Question: Tell me what happened today.
Choudhry: I stabbed Stephen Timms.
Question: You stabbed Stephen Timms?
Choudhry: Yep. I’ve been learning more about Islam.
Question: Where have you been learning that?
Choudhry: Internet.
Question: What websites you been looking at?
Choudhry: I’ve been listening to lectures by Anwar al-Awlaki.
Question: Who’s he?
Choudhry: He’s an Islamic scholar. He lives in Yemen.
Question: And where have you been listening to these lectures?
Choudhry: I downloaded it off of the internet … explaining stories from the Koran and explaining about jihad.
Question:  Has that contributed to your decision to leave King’s?
Choudhry: Yes.
Question: And where was the link there then?
Choudhry: I thought that I should have loyalty to my Muslim brothers and sisters in Palestine and so I should leave King’s and that would show my loyalty to them.
Question:  So when did you decide: ‘From what I’ve learnt, I’m now gonna go and stab Stephen Timms?’
Choudhry: A couple of weeks ago. It’s three weeks ago, four weeks ago.
Question: How do you feel now about what you’ve done today?
Choudhry: I feel like I did what I’d planned to do.

You are absolutely right that al-Qaeda has its origin as a CIA client. My question is: why has Anwar Awlaki decided to adopt the rhetoric and Fiqh of Al-Qaeda? Like I said, what Awlaki is doing is harming the Muslim Ummah much more than any non-Muslim could do.

I am not quick to judge Awlaki. I have listened to many of his lectures. If you listen to “State of the Ummah” you will see clearly that he is a recruiter for Al-Qaeda. Normally I would not criticize any Muslim but Awlaki has crossed the line: he has made lawful what the Muslim Ummah has unanimously agreed is unlawful, i.e. the intentional killing of civilians and non-combatants. So Awlaki has become a Khawaarij deviant who must be warned against. He has left Jamaat Ahl Sunnah. I understand this is a hard pill to swallow for so many of Awlaki’s fans, but the truth is in Awlaki’s own words. We cannot ignore his false Fiqh which he took from the murderers Yusuf Uyayree and Osama Bin Laden.

I mean no offence, but really some of our brothers and sisters need to WAKE UP.

Yes, we make 70 or more excuses, but we don’t excuse perversion of Islam.

Yes, we stand in defence of the oppressed Muslims worldwide, but the right intention doesn’t make just any statement or action justified.

Yes, we maintain scepticism in what is attributed to someone we knew as a person of knowledge, but come on — by now, I wouldn’t believe these things were fabricated, unless Sh. Awlaki came in front of me and swore by Allah that he didn’t say these things.

The passengers in the airplane that Anwar Awlaki has intentionally targeted are protected civilians whose lives are made safe according to American visa laws, to international law, under the Geneva Conventions, under the UDHR, under the United Nations charter, under the state of Michigan, under the city of Detroit, but most importantly because Allah Almighty said, “whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land – it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one – it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.” (Surah al-Maidah 5:32)

You may think attacking civilians will end the occupation of Muslim lands but it absolutely will not. False-jihadist terrorism is based on hatred and revenge, not on the values of Islam. The occupations will continue until Muslims are able to resist (i.e. jihad) with patience and wisdom, using all legal and non-violent methods to affect social change. On the contrary, those people who make lawful the killing of protected people have left Islam. Hence, they are Khawaarij (literally, those who go out of the religion).

Prophet Muhammad said, “Beware of hatred because it is a razor. It strips you from your Deen.” [Bukhari, al-Adab al-Mufrad]

And you know what? Imam Malik narrated this hadith in his Muwatta, the chapter on the Khawaarij.

The whole world runs on treaties and agreements. Here are some fatwa from real trained scholars who explain that a Muslim must respect the laws and treaties that exist between Muslims and non-Muslims.

http://www.amjaonline.com/en_f_details.php?fid=2598

http://en.islamtoday.net/node/604

Every scholarly authority in Islam today has said that it is obligatory for Muslims to respect the laws of non-Muslim countries and to uphold treaties regarding visas, oaths of protection, and other issues. No scholarly authority has supported what Anwar Awlaki and al-Qaeda have said.

We have not forgotten our Muslim brothers and sisters who are suffering all over the world. What we are saying is that terrorism and intentionally attacking civilians is Haram no matter what and that it even increases the plight of Muslims around the world. If we really care about our brothers and sisters, then we need to spread awareness of their situation and to advocate for them using all legal methods of protest.

Bro, what is condemning going to do?
Scholars are too busy seeking knowledge, that they forget to find practical solutions for the common people, leaving people to take matters into their own hands.

The guy who is in the video. or do you want his full history?