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June 27th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
An imam at the mosque said they did not agree with suicide bombing or
terrorism but they would not discourage members of the congregation from
traveling to Dammaj, which is considered a seat of learning for
fundamentalist “salafi” Islam.
Adil Malik, 24, from Hounslow, and his friend, Hisham, had been living in
Dammaj for several years, studying with Sheikh Yahya al- Hajooree, who runs
a madrassa called Dar ul-Haadith.
The seminary is said to have several thousand students from all over the
world, including dozens from Britain but has come under regular attack from
shia Houthi tribesmen.
The sheikh made a call to arms in a video posted online two months before
Mailk died, declaring: “Whoever is killed defending his faith has died a
martyr.”
In a posting on a salafi website, a man calling himself Ibn Salaf wrote of an
attack by “our noble mujahideen” [holy fighters] on the Houthis in the
mountains around the town which led to an artillery response which killed 22
fighters from Dammaj.
“From these brothers was our honourable brother Aadil al-Pakistani, one who
was always known for having lofty manners and zeal to seek knowledge of the
religion and likewise our brother Hishaam who had been studying at Dammaj
for five years and benefited a great deal.”
He added: “For those of you who did not know them, they were both brothers
from Cranford Masjid [mosque] and very well known amongst the salafi
brothers for their goodness.”
Malik’s father, who moved to Britain from Pakistan 40 years ago, said Dammaj
had been under siege by the Houthis for a month at the time his son died in
December last year.
“He didn’t go there to fight but if someone comes and attacks you, you have to
defend yourself,” he said.
Malik’s father said his son was “shaheed” and added: “His time was written, it
is going to come for you, it is written for everyone.”
He reserved his wrath for the Houthi fighters, adding: “The Lord will punish
them, they will pay, they will burn in hell, that is my prayer. They have
taken innocent people’s lives.”
Ghaffar Hussain, an expert on radicalisation, said: “This case illustrates
that young Muslims in Britain are still being misled by extremist forces and
that Yemen has replaced Afghanistan as the centre of gravity for jihadist
activity.”
The Foreign Office has warned against all travel to Yemen since March 2011 as
clashes continue in the capital and the north and al-Qaeda-linked groups
struggle for control of the south.
Hisham was originally from Saudi Arabia but has lived in India and in London,
according to Malik’s father.
Malik was born in Britain and attended Northolt High School and turned to
religion while studying accountancy at Brunel University in West London. The
school did not respond to requests for comment.
He was the eldest of four girls and three boys and his father said he had
inspired the rest of the family to take their religion more seriously.
“I wasn’t very religious, I don’t want to lie, but now we have taken music out
of the house and other evil things,” he said. “My children have changed and
the girls obey the rule to cover themselves.”
Malik began to visit the seminary on holiday and had then moved out there four
years ago because of the basic lifestyle, which lacks running water and
electricity.
He had been at the seminary for four years and had married a girl from
Pakistan out there and had a nine month old daughter.
The father said he had been to visit his son on four occasions and added: “It
is a place to learn holy knowledge, you can see that with your own eyes.”
Mohammed Nurudeen Hamani, an imam at Cranford Mosque originally from Ghana,
said a number of young men from the mosque had travelled to Dammaj,
including one who had recently returned.
“In this country people are occupied with family life and work but if you are
not married you can travel to study and nothing else, sacrifice your life to
study and get knowledge.
“We believe that one day or another, you will die and your next life will be
different and you have to be willing to accept that.”
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