Islamist/Jihadist Websites Based in the United States
Aboalqaqa.blogspot.com This blog is devoted to Jihad both inside and outside Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is the California-based Google, Inc.
Aboaumir.Modawanati.com: Devoted to Iraqi terrorist organizations, this blog is hosted by Carpathia Hosting, based in Virginia.
Abu-hadi.net: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company BlueHost.com. Its domain name registrar is GoDaddy.com, also based in the United States.
Al3wda.com/vb/index.php: This Multaqa Al-'Awda Al-Jihadi website features a bulletin board for videos produced by Islamist Iraqi groups. Its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Alahed.org: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company ServePath.com. Its domain name registrar is Network Solutions, also based in the United States.
Alamer.biz/ameer/home.html: Devoted to the late terrorist leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, this jihadist website is hosted by Electric Lightwave, Inc., based in the state of Washington.
Alboraq.info/forum: This Al-Buraq forum supports the jihad in Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is SiteGenie, based in Rochester, Minnesota.
Al-Ekhlaas.org: During 2007, this Tampa, Florida-based website posted a communique by the al Qaeda-founded “Islamic State of Iraq” (ISI), in which ISI claimed responsibility for the recent killing of Mu'awiyya Al-Jabbara, head of the Salah Al-Din Salvation Council which opposes Al-Qaeda in Iraq; posted a video in which Osama bin Laden accused Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf of pro-American, anti-Islamic treason, and exhorted Pakistanis to “eliminate him” [Musharraf] via armed struggle; posted a video message by the Islamist group “The Arrows of God,” announcing the release of an elderly German hostage (after she agreed to convert to Islam) who had been kidnapped with her son -- but threatening to kill the latter if the German government did not promptly withdraw its forces from Afghanistan; and claimed responsibility for two suicide bombings in Algeria that had killed many “apostates.”
Al-Faloja.org/vb: This forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is the Dallas, Texas-based SoftLayer Technologies.
Alforqan.ingoo.us: This Shabkat Al-Furqan Al-Islamiyya website posts communiqués by jihad groups in Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Algyshalmnsur.r8.org: This website of Jaysh Al-Taifa Al-Mansura (“Army of the Victorious Group”) is hosted by the Virginia-based company SMV McLean.
AlHesbah.net: This Internet forum is hosted by NOC4Hosts Inc., an Internet Service Provider based in Tampa, Florida.
AlHesbah.org: This website (whose full name is Muntadayat Shabakat al-Hesbah) is hosted by RealWebHost, based in Texas. It may be the most popular jihadist forum on the Internet, boasting more than 6,100 members as of 2006. During 2007 AlHesbah posted a communique by several Iraqi jihadist groups announcing the establishment of a “Political Council of Iraqi Resistance”; posted a video about an Iraqi group dedicated to violent “resistance” against “foreign occupation”; reported that Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, the spiritual mentor of the late al Qaeda-in-Iraq commander Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi, had declared an indefinite hunger strike to protest his “illegal arrest” in July 2005 by Jordanian authorities; published instructions on “How to Kill a Westerner”; and announced a month-long campaign offering members the opportunity to swear loyalty to al Qaeda leaders online.
Almagribi.Blogspot.com: This pro-jihad blog site features video messages by prominent Islamist figures. Its Internet Service Provider is the California-based Google, Inc.
Alnakshabandia-army.org: This Jaysh Rijal Al-Tariqa Al-Naqshabandiya jihad site is hosted by ThePlanet.comInternetServices, based in Texas.
Alnakshabandia-army.com: This website supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is Bluehost, Inc., based in Orem, Utah.
Alneda.com: Now defunct, this original al Qaeda website was based in Texas.
Alnour.hyperphp.com: The Al-Nour forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is eNET Inc., based in Columbus, Ohio.
Alnusra.net: This Islamist website’s Internet Service Provider is the Texas-based company Select Solutions. The Al-Nusra forum has a special section devoted to messages from the jihadist Global Islamic Media Front.
Alsaha.com: This Islamist website’s Internet Service Provider is the Michigan-based company Liquid Web, Inc. The Al-Saha forum posts videos produced by Al-Sahab (al Qaeda’s production company) and speeches made by al Qaeda leaders such as Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
Alsunnah.info: Hosted by the New Jersey-based company Interserver, Inc., this is a website of Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, spiritual mentor of the late al Qaeda commander Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi. Alsunnah features documents that allegedly provide ideological and religious/legal legitimacy for many Islamist terrorist organizations.
Altaybeh.net: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company Versaweb.net. Altaybeh’s domain name registrar is GoDaddy.com, also based in the United States.
Anbaar.net: This website supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is Endurance International Group, based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Ansar-Aljehad.blogspot.com: This blog supports the jihad in Iraq and features communiqués by Iraqi organizations. Its Internet Service Provider is Google Inc., based in Mountain View, California.
Ansarnet.ws: In 2004 this jihadist website posted a threat against Australia by the Tawhid Islamic Group (TIG), a local branch of the so called “al Qaeda in Europe,” which read: “We call upon you to leave Iraq before your country turns to pools of blood ... We will shake the earth under your feet as we did in Indonesia, and lines of car bombs will not cease, God willing.” On other occasions, Ansarnet published TIG’s warnings that Italy would “see the lines of cars laden with explosives hit your towns and turn your nights to mornings,” and that Poland and Bulgaria would face “explosions ripping through [the] country” and “a bloodbath,” respectively. Ansarnet ceased operations after Polish journalists informed its server -- Micfo Group of Houston, Texas -- about the site’s contents.
Asad101.jeeran.com: This pro-jihad blog is devoted to commemorating the late al Qaeda commander Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi. Its Internet Service Provider is Electric Lightwave, Inc., based in Vancouver, Washington.
Azzam.com: Inactive since September 2002, this U.S.-based website was launched in 1996 and described itself as “one of the first Islamic web-sites on the Internet and the first web-site dedicated to Jihad and Mujahideen news and information.” “Allah has enabled us,” continued Azzam, “with meagre resources and little technological experience, to provide information on the Mujahideen and to provide daily news and interviews from the Jihad in Chechnya … and the Jihad in Afghanistan.” In 2002 the hosting company shut down the site for “Terms of Service” violations.
Bintjbeil.com: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company Interland, Inc. Bintjbeil’s domain name registrar is Intercosmos Media Group, also based in the United States.
ClearGuidance.com: This jihadist website bills itself as “a resource guide for Muslim teenagers.” Little Green Footballs reports that ClearGuidance is “a site dedicated to luring young Muslims into the jihad lifestyle”; a site where “Muslim kids talk about school, their parents, the best way to stab Jews, and which decapitation video is the coolest.”
CrusaderWatcher.blogspot.com: This Islamist site is hosted by the California-based Internet Service Provider Google, Inc.
Darelhadi.com: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company Softlayer.com. Its domain name registrar is GoDaddy.com, also based in the United States.
Ekhlaas.cc: In August 2007 this Rochester, Minnesota-based jihadist website posted a document calling for Muslim “brothers” to “carry out blessed [suicide bombing] operations in Denmark … to strike fear in the hearts of the Danish people.” Later that same month, Ekhlass posted a video (titled “The Lions of the Philippines Are Coming”) about the Abu Sayyaf jihad organization.
Elshouraa.ws/vb: In September 2007 this Texas-based jihadist website published a list of names, some accompanied by photos, titled “Pictures of the Infidels and Apostates Wanted by the Islamic State of Iraq.”
Es.Groups.Yahoo.com/Group/Hezboallah_latino: This Hezbollah website is hosted by
Yahoo!, based in the United States.
Ghaliboun.net: This Hezbollah website is hosted by the U.S.-based company Fresh Lab, and its domain name registrar is Network Solutions, also based in the United States.
Gldag.blogspot.com: Hosted by the California-based Internet Service Provider Google, Inc., Gldag is the unofficial blog of “Al-Furqan Media,” the production company of the al Qaeda-founded group “Islamic State of Iraq.”
Global-War.bloghi.com: This pro-jihadist website is run by Julio Pino, a Muslim convert who teaches Latin American history at Kent State University. In March 2007, Global-War featured the headline: “Are You Prepared for Jihad? IN THE NAME OF OBL [Osama bin Laden]. 2007: THE YEAR OF ISLAMIC VICTORY!” The Global-War site says: “We are a jihadist news service, and provide battle dispatches, training manuals, and jihad videos to our brothers worldwide. All we want is to get Allah’s pleasure. We will write ‘Jihad’ across our foreheads, and the stars. The angels will carry our message throughout the world.” The site also featured an entry titled “Sister Detonates Herself to Eliminate Shia Traitors,” a description of a female suicide bomber who recently had killed 41 people. Wrote Pino: “Now she lies on the Golden Couch of Paradise.”
Groups.msn.com/autonomiaislamicawayuu: This Hezbollah website is hosted by MSN/Microsoft, based in the United States.
Groups.msn.com/Hezbollahelsalvador: This Hezbollah website is hosted by MSN/Microsoft, based in the United States.
Groups.msn.com/Hizbullahh/page16.msnw: Hosted by the U.S.-based Microsoft Corporation, this group posts speeches by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, information on Hezbollah operations, and links to other Hezbollah websites.
Groups.msn.com/justiciadivinavenezuela: This Hezbollah website is hosted by MSN/Microsoft, based in the United States.
Groups.yahoo.com/group/ansaraljehad: Calling itself “Supporters of Jihad in Iraq,” this group is hosted by the California-based Internet Service Provider “Yahoo!”
Groups.yahoo.com/group/modjahede: Now defunct, this discussion group included links to guides for the production and use of conventional and nuclear weapons.
H-Alali.net : Hosted by the New Jersey-based company Fortress ITX, this is the website of the pro-jihad Islamist sheikh Hamed Al-Ali.
Hamasaliraq.com: This is the website of Harakat Al-Muqawama Al-Islamiyya Hamas-Iraq. It supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is Layered Technologies, based in Texas.
Hizbollah.org: This Hezbollah website is hosted by the U.S.-based company Network Solutions, which also serves as its domain name registrar.
Hizbollah.tv: This Hezbollah website is hosted by the U.S.-based company Register.com, which also serves as its domain name registrar.
Hussamaldin.jeeran.com: This Islamist website is hosted by Electric Lightwave, based in the state of Washington.
Iaisite.info: This is the website of Al-Jaysh Al-Islami fi Al-Iraq. It supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is Zipa LLC, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Inshallahshaheed.muslimpad.com: This jihadist blog site (known in English as “The Ignored Puzzle Pieces of Knowledge blog”) has approximately 500 readers. It is owned by a young American named Samir Khan (born 1986), who administers the site from his parents’ home in North Carolina. According to a New York Times report, Khan “serves as a kind of Western relay station for the multimedia productions of violent Islamic groups. . . . Mr. Khan, who was born in Saudi Arabia and grew up in Queens, is an unlikely foot soldier in what Al Qaeda calls the ‘Islamic jihadi media.’” The website’s Internet Service Provider is ThePlanet.com Internet Services, based in Dallas, Texas.
Iraqiasaeb.org: This is the website of the Iraqi organization Asaeb Al-Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is the Texas-based Layered Technologies, Inc.
Iraqpatrol.com: This Dawriyyat Al-Iraq website supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is Performance Systems International Inc., based in Washington, DC.
Islamic-f.net/vb: This forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is the San Francisco-based United Collocation Group, Inc.
IslamicIraq.modawanati.com: This blog supports the jihad in Iraq and is devoted to the al Qaeda-founded “Islamic State of Iraq.” Its Internet Service Provider is Carpathia Hosting, based in Ashburn, Virginia.
JaishabiBaker.net: This is the website of Jaysh Abu Bakr Al-Sidiq. It supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
JondurRahmaan.com: This Jund Al-Rahman forum is hosted by Layered Technologies, an Internet Service Provider based in Texas.
Juba-Online.blogspot.com: Devoted to the Baghdad Sniper (who targeted American troops in southern Baghdad during 2005), this blog was hosted by the California-based Google, Inc.
Kataeb-20.org: This website is associated with the terrorist organization Kata'ib Thawrat Al-'Ishrin. Its Internet Service Provider is Layered Technologies, based in Texas.
Kjawd.blogspot.com: Hosted by the California-based Google, Inc., this blog is dedicated to the legacy of the late al Qaeda commander Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi. Kjawd features a number of Al-Zarqawi’s messages and videos.
Kjgafd.blogspot.com: Hosted by the California-based Google, Inc., this blog is devoted to the promotion of jihad in Iraq.
Kwaflislam.com: Supportive of jihad in Iraq, this is the website of Shabkat Qawafil Al-Islam. Kwaflislam features a bulletin board for communiqués from the al Qaeda-founded “Islamic State of Iraq.” The website’s Internet Service Provider is Layered Technologies, based in Texas.
Majahd.quickbb.net: This website of Shabkat Al-Mujahideen Al-Electroniyya posts communiqués by jihad groups in Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Nasrunmiallah.net: This is the website of the Jaysh Al-Mujahideen organization. Its Internet Service Provider is Network Operations Center Inc., based in Pennsylvania.
News.stcom.net: Hosted by the Florida-based company DNS Services, this is a French-language Islamist website called “La Voix des Opprimés” (“The Voice of the Oppressed”).
Press-Release.blogspot.com: This Islamist site is hosted by the California-based Internet Service Provider Google, Inc.
Rmadi.top-me.com: The Al-Ramadi forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Sadcom.montadamoslim.com: This website is associated with the al Qaeda-founded “Islamic State of Iraq.” Its Internet Service Provider is SoftLayer Technologies, based in Dallas, Texas.
Salafia.balder.prohosting.com: This is the website of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), an Algerian organization ideologically close to al Qaeda. The Investigative Project on Terrorism reports that GAPC’s website “has been relatively stable, but located on a number of different addresses. … The address is [currently] situated at prohosting.com, a company located in the U.S. that offers web hosting with e-commerce support. The site offers, on its main page, information about the group and its ideology, as well as links to subdirectories for ‘Official communiqués’ and ‘Information about operations.’ The latter has suggestive graphics of blood dripping …”
Sarayaalquds.org: This is the website of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organization. The site’s Internet Service Provider is ThePlanet.com Internet Services, based in Texas.
Sarayasaad.com: This the official website of the terrorist group Saraya Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqas. Its Internet Service Provider is Liquid Web Inc., based in Michigan.
Sawtaljihad.org: This Islamist blog is hosted by New Dream Network LLC, an Internet Service Provider based in Brea, California.
Shiaweb.org: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company, Everyones Internet. Shiaweb’s domain name registrar is Intercosmos Media Group, based in the United States.
Shmo5alIslam.net: This Shumukh Al-Islam forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is R & D Technologies, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sobhank.com: This Subhanaka forum posts communiqués by jihad groups in Iraq. Its Internet Service Provider is based in California.
Somod.org: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based company, Everyones Internet. Its domain name registrar is GoDaddy.com, based in the United States.
Soutweb.100free.com: This Islamist website supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is AiNET Hosting Operations, based in Columbia, Maryland.
Supporters of Jihad in Iraq: Hosted in Washington state, the caption at the top of this blog reads: “Kill the Americans everywhere.”
Tawhed.ws: Hosted by the New Jersey-based company Interserver, Inc., this is a website of Sheikh Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, spiritual mentor of the late al Qaeda commander Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi. Tawhed features documents that allegedly provide ideological and religious/legal legitimacy for many Islamist terrorist organizations.
Vb.roro44.com: This 'Alam Al-Romansiyya forum supports the jihad in Iraq, and its Internet Service Provider is LayeredTechnologies, based in Frisco, Texas.
Wa3ad.org: This Hezbollah website’s network access is provided by the U.S.-based
VersaWeb.net. Its domain name registrar is GoDaddy.com, based in the United States.
W-N-N.net: This Islamist “World News Network” forum’s Internet Service Provider is the Minnesota-based company SiteGenie. The forum posts messages by numerous organizations such as al Qaeda’s production company Al-Sahab, the al Qaeda-affiliated media company Al-Furqan, and the Iraqi terrorist organization Ansar Al-Sunna.