[DraidodaRip]

Has anyone heard of these guys before? I wonder if they're Haqqani's.

Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 8, 2008) | Download PDF Version

Ex-Baathists Turn to Naqshbandi Sufis to Legitimize Insurgency

By Abdul Hameed Bakier
The “Men of the Army of al-Naqshbandia Way” (Jaysh Rajal al-Tariqah al-Naqshbandia, or JRTN) is a Sunni jihadi group that first announced insurgency operations against the Coalition in Iraq in December 2006 in response to the hanging of Saddam Hussein (, December 30, 2006). Since then, the Naqshbandi army has claimed numerous attacks against the Coalition, posting links to video clips of these attacks in various jihadi forums. Like some other insurgency groups, JRTN publishes a monthly magazine promoting the group’s ideology and enumerates its operations against Coalition forces while soliciting donations (, December 28, 2006).

The Naqshbandia, founded in 1389 by Sheikh Muhammad Baha’ al-Naqshbandi, is one of the major Sufi orders of Islam (, July 5, 2007). The Naqshbandia magazine contains both religious and secular articles promoting Sufism and jihad, such as “A series of facts about Sufism,” “Military lessons derived from the prophet’s migration,” “The Internet in the service of Jihad” and “The American Embassy recommends the use of mice instead of dogs to sniff out explosives.” The magazine includes other articles pertinent to Naqshbandi insurgency operations in Iraq, including a section on religious questions concerning jihad in Iraq sent by adherents of the faith and answered by Naqshbandi religious authorities. Three articles in the latest edition of the magazine help form a better perspective of the extent of JRTN’s insurgency in Iraq:

“Chronology of JRTN’s jihadi operations against the Coalition in November 2007”

The Naqshbandia army claims to have carried out jihadi operations against the Coalition in Baghdad, al-Anbar, Ninawa, Diyala and Salah al-Din provinces, where they launched over 17 rocket attacks using Katyusha, Grad and Iraqi-made Tariq rockets, five mortar attacks, 14 road bombs, four sniper attacks and two massive assaults with light weapons on U.S. military bases. In regular military fashion, the JRTN attributes these attacks to platoons and detachments attached to certain brigades of the JRTN.

“The Big Escape of Collaborators”

With every announcement about the United States’ intention to withdraw forces from Iraq, pro-U.S. Iraqis—whether civilian or military—hastily leave Iraq on long and short visits to neighboring countries in an attempt to flee before U.S. forces withdraw from the country. The Naqshbandia army believes that U.S. forces will be forced to make an undeclared pullout from Iraq as a result of heavy mujahideen strikes. The writer of the article, engineer Hatim al-Isawi, alleges that 2,745 translators from southern Iraq have already fled to the United Kingdom, where they face a grim future as a result of British refusal to grant them refugee status. In the same context, the United States granted refugee status to only 700 Iraqi spies and agents out of over 50,000 applicants. Al-Isawi reiterates: “He who knows America does not deal or ally with it. America is a country of interests with no principles or morals. The tragedy of American agents will recur and that is America’s religion.”

“Guerrilla War of Attrition”

The writer of this article, identified as Major General Ahmad al-Naqshbandi, acknowledges U.S. might and the inability of the mujahideen to directly confront and defeat U.S. forces. Therefore, the mujahideen must aim to wage a war of attrition to wear out U.S. forces through protracted guerrilla tactics. To achieve victory, jihad has to begin with defensive strategies before moving on to a balance of power and a final assault phase. Major General al-Naqshbandi lays out the tactics needed in the first phase as follows:

1. Concentrate on attacking small, soft targets instead of hard targets even if they are attackable in order to avoid heavy casualties. The loss of large numbers of jihadis is unsustainable as it takes a long time to replace them. The preference in this phase is to rocket-attack the enemy from distant points.

2. Exert more effort in training and gradually gain fighting skills while observing the occupiers’ tactics, reactions and weaknesses. The longer jihadis hold their ground, the better the chances are of overcoming the threshold of their fear of the enemy.

3. Widen the jihadi base to prolong resistance operations, consequently prevailing over the enemy.

According to al-Naqshbandi, “When the ummah (Islamic community) sees that jihadis are an equal match to the enemy by prolonging the confrontation, more fighters will start joining the jihadis or forming new jihadi entities.”

Finally, the JRTN calls upon Muslims to donate money to fund jihad operations, asserting that donating money is equal to fighting and fulfilling the religious imperative of jihad.

It is a common perception that Sufism is a non-violent form of Islam, guiding its adherents away from political confrontation toward a more spiritual facet of the religion. Hence, Sufism was tolerated by totalitarian regimes such as in Iraq and—in some cases—practiced by the statesmen in such regimes. It is apparent from the regular military terminology used in the Naqshbandia magazine that ex-Iraqi military officers are the main core of JRTN and are using the Naqshbandia order to legitimize their insurgency. Although Sufism is in stark contrast with Salafism, both sects push their religious differences aside to unite against a non-Muslim enemy. However, any Sufi-Salafi alliance is not expected to survive in the absence of a common enemy, possibly even emerging as a new and bitter conflict in strife-torn Iraq.



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http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/...icleid=2373883

[saerensenatljn]

Haqqani's and fighting don't go together. I don't think anyone fond on music and instruments can fight.

[kimaddison]

Haqqani's and fighting don't go together. I don't think anyone fond on music and instruments can fight.

That statement is horrible. How is fighting related to fondness of inanimate objects?

[saerensenatljn]

That statement is horrible. How is fighting related to fondness of inanimate objects?

Music makes you a coward.

[gtyruzzel]

Haqqani's and fighting don't go together. I don't think anyone fond on music and instruments can fight.

Do you think before you make such off-the-cuff remarks? What do Haqqanis have to do with the Naqshabandiyya, apart from making up a minor off-shoot of that tariqa? What is the basis of your claim, "I don't think anyone fond of music and instruments can fight?"

May Allah aid the mujahideen in His way!

[Khcyhshq]

Haqqani's and fighting don't go together. I don't think anyone fond on music and instruments can fight.

Those were some of the most idiotic and absurd and biased comments(both posts) i've ever heard from a Muslim.
Whats your proof?

[DraidodaRip]

By the way the Naqshbandi jaish has its videos on live leak.

[Dilangos]

Salaam.

The Iraqis are Naqshbandia Khalidiyya, not Haqqanis.

Similarly the overwhelming majority of Naqshbandis in the caucusus/Chechenya are not Haqqani.

[jokiruss]

BismillahirRahmanirRahim

Silly assertions from people who have never killed an animal much less a human being, nor learned how to pull a bow [2], much less hold a gun, [2] or ride a horse, or mastered even one martial art, or who have not taken a bullet, or who have not sat in prison of a torturous anti Islamic state, have little to say to real Haqqani's.

One should remember that anonymity is the first security blanket of the frightened.

Haqqanis *are* a Khalidiyya branch, and hardly minor seemingly for all the hate and attention we get on this forum.

Shaykh Maulana Nazim's Shaykh, Shaykh Abdullah Daghestani was directly from that lineage of Khalidyya Daghestani and Chechan Shaykhs. For all the attention some internet personalities and some converts videos get, most of the mureeds are actually from those areas.

[majestictwelve]

Haqqani's and fighting don't go together. I don't think anyone fond on music and instruments can fight.

I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but some of the greatest fighting forces the Ummah has ever seen used certain musical instruments on the battlefield.

[gtyruzzel]

"the anonymity coupled with.."

says "dining philosopher"... it really doesn't get any better than this.

Do you have a point to make? If so, please make it clearly. Instead of relying on the immature ramblings of a slanderer.

with peace

[jokiruss]

Do you have a point to make? If so, please make it clearly. Instead of relying on the immature ramblings of a slanderer.

with peace

Alaykumsalam,

Oh, I think I've made my point clear enough in my first post. If you have any questions about that post, feel free to reference it and ask.

As far as the last comment, it was simply amusing to see anonymous people attacking shaykhs and tariqats complaining about anonymity.

[gtyruzzel]

Alaykumsalam,

Oh, I think I've made my point clear enough in my first post. If you have any questions about that post, feel free to reference it and ask.

As far as the last comment, it was simply amusing to see anonymous people attacking shaykhs and tariqats complaining about anonymity.

Appreciated, the clarification. As for you previous post, I have nothing significant to add. I made the point I intended to make in my initial post in the thread. The general point I made stands. And I feel it unproductive to involve myself in any forum discussions that are unlikely to lead to significant beneficial action.

with peace

[Khcyhshq]

I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but some of the greatest fighting forces the Ummah has ever seen used certain musical instruments on the battlefield.

The Ottomons being one.

[Dilangos]

Salaam.

Well bro; Yursil, the Haqqanis maybe a of shoot of the Khaladiyyah branch but I very much doubt the Mujahadeen in Iraq have any link to the Haqqanis, likewise the Caucusus.

[Cigarsstoreonline]

Music makes you a coward?? Come on. Do you recall that footage of US soldiers playing heavy metal music while they were on combat duty in order to put them in a brutal mood? I think it was in that documentary "Blood of My Brother".

[Karinochka]

Asslamo Allaikum,

1) Haqqanees are Naqshbandees who existed in Turkey/Cyprus.

2) Naqshbandee-Mujaddidi is a slightly different SilSila in which several Bidaa's have been pruged from (by Mujaddid Alf Thani) and more work done by Sha Waliullah (RA), Syed Ahmed Shaheed (RA), Shah Ismael Shaheed (RA)...Naqshbandee-Mujaddidees are the ones who have been doing Jihad in Chechniyya and other places.

3) This SilSila was exported to Iraq & Syria by Mulla Khalid Al-Kurdi and the Naqshbandee-Mujaddidees are the ones who are prevelant in Syria & Iraq.

Although Haqqanees do link themselves to Naqshbandee-Mujaddidi Tareeqa but their stance against Bid'aa & Shirk is at odds with the approach of Mashaikh described in "2"....And Jihad (physical and ideological (i.e. against Bid'a & Shirk) is a for'tee of this SilSila...You can't be a true Naqshbandee-Mujaddidi & sit back!

Take a good look at the history of this SilSila through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Caucus areas etc...history speaks for itself

[kimaddison]

Music makes you a coward.

Asalaamu Alaikum

I know many Muslims and Non Muslims that are direct contradiction your statement.

Your comment is based on Ignorance and Bias based upon certian Fiqh rulings. It has no basis in logic nor in real life. I pray Allah opens your eyes and mind to the notion that Music and cowardice have no correlation.

[jokiruss]

BismillahirRahmanirRahim
Salamu'alaykum,

2) Naqshbandee-Mujaddidi is a slightly different SilSila in which several Bidaa's have been pruged from (by Mujaddid Alf Thani) and more work done by Sha Waliullah (RA), Syed Ahmed Shaheed (RA), Shah Ismael Shaheed (RA)...Naqshbandee-Mujaddidees are the ones who have been doing Jihad in Chechniyya and other places.

You should read "In Quest for God and Freedom" by Anna Zelkina to get a better understanding of the Mujaddidi's and their relationship to the Khalidiya. It is the Khalidiyya who are the truely prevalant Naqshbandi Tariqat in the Caucasus, and who make up the main chain of the Haqqani Tariqat. Hence, the reason why Shaheed Aslan Maskhadov (R) and other Chechan Mujhahideen are actually associated with the Haqqani's.

As far as the stance against Biddat and Shirk, the Haqqani share *exactly* the same stance of the Grandshaykh Imam Sirhindi al-Rabbani al-Mujaddid.

[AlekseyZubkov]

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=29754

This is our response to the crime committed by the sectarian, the execution of Iraq symbol the martyr President Saddam Hussein

After almost four years of the invasion of our beloved country Iraq, the castle of Islam by the infidels and their tails [followers], this invasion reinforced our will and determination to continue our jihad to eliminate the occupation, their henchmen and the puppet safavidic government.

In response to the lies of Baker-Hamilton report, Bush despicable statements, American mass-media and sectarian government claiming that the political process was successful, and the resistance is weak, limited, and that what is happening in Iraq not resistance but it is terrorism by foreigners coming from abroad.

Therefore we declare our army the army of men of Tareqha Naqshabandiyya which will fight against the occupiers and their henchmen to show the whole world that the resistance are Iraqis and not as alleged by our enemies that they are foreigners. The Naqshbandiy Mujahideen have been a powerful force against the Occupiers and their Rafidi slaves. One of their first publicized moves was the execution of al Gabri. There was also posted up 5 resistance videos [ed-link is broken - many of the videos at liveleak.com with 'sufi' or jaish al-naqshbandiya as search tag] from them.