“The attack came as worshippers at the Sunni mosque gathered after Friday prayers for a congregation known as Zikr – an act of religious remembrance practised by some Muslims but seen as heretical by some hardline Sunni groups.”
There it is. Heresy carries a death penalty in Islam. These Muslims were murdered by purer Muslims, in an act asserting that Islamic purity.
Why a suicide bombing? Allah promises paradise to those who “kill and are killed” for him (Qur’an 9:111).
“Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says,” Reuters, April 29, 2022:
KABUL, April 29 (Reuters) – A powerful explosion killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, its leader said, the latest in a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital in the early afternoon, said Besmullah Habib, deputy spokesman for the interior ministry, who said the official confirmed death toll was 10.
The attack came as worshippers at the Sunni mosque gathered after Friday prayers for a congregation known as Zikr – an act of religious remembrance practised by some Muslims but seen as heretical by some hardline Sunni groups.
Sayed Fazil Agha, the head of the mosque, said someone they believed was a suicide bomber joined them in the ceremony and detonated explosives….
admitted to the burns unit.
A spokesman for the ruling Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, released a statement condemning the blast and saying the perpetrators would be found and punished.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible….
tim gallagher says
Peaceful islam, as we are constantly being told by some fools, at work again. It is only Islam that continually produces this type of murderous activity. I can’t remember ever hearing that a bunch of Christians has bombed a church belonging to a different branch of Christianity or a group of Buddhists has bombed another Buddhist temple. Only ultra violent islam seems to produce these types of atrocities.
somehistory says
the suicide bomber must not have acted “alone” if the taliban are going to find the perps and deal with them…with punishment.
OLD GUY says
How can “anyone” stand up and say that Islam is a [religion} yet alone a religion of LOVE & PEACE. Everyday islam not only committs violence and murder of non-islamic people and those who break the rules of islam, but their leaders promote the hate and violence in their mosques and the media.
Can you imagine the outrage if the Pope screamed out that Catholics should kill all islamic followers and take islamic women for sex slaves. I think the world would take those threats and actions seriously. So why are so many in the world so willing to ignore and coverup the violence and murder of the islamic so called religious terrorist.
gravenimage says
Islam is a religion–it is just an *evil* religion.
gravenimage says
Afghanistan: Jihad suicide bomber murders over 50 people at mosque
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Just horrifying–and this was Sunnis murdering other Sunnis for not being orthodox enough.
God, I hate Islam.