Abu Basir Al-Tartusi to Egyptian People: 'Thanks to Your Jihad and Revolution, a New Day Will Dawn upon Egypt, the People of the Region, and the Entire [Islamic] Ummah'

In an article titled "Oh Egyptian People - Live in Honor or Die as Martyrs," posted February 3, 2011 on his website (abubaseer.bizland.com), prominent Salafi-jihadi cleric Sheikh Abu Basir Al-Tartusi praised the Egyptian people for their uprising. He called upon them to persevere until the ousting of "the tyrant, his regime, his gangs and his party," because their revolution has "returned stolen Egypt to the fold of the Muslim ummah."

Al-Tartusi stressed that the only way for the Arabs to be rid of their tyrannical regimes is to "free themselves of the U.S., [their] fear of it, and [their] subordination to it." He also cautioned the Egyptians against opportunists who might try to reap the fruits of their revolution "at the expense of the efforts, the jihad and the sacrifices of the Muslim peoples." ...