{"id":1424872,"date":"2022-04-08T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424872"},"modified":"2022-04-08T01:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T05:00:13","slug":"al-qaeda-leader-resurfaces-with-video-on-indian-burqa-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-qaeda-leader-resurfaces-with-video-on-indian-burqa-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Qaeda Leader Resurfaces with Video on Indian Burqa Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fal-qaeda-leader-resurfaces-with-video-on-indian-burqa-controversy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1424872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/al-qaeda-chief-zawahiri-asks-muslims-to-unite-over-hijab-controversy-in-india-7856096\/\">appeared<\/a> in a video released online on Tuesday in which he praised an Indian Muslim woman for defiantly shouting, \u201ca<em>llahu akbar,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>to a group of Hindu nationalists in southern India\u2019s Karnataka state in February, the <em>Indian Express<\/em> reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Zawahri addressed the February 8 Karnataka <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/09\/india-woman-defying-campus-niqab-ban-shouts-allahu-akbar-at-hindu-mob\/\">incident<\/a> during a roughly nine-minute video posted online on April 5 by As-Sahab, which is the official media wing of al-Qaeda, an international jihadist terror organization.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cZawahiri\u2019s reference to a contemporary issue has also confirmed that he is alive, contrary to suggestions that he had died of natural causes in 2020,\u201d the <em>Indian Express<\/em> noted on April 7. \u201cAlthough, even after the unconfirmed reports of his death, Al Qaeda had issued many videos of Zawahiri, in all of them he only spoke about historical conflicts and ideological issues casting a doubt on whether the videos were shot in the present time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The April 5 As-Sahab video shows no clear indication of Al-Zawahri\u2019s location. The al-Qaeda chief is shown sitting down beside a poster praising \u201cthe noblewoman of India,\u201d a college student named Muskan Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Zawahri <a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/News\/world\/2022\/04\/06\/Al-Qaeda-leader-circulates-video-dispels-rumor-of-his-death\">took over<\/a> leadership of al-Qaeda in 2011 following the death of its former chief, Osama bin Laden. A special unit of the U.S. military killed bin Laden in Pakistan in May 2011, a decade after the jihadist attacks on September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Muskan Khan was the subject of international headlines in February after Indian media outlets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9live.com\/state\/karnataka\/watch-female-student-in-hijab-hits-back-at-saffron-shawl-clad-group-for-heckling-her-152355\">filmed<\/a> her attempting to enter a university campus in Karnataka while a group of Hindu nationalist men approached her. Khan wore a hijab (headscarf) at the time coupled with a sanitary mask that made it seem as if she was wearing a niqab, or an Islamic veil covering a woman\u2019s entire body save for her eyes. She <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karthiknayaka\/status\/1490961322645024770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1490961322645024770%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fasia%2F2022%2F02%2F09%2Findia-woman-defying-campus-niqab-ban-shouts-allahu-akbar-at-hindu-mob%2F\">shouted<\/a>, \u201c<em>allahu akbar,<\/em>\u201d at the crowd of Hindu men as they counter-shouted, \u201c<em>jai shri Ram<\/em>,\u201d or \u201cGlory to Lord Ram\u201d in Hindi, at her.<\/p>\n<p><em>Allahu Akbar<\/em>, meaning \u201cAllah is superior,\u201d is a common Muslim expression and one that jihadists have adopted to use during attacks.\u00a0<em>Jai Shri Ram<\/em>, referring to one of many Hindu gods, has been adopted by Hindu nationalists for a similar use.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HijabRow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HijabRow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/saffronshawls?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#saffronshawls<\/a><br \/>When a lone girl student arrives to college in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mandya?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mandya<\/a> wearing Hijab, she gets heckled by students wearing Saffron Shawls who chanted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JaiSriRam?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JaiSriRam<\/a>.In reply she raises hand to say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllahuAkbar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllahuAkbar<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XpressBengaluru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@XpressBengaluru<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/santwana99?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@santwana99<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewIndianXpress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NewIndianXpress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KannadaPrabha?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KannadaPrabha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gRt4hEseZI\">pic.twitter.com\/gRt4hEseZI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karthik K K (@Karthiknayaka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Karthiknayaka\/status\/1490961322645024770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The encounter went viral across social media and became an iconic symbol of a so-called \u201chijab row\u201d then taking place across Karnataka state. The right-wing Indian news site OpIndia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opindia.com\/2022\/02\/janta-ka-reporter-jai-shri-ram-hindutva-terrorist-hijab-row\/\">described<\/a> the controversy on February 8 writing, \u201cMuslim students in Karnataka have been demanding to be allowed to wear burqa inside colleges while colleges say that the burqas or hijabs are not part of uniform and hence should not be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A burqa is an Islamic garment that covers a woman\u2019s entire body, including her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-veiling activists in Karnataka took the issue to the state\u2019s High Court, which on March 16\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/not-essential-k-taka-hc-upholds-hijab-ban-101647368450141.html\">upheld<\/a> a previously established ban on hijabs inside Karnataka public schools and universities.<\/p>\n<p>As-Sahab\u2019s April 5 video begins by showing footage of Muskan Khan\u2019s February 8 incident, \u201cfollowed by Zawahiri\u2019s address which for the entire duration of the video talks about just this issue,\u201d the <em>Indian Express<\/em> revealed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe [Khan] has unveiled the reality and unmasked the nature of the conflict between the chaste and pure Muslim Ummah [community] and the degenerate and depraved polytheist and atheist enemies it confronts,\u201d\u00a0Al-Zawahiri says at one point in the video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay Allah reward her greatly for imparting a practical lesson to Muslim sisters plagued by an inferiority complex vis a vis the decadent Western World. May Allah reward her for exposing the reality of Hindu India and the deception of its pagan democracy,\u201d the al-Qaeda leader states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri\u00a0appeared in a video released online on Tuesday in which he praised an Indian Muslim woman for defiantly shouting, \u201callahu akbar,\u201d\u00a0to a group of Hindu nationalists in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1424872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1424872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1424872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1424872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1424872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1424872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}