Qaeda head in region flags UP riots, Shamli relief camp

“It must never be forgotten that oppressing the weak and crushing the downtrodden is in the psyche of the Hindu. By religious conviction, the Hindu is a worshipper of power. He accepts anyone more powerful than himself as his God; but there is no place for principles, ethics, morality, leniency or kindness for the weak in a Hindu society,” he writes.

The magazine also has an exclusive first-person account by fugitive al-Qaeda commander Ayman al-Zawahiri of his life with Osama bin-Laden.

The lead editorial in the Resurgence says “it is our hope that the blood of our martyrs in Afghanistan and Pakistan will pave the way for the liberation of Muslims from Kashmir to Arakan and the establishment of the Shariah as the supreme authority throughout the Indian Subcontinent”.

Hassan Yusuf, another contributor, writes that al-Qaeda has decided to form a new unit under Umar’s command “to unite the efforts of the mujahideen for making the Shariah of our Lord the supreme authority throughout a region which is home to at least one third of the Muslim ummah (nation)”.

India’s influence is also invoked to legitimise jihad in other regional states. In one article on Bangladesh, Sulaiman Ahmad claims “Indian influence in Bangladesh is not just political or economic. Even culturally, this Muslim nation is being turned into an Indian outpost. The city of mosques, Dhaka, has been turned into a city of idols… Hindu culture is spreading like cancer, with full support of the Awami League government”.