"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

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Sunday, February 10, 2019

The Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham-al-Qaeda Dispute: Primary Texts- Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

For prior parts in this series, see here.
The primary text here is a response by two members of the al-Qaeda loyalist Hurras al-Din to Abu Hussein al-Urduni of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Urduni apparently made some serious allegations against Hurras al-Din in words that were addressed to members of HTS and then came to public light. For this reason, the two Hurras al-Din members say they have been compelled to respond in public. The two men were previously officials in Jaysh al-Badiya and Jaysh al-Malahem. These two groups had a document presence on the ground prior to the announcement of Hurras al-Din's existence at the end of February 2018. The two groups then declared that they were joining the al-Qaeda loyalist outfit after Hurras al-Din's existence was declared.
Below is my translation of the text, which is largely self-explanatory in comparison with prior texts in this series. Parenthetical insertions in square brackets are my own.