as well as shooting at American helicopters with their anti-aircraft weaponry? In other words, the point I’m trying to make here is: How can a Muslim think to himself that As-Sahab Media (i.e., al-Qaa’idah) is some CIA makeup or something similar when they display their aggressive military operations against the Americans?

Some might say, “No, I’m not denying As-Sahab Media; I’m only denying their release regarding the Bin Laadin tapes… they just appear to be fishy to me…since some of them are just audios…”

So we say to them: Your statement makes no sense because to deny one official release of As-Sahab Media is to deny all of their releases, which would be silly because you would be denying that they fight American soldiers. In other words, to deny As-Sahab Media is to deny that al-Qaa’idah is fighting in Afghanistan because they are the same thing. Furthermore, if a video was released in the name of As-Sahab and As-Sahab (i.e., al-Qaa’idah) really didn’t release such a video, then would they not make a statement denying the video? For those who don’t know, the forums such as Ekhlaas and Hesbah are Mujaahideen forums where Mujaahideen from all over the world discuss issues and post their military operations. So wouldn’t As-Sahab say something if a video wasn’t really theirs?

To give you an example of how they communicate on these forums: one of their releases that had Shaykh Usaamah speaking in it were first shown by Al-Jazeera and then were later posted in the forums. So some of the members of these forums asked: How is it that Al-Jazeera got the tape first and we didn’t (since As-Sahab posts their videos on the forums first)?!

So this is what they said when they finally posted it on the forums:

As a requested strategy the Video has been sent to TV channels before posting it to the net. And It is not true that some websites claimed that they have received it in another way.

So if a video wasn’t from them, wouldn’t they just simply deny it? And if you say, “it’s a CIA Operation…” then we ask: Bring your proofs if you are truthful. Do you have evidence that they met with a CIA agent(s) in a secret meeting? Do you have evidence that they are really some Zionists who look like Muslims (but are still killing American and Murtadeen soldiers)? It becomes quite simple when one looks at it from this perspective; the Islaamic perspective.

For the Kaafir, none of this will make sense to him since he doesn’t know anything about judging by apparent piety and its weight; so what I say to them is: If you cannot prove that As-Sahab Media (i.e., al-Qaa’idah) is some CIA operation with credible evidence, then it is better for you to stay silent than to embarrass yourself. I say that to Alex Jones and company since all he has against

Shaykh Usaamah is what some random unknown Kaafir website “reports” on al-Qaa’idah; and many Muslims follow Alex blindly. Wa La Howla wala Quwatta Illa Billah.

So to conclude this first part I say: it is clear that As-Sahab Media is an authentic Jihaadee Media organization due to their piety, practice of the religion, and Jihaad fe Sabeelillaah. Some Muslims deny them because, quite frankly, they are just too good to be true. They say, “This is a perfect CIA setup. The CIA wants to recruit Muslims to this Jihaad so that they can jail them and torture them. So the

CIA perhaps studied Islaamic history and came up with al-Qaa’idah… and this movement appears amazing in so many ways in order to deceive the Muslims that it’s real. I mean, these so-called Muslims are praying in Mountains even during the cold Tahajjud morning, they establish the Shari’ah, they help the poor and needy, they don’t live comfortably as we do, they learn the Deen, they talk about Islaamic issues, they give Naseeha to the Ummah and certain groups, they kill Kaafir soldiers, they take Ghaneema from the Kuffaar and Murtadeen, they keep talking about establishing a Caliphate, their influence spreads globally in just a quick span of a few years, a great amount of Muslims support them both openly and silently, their leader is one of the most pious people we have laid our eyes on… this is too good to be true… so it must be a CIA setup to recruit us.”

As funny as that sounds, some actually are like that sadly. So we advise such Muslims to go back to the aayah which we quoted from Surah al-Hujuraat. In this Deen we reject evil speculation over apparent and overwhelming evidences.

Another thing which some Muslims say is, “Oh there’s a tool where if you capture the voice of an individual for 30 or so minutes, you can actually use his voice to say anything you please… therefore all these audio tapes of Usaamah bin Laadin are fake…”

Although this concept is true, this, of course, is just an easy way out to be excused from the real issue which is the authenticity of As-Sahab Media. Such statements are made by those who don’t think deeply about the source. To say such a thing is to deny all the clear-cut Jihaad that occurs in their recordings. And whoever denies that there is Jihaad fe Sabeelillaah in their videos, then such are those who are ignorant. This too goes for those who say “Oh, all that Jihaad you see in their videos is not really Jihaad… it’s all acted out… like Hollywood stuff…” Clearly, these people haven’t watched that many As-Sahab videos. If they were to go with this logic, then such people should even deny that there’s a Taliban out there. Let’s move on to the next question which we posed in the beginning.

2. How do we know for sure that Shaykh Usaamah bin Laadin was behind the 9/11 invasion? How do we answer the conspiracy theories of Alex Jones and such who say 9/11 was an inside job or that it was done by the Israeli Mossad?

I will break up this question into a series of points and discuss them one by one.

a) Reminding everyone the authenticity of As-Sahab Media and their videos related to 9/11 as well as their strategy in releasing the videos.

b) The official statement of Shaykh Usaamah regarding the 9/11 invasion.

c) Regarding the conspiracy theories of the bombs in the Twin Towers and no plane hitting the Pentagon.

d) Regarding the issue of the FBI taking security camera footage from local hotels/gas stations after the attacks on the Pentagon.