Abu Qatada, one of the most influential Jihadi ideologues, has just been released on bail in the U.K. The Jordanian cleric is an extremely unsavory character and played a huge role in the development of contemporary takfirism. Still, it’s a little over the top for Steven Wright of The Mail to claim this:
Suspected Al Qaeda leader Abu Qatada is celebrating his release from prison with the release of a book in which he urges Muslims to commit terrorist attacks in the West.
Abu Qatada has not written any book in a long time, so Wright must be referring to one of the many translations of his works that circulate online. And sure enough, if you scroll to the very bottom of Wright’s article, you’ll find that Abu Qatada has not released a book at all; rather, Tibyan (an anonymous group that translates Jihadi texts into English) has translated one of his old booklets and is posting it to the forums.
