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Sheikh Terra and the Soul Salah Crew from 'Dirty Kuffar'.

'Dirty Kuffar' (Kuffar is Arabic for "nonbelievers (atheists)") is a 2004 Jihad style rap video produced by Islamic British rappers Sheikh Terra and the Soul Salah Crew, or, as the video says: featuring the Soul Salah Crew. The music video begins with a CNN video clip showing US troops shooting an Iraqi individual and then rejoicing, the clip is then followed by the logo, "Digihad", playing on the terms Digital and Jihad.

The 'Digihad' logo is has been spoofingly taken from the racist British Combat 18 website logo , only that the Swastika has been removed.

Significance

Unlike any other controversial rap song, or any form of music, 'Dirty Kuffar', as an independent song, has hit the mainstream media headlines from the day it was released in 2004 to present. and even internationally. The Globe and Mail on August 17 2007 have said that:

"Since its release, Dirty Kuffar has been downloaded onto millions of computers and remixed by many like-minded web jihadists. You can find it on video-sharing sites such as YouTube."

In Australia, newspapers, television reports, Google hit results for terms such as "jihad rap" return hundreds of references and has been a hot topic on both Music and Right-Wing internet forums.

This may be because of the significance of the impact of Islamic and Western cultures and beliefs being such a popular topic or the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Western countries.

As of June 24 2007, over 3 years since the videos release, Google return over 27,500 hits for the search 'Dirty Kuffar' and over 818,000 for 'Jihad Rap'. A Google search for 'Digihad' returns 14,700 hits.

The Arabic news station Al-Jazeera reported on the phenomenon.

Steven Emerson, an investigator of jihadist activities of the Investigative Projec, via jihadwatch.org comments on the video:

"The video you are about to watch is a rap video designed to inspire people to take up jihad against the West. Posted on a radical Islamic website based out of the United Kingdom, the video is undeniably entertaining, as professionally produced as any video you might see on MTV. Consider the irony: radical fundamentalism, sworn to destroy Western culture and beliefs, uses that culture to market its hate. Paralleling the same deception, the Islamic organization that produced and marketed this video claims to be an Islamic "human rights" group but in reality is a group sworn to support the killing of Jews, Christians and moderate Muslims."

Screen shots from the video depict the singers wearing Palestinian Keffiyeh's around his head, atop a balaclava.

2004

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The song is a rap/dancehall song that is underpinned by the much-used Diwali Riddim. The video has recently been posted on the British website run by the Islamic extremist Mohammad al-Massari , the UK-based Saudi Arabian dissident who has lived in Britain since 1994. Al-Massari claims that the video has been selling in large quantities at mosques to the younger generation and is in heavy demand overseas. In 2004 al-Massari told the Guardian newspaper that he did not know a single young Muslim who has not either seen or got the video.

Al-Massari also stated that "It is selling everywhere. Everyone I meet at the mosque is asking for it." Al-Massari's Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights in Saudi Arabia - a group which came to Britain in 1994 to publicise injustices in the desert kingdom - also distributes the four-minute video on its website.

The rapper fronting the video calls himself Sheikh Terra and the Soul Salah Crew - a take on the rap group So Solid Crew. Salah is Salah is Arabic for "prayer". On the video Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, Tony Blair, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, Ariel Sharon and Nick Griffin are main Dirty Kuffars. Also seen morping into the Count from Sesame Street is Hosni Mubarak.

It was stated by the Daily Times of Pakistan that "Al Qaeda’s newest weapon against the West is a violent English-language rap tune..."

The British National Party has stated that "More than a tiny minority of young British Muslims turned the 'Dirty Kuffar' rap video into a cult."

2005

On the 2nd August, 2005 the well-known Bronx artist DJ Damien released an Internet-based tribute single in conjunction with Morcoq, entitled "Dirty Kuffar (Acoustic Tribute)." The lyrics follow the theme of the original, but in this version main Dirty Kuffars include Jacques Chirac and Lap Fung Chan. It is not yet known who Lap Fung Chan is, but the song makes reference to the recent Terrorist activities on 7 July 2005 London bombings.

2006

In 2006 the documentary Malcolm X: Prince of Islam was released. In the opening and closing credits of the documentary a rap song with lyrics by Sheikh Terra and the Soul Salah Crew (who produced the controversial 'Dirty Kuffar') featured and has been called 'By Any Means Necessary', showcasing Malcolm X. . Although not released as a music video or song on its own it has been ripped from the documentary and released on youtube as a music video.

On 27 November the BBC reported into "Online Jihadism" and exclusively featured the 'Dirty Kuffar' rap video.

The 2006 documentary, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, features 'Dirty Kuffar' and discusses online Jihad.

2007

In 2007 The Telegraph newspaper reported that the July 21 bombers appeared in court and it was witnessed that they had watched the video.

In May 2007 Digihad remixed Dirty Kuffar, version 2.1 and released it through the video sharing website You Tube.

In July, online news websites are featuring stories on Islamic extremism and Jihad on the internet, mentioning 'Dirty Kuffar', and on August 18 the Globe and Mail ran a story entitled 'Terror goes digital. With Canadian help', reporting how popular the song is still.

Notes and references

External links

Video

Dirty Kuffar video (Original)
Dirty Kuffar video (REMIX)
DJ Damien & Morcoq, acoustic tribute - From the forthcoming album: - DJ Damien - Gimme A Fiver! (V-Rare 2)

Newspaper articles in date order

Jihad rap from Britain - February 3, 2004
UK Newspaper article on Dirty Kuffar - Sunday February 8, 2004
US News channel on Dirty Kuffar - February 9, 2004
Jihad, MTV-style by Joel Mowbray - February 12, 2004
July 21 bombers newspaper article saying that they watched the video - February 13, 2007

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