Thread: Technical Holy Warriors

While browsing Jihadi websites earlier looking for my secret orders from Osama Bin Laden I found this magazine, Al-Mujahid al-Teqany, The Technical Holy Warrior. It's a little like the Hacker Zines of the '80s, LOD Tech Journal and the like, but for Islamist Terrorists. Published by al-Fajr Information Center it's in Arabic but well-illustrated, some of the the contents are:

01. Article One - Alternate Data Streams - steganography example given, rootkits - hacker defender covered, examples provided

02. Article Two - Satellite Communications and the importance of GPS, handheld GPS

03. Article Three - Visual HOWTO on Install VMware

04. Article Four - Article on digital media players, the different formats, subtitles, and the NTSC and PAL systems

05. Article Five - Introduction to PGP

From a partial translation made by the SITE Institute;

"Another article, The Last Card: We Need it in their Homeland, written by a member of the information office of the Islamic Army in Iraq, like the editorial contained in the magazine and an introductory message, emphasizes the great purpose of jihad in the information sector. This front is determined by the author to be “a main pillar in the battle of Islam against the Crusaders and the polytheist belief”. To this end, advertisements for the most recent Juba sniper video from the Islamic Army in Iraq and a news caption about its release on DVDs in Iraq, is used as an example.


For future issues, the editors urge members of the jihadist Internet community to submit articles in the field of technology for publishing. They write: “My kind, technical Mujahid brother, the magnitude of responsibility which is placed upon you is equal to what you know in the regard of information. Do not underestimate anything that you know; perhaps a small article that you write and publish can benefit one Mujahid in the Cause of Allah or can protect a brother of yours in Allah. This way you will gain the great reward with the permission of Allah"

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