“According to the document, on the last Friday of April, after prayer services at a mosque in Orange County, Elhuzayel and Badawi spoke enthusiastically about Islamic State….She had described her son as ‘Muslim, but not very religious, just normal.’ Over the last year, he had become more observant, frequently attending Friday prayer services at a […]
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Yemen: Al-Qaeda kills four men suspected of practicing witchcraft and sorcery
“‘We have implemented Allah’s ruling against them, which is the death sentence,’ said the flier that was also posted on walls in the area. ‘We call upon all Muslims to cooperate with us against this widespread depravity,’ it said.” Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Qaeda in Yemen claims killing of ‘sorcerers,’” […]
Islamic State captures most territory in months, nears Aleppo
Time for Obama to tell us again about how they’re falling back and nearing defeat. Meanwhile, in real life no one is even fighting the Islamic State. The Russians are fighting other jihadis who are trying to topple Assad, and the Americans are restricting their activities to cosmetic airstrikes. “ISIS captures most territory in months […]
UK gave Gitmo inmate $1.5 million; now he has fled to the Islamic State
Blair pressed hard for his release from Guantanamo. He played the victimhood game to the hilt — witness this Mirror headline: But for all his celebrated victimhood status and praise from the British intelligentsia as a living sign of the evil of the West, he really was a jihadi, and now he has fled to […]
Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness
This is as delusional as Obama’s insistence that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam. Acting decisively in defense of an ally is not a sign of weakness, but of reliability — something Obama has never been with America’s allies. “Obama says Russian campaign in Syria a sign of Putin’s weakness,” EFE, October […]
Teen Muslima who stabbed Israeli: I’m going to become a martyr “for Allah”
“Don’t cry about me, when I become a shahid #Our greatest desire is to become shadids for Allah” Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “‘I’m going to become a martyr,’ Palestinian teen wrote before attack,” Times of Israel, October 7, 2015: A Palestinian teen who stabbed an Israeli man in a terror […]
UK: Muslims kept up to 42 slaves in two-bedroom house
“Prosecutors said company owner Mohammed Rafiq and two other men who had positions within the firm – Mohammed Patel and Mohammed Dadhiwala – knew that workers supplied to them by Orsos were trafficked.” Why didn’t they care? Here are some possible clues: The Qur’an has Allah telling Muhammad that he has given him girls as […]
Islamic State executioner amputates hand and foot of 14-year-old boy
“Last week, a 14-year-old Syrian boy told of how the mammoth extremist chopped off his hand and foot because he refused to join ISIS. Omar – who was captured fighting for a rebel group and tortured for more than a month – said the Bulldozer gathered a large group of children to watch the bloody […]
US scraps failed $500 million program to train “moderate” Syrian rebels
Moving from one spectacular failure to the next. Nothing that the US does to counter the Islamic State will succeed until officials examine its ideology realistically. Without that, every move to counter it effectively will founder on the unreality of the State Department’s analysis. “US scraps its $500million programme to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels after […]
“We must accept that terrorist acts are religiously motivated”
An unusual outbreak of common sense in the mainstream media. “We must accept that terrorist acts are religiously motivated,” by Rodger Shanahan, The Australian, October 10, 2015: The desire to airbrush religion from terrorist and foreign fighter recruitment activity has seen politicians and public figures tying themselves into knots. Trying to avoid using the R-word, […]