[violetgorman]

aoa,

you have written something so true.
however, one thing i read about him which confused me was how he, supposedly, called for the slaughter for americans labelling them as party of the devil. now to me , even if we believe he said that, that isnt correct. yes, fight against their soldiers and their government but blow up americans who may or may not support war on islam?they are civilians you know. you cant ask people to go to detroit and blow up a school...maybe someone knowledgeable can explain this better as i lack knowledge

If Awlaqi was guilty in inciting violence, then it shouldn't be too hard for the prosecutors to get a guilty verdict in the court. As far as I know, there was no criminal charges filed against Awlaqi. Was he an enemy combatant? Was he directly involved in planning to attack and murder American soldiers?

As for bombing and killing innocent people, every Muslim should not condone it. That's not the way of our Prophet . And I myself haven't come across of any videos from Awlaqi calling for civilians to be killed (maybe I wasn't looking hard enough for it). Regarding some other issue (like martyrdom operation), some other clerics have refuted Awlaqi's opinions with text references.

Awlaqi's speeches may have inspired quite a number of Muslims to join the mujahideen. But so are many other Muslims who are calling for the Allied forces to get out of Afghanistan. And those who support the resistance would surely say the same thing about the US and the Allied soldiers in Afghanistan, get out or the Muslims will fight you.

The way I see it, Awlaqi speeches against the US and Allied invasions resonate well with the Western audience because he framed the whole situation in a perspective that the Western audience could understand and some of the audiences could even relate to it. I personally think that that's the main reason he was killed, that is effectively speaking out against the US imperialism and drawing support for the Mujahideen.

Wallahu alam