[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              MOSLEM FUNDAMENTALISTS POSE THREAT IN BOSNIA

  (Mr. CUMMINGHAM asked and was given permission to address to House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUMMINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I know the theme today is about the 
budget, but we have something even more pressing, I think. Right now, 
in Ohio, our national leaders are worrying about a peace process, and 
this House voted not to allow 25,000 troops to go.
  Mr. Speaker, I would ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, 
Republicans and Democrats, if now that the peace can be signed, with 
the backing of the President, with the backing of the House, with the 
backing of the Senate and the American people, Republicans and 
Democrats, can you imagine the peace and the strength that will come 
out of that with those negotiators knowing that 25,000 troops are not 
included, but the American people and this body is behind them?
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to submit for the Record a statement by Abu 
Al-Ma'ali. The real threat are the 400,000 Moslem fundamentalists. The 
Bosnian Moslems are not the fundamentalists. The problem is from Iran, 
Iraq, Pakistan, and so on.
  Mr. Speaker, I submit the following for the Record, showing what the 
real threat to our troops would be:

       Citing the religious-ideological sermons recently delivered 
     in the Mujahedin Brigade. Abu Al-Ma'ali stressed that it was 
     inconceivable that the Islamist forces would ever cooperate 
     in a meaningful way with Croat, Serb, or Western forces * * * 
     ``We know that we will have a day in which to fight the Jews, 
     and the Almighty will grant us victory, and also we know that 
     the best soldiers will fight the Christians and all of these 
     are promises and rejoices from the Messenger of Allah. So why 
     do you think that victory would not come to Muslims from 
     Allah. We do not believe in worshipping any one but Allah, we 
     disbelieved in the U.S. and its allies, we disbelieved in 
     transgressors and their religion which they invented and we 
     have relied only on Allah.
       Abu Al-Ma'ali reaffirms that the Mujahedin ``are continuing 
     on our path, until Allah opens the way from us with those 
     unbelievers,'' so that the Islamist victory could be 
     completed.
       It did not take long for Abu Al-Ma'ali to clarify what he 
     meant On September 27, 1995, the Muhahedin Brigade issued an 
     Urgent Communique called ``European Mujahedin Call to 
     Muslims!'', which amounts to a call for a worldwide jihad.
       * * * ``To all of you Muslims of the world we send you our 
     greetings carrying the scents of victory and the joy of 
     Mujahedin so that you share with us the victories of Muslims 
     and their power under the banner of blessed Jihad.
       ``To all of you Muslims of the world we send you our appeal 
     which we have repeated and are still repeating: To rise up in 
     support of your brothers, and remove the obstacles [to the 
     rule of Islam] from around you.
       ``We send you our greetings in this victory despite the 
     plots of the enemies and the un-believers in an evil attempt 
     to suppress these successes and conquests in order to claim 
     it for themselves.
       ``These attempts are led by the U.S. and the Crusade West, 
     so be aware of the plots of the enemies of Allah and their 
     hate of Islam and Muslims, and Allah is well aware of what 
     they do.''

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