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Special Dispatch |3390|November 19, 2010 Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Fatwas Posted on the Website of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi Permit Targeting Infidel Companies Such As Coca-Cola and McDonald's – and Kidnapping and Killing Tourists in Muslim Countries Note to media and government: For the full report, send an email with "Fatwas Posted on the Website of Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi Permit Targeting Infidel Companies" in the subject line to media@memri.org. A jihadi website has posted a fatwa permitting mujahideen to target companies controlled by infidels, such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's. Senior Salafi ideologue Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi's jihadi website Al-Minbar Wal-Tawhid posted a fatwa permitting mujahideen to target companies owned by infidels, such as Coca-Cola and McDonald's, claiming that in the absence of a present-day caliphate, infidels were not considered dhimmis (persons protected by Islamic law) but enemy combatants. To read the full dispatch, visit http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=4779 To view this report, you must be a paying member of the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project (JTTM). For membership information, send an email to jttmsubs@memri.org with "Membership" in the subject line. You can also subscribe to a year of the JTTM Weekly Digest for $200.00. The Digest includes a selection of material from the JTTM. To subscribe to the JTTM Weekly Digest, visithttps://secure3.convio.net/memri/site/Donation2?df_id=1253&1253.donation=form. (Sign up today - subscription price is set to increase in the next few weeks)