Around the recent anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, two cyber events captured the attention of many Islamists as well as that of jihadi forum experts. The first event was the concerted effort to shut down major Islamist forums, and the ultimate closure of some of them. The second was the surprising "resurrection" of Al-Ekhlaas, a prominent Islamist forum which was disabled a year ago, purportedly by Western entities.

The revived Al-Ekhlaas forum, also known as Al-Ekhlaas19, appeared authentic at first sight, as it included the old Al-Ekhlaas content and even allowed users to log in using their old user IDs and passwords. The rapid deployment of the site and the apparent oddity of its reappearance, however, caused many members in the Islamist forums to doubt the new site's authenticity.

This article will present a technical analysis of Al-Ekhlaas19, and will provide data which could shed some light on the forum's origin and authenticity. More particularly, it will first assess whether the cluster of Al-Ekhlaas19 sites was operated by the original Al-Ekhlaas team, and will then assess whether genuine Islamists are behind Al-Ekhlaas19 or if the forum could have been created by non-Jihadi entities, as some have suspected.

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Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi 'Akef said in his weekly sermon that jihad is the path to liberate Al-Aqsa mosque and that the obligation of jihad applies to the entire Islamic ummah, each according to his ability – and not only to the regimes or to the armed organizations in Palestine.

He added that the concept of Jihad does not mean only military jihad, but also financial, cultural, media, and political jihad.

Source: Ikhwanonline.com, October 30, 2009

A major Islamist web forum posted eulogies for Luqman Ameen Abdallah, the imam of a Detroit mosque who was shot dead when he opened fire on FBI agents attempting to arrest him on charges of aiding terrorist activities.

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Iran's Ambassador to Qatar Abdallah Sahrabi has said that tomorrow a shipping line that will join Doha port in Qatar with Bushehr port in Iran will be inaugurated, with the aim of strengthening trade between the two countries.

The inauguration ceremony, to be held at Doha port with personages from both countries, will include an Iranian cargo ship.

Source: Al-Sharq, Qatar, October 30, 2009

Former Lebanese minister Wiam Wahhab, who is known to be close to the Syrian regime, has stated that he has information that Al-Qaeda is deploying extensively throughout Lebanon

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Al-Qaeda's media division Al-Sahab has released a video of an 'Eid Al-Fitr sermon delivered by senior Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya Al-Libi.

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Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir said in an interview to be published tomorrow, October 31, in the Lebanese periodical Al-Masira that foreign elements, among them Syria, are preventing the formation of the new Lebanese government, and that Hizbullah is acting more for Iran than for Lebanon.

He stressed that the weapons in Lebanon must be only in the hands of the Lebanese army.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, October 30, 2009

Cartoonist: Amjad Rasmi

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, October 29, 2009

Cartoonist: Hassan Bleibel

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Lebanon, October 28, 2009

The Iranian regime’s official news agency IRNA reported, at 5 PM Iran time, citing a well-informed source [likely in Tehran], that Iran has not given its answer to the West’s proposal that it enrich uranium outside Iran, saying that Iran would give its response only if negotiations begin.

The source added that Iran wants to simultaneously exchange uranium enriched to 5% for uranium enriched to 20%.

Source: IRNA, Iran, October 30, 2009