It should be obvious to all in the West by now that Islamic wars (past and current) are not remotely conventional. Anything goes in the way of jihad, including the use of jihadis’ own communities as human shields, as seen in Gaza and Lebanon. Jihadis will hide weapons (and fighters) anywhere — from mosques and schools to hospitals and highly populated communities. ISIS is no different. The bombs they left in the walls of Al-Nouri mosque forced Iraqi authorities to request that UNESCO halt construction and the “entire complex” be evacuated “until the devices are disarmed.”
Dying in the way of Allah to jihadis is noble martyrdom. Muhammad said:
I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred. Sahih Bukhari 2795:15
“UNESCO Finds ISIS Group-era Bombs in Mosul Historic Mosque Walls,” Asharq Al-Awsat, July 2, 2024:
The UN cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the ISIS militant group’s rule over the area, UNESCO said in a statement Saturday.
The mosque, famous for its 12th-century leaning minaret, was destroyed by ISIS in 2017 and has been a focal point of UNESCO’s restoration efforts since 2020.
The UN agency said that five large-scale explosive devices, designed for significant destruction, were found inside the southern wall of the Prayer Hall on Tuesday.
“These explosive devices were concealed within a specially rebuilt section of the wall,” the statement said. “Iraqi authorities …
Big Dude says
Gosh. Who would thunk
Joan French says
Islamic politics plays by its own rules that are based on what Mohammed did. The use of the mosque for arms storage is found in the Sira, Mohammed’s biography. When the Muslims migrated from Mecca to Medina, they built a mosque which was used for community gatherings, religious practice and education, for political/war strategy meetings, and armament storage.
Islam still uses the same playbook 1,400 years later. Like a fly frozen in amber, it can’t change. Allah and Mohammed’s ideology forbids it.
somehistory says
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“Jihadwashing: Arab Travel Influencers Paint Rosy Picture Of Taliban-Run Afghanistan”
““Life under the Taliban is not that bad.”
Is this sentence — which recently made headlines — enough to heal our memory and erase the horrific scenes of hundreds of Afghans clinging to an aircraft to flee the country as the Taliban took over control of the country in 2021?
The jihad-friendly videos can also be explained by the war in Gaza.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/jihadwashing-arab-travel-influencers-paint-rosy-picture-of-taliban-run-afghanistan/ar-BB1phNOY?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9c7a795d43ee4b1790135e0f63b0619d&ei=46
Gurek says
A leader of a NATO country also believes that mosques are his barracks. So it is not just ISIS that uses mosques as barracks. He uses his spy imams in Europe under the guise of “freedom of religion” to bring about a caliphate and make those Infidels submit.
Ray Jarman says
Why is the UN more concerned about a useless mosque where hatred against every non-muslim fabric is weaved and spread over every community in which it comes into contact than the Christians that have been persecuted and many forced to leave their homes. I bet that not even Jonah would visit Ninive and would feel safer in the belly of the leviathan.
JS says
Look up UNESCO. Go to their site like I did just last week. They, like all of the UN are corrupt and useless to world. But they sure love terrorist hotspots and organizations. Go look…
abu taleb says
Mosques are considered as holy for muslims, once a guy was angry to me when my dog urinated in front of a mosque but not in the mosque area. But this holy place is used for piling arsenals, hiding terrorists and kidnapees, raping, torturing and killing.
Have you ever met a musim who considers mosque usage for raping place etc as offensive to Islam and demands punishment for the perpetrator for the offense? I haven’t.