Zawahiri calls for restoring Spain to Islamic world

 
Al-Qaeda number two calls for cleansing Spaniards, French from Maghreb.

 
DUBAI - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri has called for Spain to be restored to the Islamic world, saying the first step needs to be the cleansing of Spaniards and French from the Maghreb.

Zawahiri was speaking in an 81-minute documentary-style video entitled "The Power of Truth" made public on Thursday by the US-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors extremist websites.

"O our Muslim Ummah (community) in the Maghreb of ribat and jihad (land of resistance and holy war): restoring Al-Andalus (Spain) is a trust on the shoulders of the Ummah in general and on your shoulders in particular," he said.

"You will not be able to do that without first cleansing the Maghreb of Islam of the children of France and Spain."

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