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Londra, 16 apr. - (Adnkronos/Aki) - Forse si e' iscritto a 'Facebook'
per ritrovare i suoi vecchi compagni di scuola oppure qualche 'vecchio
terrorista' di cui aveva perso le tracce. Oppure semplicemente si
tratta di una bufala. Ma e' una cosa e' certa, la notizia che il
ricercato numero uno al mondo Osama Bin Laden ha una pagina sul social
network piu' famoso ha gia' fatto il giro del mondo. A rivelarlo e' il
noto tabloid britannico specializzato in scoop scandalistici 'The
Sun', secondo cui il leader di al-Qaeda ha una piattaforma su
'Facebook' nella quale condivide con i militanti video e proclami
contro l'Occidente.

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Così si dice, sì.
Particolarmente buffo, nel seguente articolo:
"Rana Jahanzaib asserts he hates the Indian Premier League and Star
Plus television — but his profile page says he is “interested in
women,” and is looking for dating and a relationship. So, too, is his
fellow Jamaat follower Rizwan Ahmad, who claims to have studied at the
Delhi Public School before going on to complete higher education at
the SKANS School of Accountancy in Lahore.
"Jaish chief Azhar's more improbable Facebook friends include
Rotterdam-based Gautam Ramaswamy, whose profile also demonstrates an
eclectic interest in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the
philosophy of Adi Shankara and the music of the heavy metal band
Slayer."
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http://beta.thehindu.com/news/article395438.ece
Lashkar-e-Taiba flourishes on Facebook
Praveen Swami
Days after a 10-man death squad attacked Mumbai in November 2008, the
Lashkar-e-Taiba's Internet portal disappeared into thin air: part of
an effort to persuade the world that Pakistan was indeed serious about
shutting down the operations of jihadists operating from its soil.
Now, the Lashkar has returned online using a Facebook page run by its
parent religious body, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa Facebook
page is nowhere near as elaborate as the web portals it hosted prior
to the Mumbai attacks, but it still contains a wealth of propaganda
intended to rouse supporters.
In a poster for a March 23, 2010 rally, held to mark the anniversary
of the 1940 resolution which led to the formation of Pakistan, the
Jamaat refers to a “debt that has yet to be honoured.” Slogans
superimposed over an image of the burning Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai
explains what the “debt” is: “free Kashmir, Pakistan's lifeline, from
the enemy;” work for the “freedom of the Muslims of Gujarat,
Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and the rest of India;” to “save Pakistan's
parched rivers.”
Ambitions
Maps posted on the Jamaat's Facebook page provide a graphic
illustration of its ambitions. One map of India is emblazoned with the
crescent-moon and star logo of Pakistan, and the flag of the Jamaat-ud-
Dawa flying on the Red Fort in New Delhi. In another, much of
northern, north-eastern and central India are referred to as Pakistan.
Nepal, Bangladesh and south India are marked “disputed territories.”
The page also carries a facsimile of a Hadith — sayings attributed to
the Prophet Muhammad — which purports to provide scriptural legitimacy
to the Jamaat's jihad. “A King of the House of the Pious,” it
prophesies, “will send a Lashkar [army] towards India. The mujahideen
will plunder the land of India, take over its treasures, and the King
will use these treasures to honour the House of the Pious.” “The
mujahideen of this Lashkar,” it continues, “will conquer all territory
between the east and west and will establish the Kingdom of the
Pious.”
Pictures of Osama
Interestingly, the page also contains several images of Al-Qaeda chief
Osama-bin-Laden — a figure whose role in the ongoing jihad against the
Pakistani state has led the Jamaat-ud-Dawa to distance itself from
him. In one computer-generated image, Osama is shown riding away on
horseback from a burning White House. There is also a low-resolution
image of an individual who appears to be Jamaat chief Hafiz Mohammad
Saeed seated next to Osama.
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar's new Facebook page does
not contain similar exhortations to violence. But his younger brother,
Talha Saif — whose Facebook page uses the alias Saif-ul-Islam — uses
Facebook to guide readers to a YouTube slideshow extolling the bravery
of Mumbai assault team member Ajmal Amir Kasab and other jihadist
material.
‘Jihadi cool’
Much of the audience of the Facebook jihadists seem to be young
diaspora Pakistanis. Judging by the MTV-inspired visual content of
their pages, they appear to be driven less by Islamist politics than
the lure of what is being called “jihadi cool”: in the words of
Georgetown University scholar C. Christine Fair, a radical chic
revolving around “motorcycles, guns and access to women.”
The Jamaat's online followers include 1987-born Amir Akram, whose
Facebook page displays him proudly displaying the medals he has won in
the service of Pakistan's armed forces. Akram asserts that he supports
“dictatorship whether civil or military,” but his cultural tastes
appear to be at odds with the Jamaat's neo-conservatism. His Facebook
page states that he enjoys cricket and Indian popular films; the young
officer's friends include several women wearing attire which the
Jamaat would likely consider inappropriate.
Rana Jahanzaib asserts he hates the Indian Premier League and Star
Plus television — but his profile page says he is “interested in
women,” and is looking for dating and a relationship. So, too, is his
fellow Jamaat follower Rizwan Ahmad, who claims to have studied at the
Delhi Public School before going on to complete higher education at
the SKANS School of Accountancy in Lahore.
Jaish chief Azhar's more improbable Facebook friends include Rotterdam-
based Gautam Ramaswamy, whose profile also demonstrates an eclectic
interest in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the philosophy of
Adi Shankara and the music of the heavy metal band Slayer.