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| editor          = [[Samir Khan]]
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(contracted; show full)| title=Al Qaeda's First English Language Magazine Is Here
| publisher=[[Atlantic magazine]]
| date=2010-06-30
| author=[[Marc Ambinder]]
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The magazine is aimed at young British and American readers and provides translated messages from [[Osama bin Laden]]. A second edition, of 74 pages, was published in October 2010.<ref>http://ia700104.us.archive.org/0/items/INSPIRE_2/inspire.pdf</ref>{{dead link}} It confirms the magazine is produced by [[Samir Khan]], an online propagandist, and most of the material is apparently written by him.<ref>[http://www.jihadica.com/inspire-2/ "Inpire-2"] Thomas Hegghammer, October 12, 2010</ref> Various articles in the second issue encourage terror attacks on U.S. soil, suggesting that followers open fire at a Washington, D.C. restaurant or use a pickup truck to “mow down” pedestrians.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/al_qaeda_magazine_calls_for_us_terror_attacks.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_1(contracted; show full)

The magazine is thought to be the work of [[Anwar al-Awlaki]], an English-speaking cleric and al-Qaeda leader based in [[Yemen]]. Awlaki is currently on the United States' "
[[USA kill or capture" strategy in Iraq|kill or capture list]".<ref name="fox">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/01/make-bomb-kitchen-mom-featured-al-qaedas-st-english-magazine/|title='How to Make Bomb in Kitchen of Mom' Featured in Al Qaeda's 1st English Magazine|accessdate=July 1, 2010 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fworld%2F2010%2F07%2F01%2Fmake-bomb-kitchen-mom-featured-al-qaedas-st-english-magazine%2F&date=2010-07-04 | publisher=[[Fox News]] | archivedate=2010-0(contracted; show full)x27;May Our Souls Be Sacrificed For You'' appears in the first issue.<ref name="sky" /> In the article, al-Awlaki calls for attacks against all those who have slandered the Prophet Muhammad, including all Western targets.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/main_Terrorism/al_qaeda_english_magazine.htm “Al Qaeda Releases First-Ever English Terror Magazine”] Anti-Defamation League, July 15, 2010</ref> It is intended to help recruit more jihadist like [[Hassan]] and [[Abdulmutallab]]
 (the Underwear Bomber) which Awlaki has both called his "students."<ref>[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/10/analysis_anwar_awlaki.php "Analysis: Anwar Awlaki's message to Inspire readers:] Thomas Joscelyn, October 21, 2010</ref>

(contracted; show full)y.	They adhere to its most rigid interpretation. They are very religious and devout practitioners that interpret every phase of Islam’s genesis as universally true.“Their ideology was born decades ago, but was inspired by doctrines from the Middle Ages.”<ref name="Phares, Walid"> Phares, Walid (October 27, 2005) Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies against America. </ref> They see themselves as the correct interpreters of the Islamic faith and the in direct charge of reestablishing the 
[[Islamic Caliphate]].  To affirm their message to the readers, AQAP uses several common themes. These themes were identified between editions such as conspiracy theories, defensive jihad, call to individual jihad, and what Muslims in the West should do. AQAP utilizes a repetition of themes to create a singular voice of triumph, strength, and resolve. The identified enemy's position is illustrated from a point of weakness.

===Underlying Themes===
(contracted; show full) that is permissible. This belief is mainly followed by the ''[[fatwa]]'' of [[Ibn Taymiyyah]] against non-Muslim rulers in the 14th century. The third repetitive message is to have faith and willingness to give one’s life to Allah in order to fight ''Harb al-Kufr''. The rewards are divine intervention to be saved from pain. There is no pain with death in [[martyrdom]]. Finally, submitting to Allah requires the highest honor of jihad to protect the ''[[umma
h]]'' (Global Islamic Community). To promote the theme of ''umma'', the magazine uses the imagery and descriptions of guilt and cowardice and the need to redeem past acts in order to be with Allah. Martyrdom becomes a quick fix for past transgression, a sure ticket to paradise.

===Conspiracy Theories===
The most common theme in the magazine is the alleged West’s collective war against Islam. “The magazine portrays the West, and in particular, America, as being in war with Islam as part of a Zionist-Crusader conspiracy.”.<ref> [http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/10/analysis_two_exgitmo.php "Analysis: Two ex-Gitmo detainees featured in al Qaeda's Inspire magazine"] Thomas Joscelyn, October 13, 2010</ref> The injustices to Islam range from the portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad in cartoons to the ban of the [[niqab]] and [[burqa]] which Inspire magazine argues as an attack on the dignity of Muslim women. “It is not the niqab or the minaret that the West is against, it is Islam itself, and these are merely symbols of it.”  The most common conspiracy is the targeting of women and children. These themes are a continuation of previous arguments by the leadership of al-Qaeda. “[T]heir theme is always the same: al Qaeda is merely retaliating for all the injustices the West and the United States in particular, has brought upon Muslims.”<ref> Yahya Ibrahim, “The West Should Ban the Niqab Covering its Real Face.” Inspire. (Fall 2010): 20</ref>  Much like the theological tract that [[UOsama bin Laden]] and [[Ayman al-Zawahiri]] have released from [[al-Qaeda]] proper. AQAP uses previous messages from their inspirational leaders to provide Muslims reasons why to hate and fight the West.

===Defensive Jihad===
Declarations are made for Muslims to rise in defense of their Prophet, families, justice, and the umma. AQAP propagates that the U.S. is bombing of Yemen and categorically targeting women and children. Thus they use this alleged targetting as justification of [[Omar al-Faruq’s (]]’s
<!-- contributor confused [[Omar al-Faruq]] with [[Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab]] (the underwear bomber) -->attack as retaliation. “Al Qaeda says that violence is just retribution for Western injustices and that Islam authorizes this position.”<ref> Raymond Ibrahim, ''The Al Qaeda Reader'', 6.</ref>  In an interview of Abu Basir in the Summer 2010 periodical, Basir explains the need to retaliate because of the greed of the Americans. The imagery attached along with the argument shows a progression of the argument. The first two photos show Times Square and [[Muhammad bin Nayifef]], the Saudi Assistant Minister. Those photos are linked together in the argument as the problem. Below is the result, a dying or dead child. At the bottom is the solution, a picture of UOmar al-Faruq, in response to America’s transgressions, AQAP merely responded in defense.  “Al Qaeda typically tries to portray its violence as a justifiable response [defensive jihad] to the supposed sins of the West and, in particular, American foreign policies.”<ref>[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/10/analysis_anwar_awlaki.php "Analysis: Anwar Awlaki's message to Inspire readers:] Thomas Joscelyn, October 21, 2010</ref>

===Call to Individual Jihad===
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| title=5 Reasons to Doubt Al-Qaeda Magazine's Authenticity
| publisher=[[Atlantic magazine]]
| date=2010-07-01
| author=[[Max Fisher]]
| archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Finternational%2Farchive%2F2010%2F07%2F5-reasons-to-doubt-al-qaeda-magazines-authenticity%2F59035%2F&date=2010-07-02
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}}</ref> Fisher
, listed five reasons to suspect the publication is a hoax.<ref name=Atlantic-2010-07-01>{{cite news
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| title=5 Reasons to Doubt Al-Qaeda Magazine's Authenticity
| publisher=[[Atlantic magazine]]
| date=2010-07-01
| author=[[Max Fisher]]
(contracted; show full) West are from people living in the west, well educated, and young men with the average age of 26.<ref name="Marc Sageman"> “A Strategy for Fighting International Islamist Terrorists” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, July, 2008.).</ref> AQAP also knows this and is targeting this demographic with their publication. While other publications have been focused more on the ideological issues with complex theological arguments, such as Jihad Recollection, 
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[[Azzam Publications]], Qadaya Jihadiyya, and other non-English language publications, Inspire focuses on action and appeals to youths in the modern, flashy style of Western magazines.

One example is in the use of imagery and text in the operations of [[Abyan]] in the Fall 2010 release. The images were of operations that attacked Yemeni troops at checkpoints, base ambushes, explosions, and cleaning the streets (killing the enemy). The photos showed images of action and carnage performed by the [[mujahid]] against the [[murtad]].  The captions told a story of victory for the holy warriors with little to no casualties. Images and message give a story of invincibility and defeat of Yemen’s Special Forces. It also proclaims support for AQAP within the community. The (contracted; show full)eat” STRATFOR, January 24, 2011. .</ref>  The future of AQAP has the possibility of gaining greater importance as their position in Yemen strengthens. They have remained safe in the tribal culture, protected by the people and our counterterrorism efforts have not been as successful because of this.<ref name="Scott Stewart"> “AQAP and the Vacuum of Authority in Yemen,” STRATFOR, March 31, 2011. .</ref>  With the chaos in Yemen and the region and a shift in the power structure to 
[[Mohsin]], AQAP could gain the breathing room to initiate more attacks to give them greater credibility and a larger audience to influence with their media arm and Inspire magazine. With the death of [[Osama bin Laden]] on May 2, 2011, AQAP is the leading ideological figurehead of al Qaeda and their role in promoting the movement will grow even greater.

==Contents==
===Inspire: Summer 2010===
* “May Our Souls be Sacrificed for You!”  Feature article by Anwar al-Awlaki
* “Interview with Shaykh Abu Basir”
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==External links==
*[http://inshallahshaheed.blogspot.com/ Samir Khan's blog], 2004-2005

[[Category:Publications established in 2010]]
[[Category:Al-Qaeda propaganda]]
[[Category:Online magazines]]