Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Papers found on Jihadist in China

It's official: recent Chinese attacks were prompted by jihad fi sabil Allah: Terror bombing was 'Muslim jihad,'" by Malcolm Moore, for the Telegraph, August 5:

The Chinese government has said the bombing which killed 16 policemen in Kashgar was a premeditated jihad and promised an iron-fisted response to terrorists.

"We found papers on one of the suspects saying that their religious beliefs are more important than their lives, the prosperity of their families and even the well-being of their mothers. They were trying to perform a jihad," said Shi Dagang, the Communist party secretary of Kashgar.

The two men were named as Abdul Rahman, 28, and Rabangar Amint, 33, both from Kashgar. Mr Dagang said one was a taxi driver, the other was a hawker. ....

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