If this was indeed a jihad attack, why would the jihadis strike at a funeral? Because the Christians were gathered together there:
“Kill them wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, 4:91, cf. 9:5)
But why not have compassion for the mourners? Because the whole idea is to terrify and terrorize the unbelievers: “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“At least seven killed in shooting at church funeral in Jordan,” Israel National News, October 23, 2026:
In southern Jordan, two gunmen opened fire on mourners at a church funeral near the city of Karak, killing at least seven people. Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV reports that the attackers carried out the shooting out of Islamic extremist motives.
At least seven people were killed and 10 others wounded Friday in a deadly shooting during a church funeral near the southern Jordanian city of Karak.
According to initial reports in Arab media, two gunmen arrived at the scene, opened fire on mourners and fled….
Jordanian security forces are continuing efforts to locate the suspects. No verified details have been released about their identities, and it remains unclear whether the attack targeted the mourners because of their religious affiliation or for another reason.
Lurker says
“Christianity is not the creed of Asia and Africa today, solely because the seventh-century Christians of Asia and Africa had trained themselves not to fight, whereas the Moslems were trained to fight.
Christianity has been saved in Europe, solely because the peoples of Europe have fought TO DATE. If the peoples of Europe in the seventh and eighth centuries, and on up to and including the seventeenth century, had not possessed a military equality with, and gradually a growing superiority over, the Mohammedans who invaded Europe, Europe would have been at this moment Mohammedan and the Christian religion would have been exterminated!
Wherever the Mohammedans had complete sway, wherever the Christians had been unable to resist them by the sword, and Christianity has ultimately disappeared. From the hammer of Charles Martel to the sword of John III Sobieski, Christianity owed its safety in Europe to the fact that it was able to show that it could and would fight as well as the Mohammedan aggressors.
The Civilization of Europe, America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand exists today only by virtue of the victories of civilized man over the enemies of civilization; victories through the centuries from Martel in the eighth century and those of Sobieski in the seventeenth century. During the thousand years that included the careers of the Frankish soldier and the Polish King, the Christians of Asia and Africa proved unable to wage successful war with the Moslem conquerors, and, in consequence, Christianity has practically vanished from the two continents, and today, nobody can find in them any ‘social values’ whatsoever, in the sense in which we use the words, so far as the sphere of Mohammedan influences are concerned.
There are such ‘social values’ today in Europe, America, Canada, Australia, and NZ only because during those thousand years, the Christians of Europe possessed the warlike power to do what the Christians of Asia and Africa had failed to do — that is, to beat back the Moslem invaders.” — Teddy Roosevelt, former POTUS
somehistory says
How many times are you going to paste this?
The words of Jesus are more appropriate as He warned about the persecution to come, how Christians are to react, and His promises for relief.
To faithful Christians, the *spiritual*.sword and spiritual warfare are what matter and guide them.
Lurker says
You are wrong on all counts, pacifist.
somehistory says
In your opinion, warmonger.
Beans🫘 says
I agree. Pacifism is foolishness and actually Islamic infiltration to weaken the west. They’ll sit there and wait on Jesus while the Muslims take over.
Judge Napolirano just endorsed Abdul Al Sayed the other day. Official endorsement.
somehistory says
You are *agreeing* that the words of Jesus to His Christian followers should be ignored.
If a Christian ignores Jesus, then he is not a Christian.
And so many want Christians to rise up and fight off the muzzie hordes while the non-Christians sit it out and wait for the time Christians will then be condemned for *Crusading*. Christians listen to Jesus for instructions on what to do.
To Christians, what non-Christians say about what Christians should do or not do, is totally unimportant Christians listen to, and obey Jesus.
To whom do the non-Christians listen?
Beans🫘 says
The Popes have called for crusades. Remove all these Islamist quisling weaklings in the church and put some real people in there. They can call the crusade and work to bring the other churches on board.
Importing millions of Muslims annually and being peaceful Christians will do nothing. This weak peaceful Christian ideology is at work bringing the Muslims in in the first place.
We are hostile to Islam. You will not have burka, you will not have a hajib, you will not have your halal, you will have Nothign here. Take your filthy rags, and get the hell out of my country! And I don’t care what Jesus says. That’s what I say.
somehistory says
And I don’t give a fig what you say. Nor do I care what the pope or leaders of churches say..
If anyone disagrees with what Jesus says for Christians, that is for me to ignore.
Furthermore, I have not brought any muzzies in from anywhere. But Jesus said this situation would arise.
Frank Anderson says
My highest praise to RS for an excellent and instructive introduction instead of a confusing rhetorical question. You are an excellent writer and teacher who increases the chance we have to wake sleeping and deliberately ignorant people (such as GWB and family) to the Religion of Peace lie. Thank you.
Walter Sieruk says
The heading of this jihad watch article has the term “Islamic extremist” in it. It should me made clear that the terms ”Islamic extremist “and “Radical Islam” as well as “Moderate Islam.” are unknown in the Islamic world. Likewise, the terms “Radical Muslim: and “Moderate Muslim” are also unknown in the Islamic world. Those are Western terms. For what a Westerner would call an “Islamist” ” or a “radical Muslim” in the world of Islam that person would be seen as a “devout Muslim” Also, what a Westerner would call a Moderate Muslim “in the Islamic world he would be viewed as a Muslim “who isn’t fully committed to Islam.”
In addition, there are many Muslims who strongly dislike Christians, is in this news from Jordan. Some Muslims even hate Christians to such spiteful malice- filled vicious extent that they even engage in murderous violence against them.
One reason for this is that in the mosques and madrasas the Muslim clerics, as the imams who speak many awful and unproven terrible things against Christians and Christian doctrine. So much so the many Muslims get all worked up against Christians and Christian teachings and some those Muslims commit violent actions against Christians. Such false religious teachers, as those Muslim clerics, who speak to people unfounded and invalid evil things about Christians and Christian doctrines have been described in the Bible. For the Bible informs the reader in Second Peter 2:12. “They speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption.” [N.K.J.V.]
It also should be make clear that in this specific above Bible verse, as well as in John 3:16. The word “Perish” does not mean loss of being but loss of well-being. As in going to ruin by ending up in languishing in torment in a terrible place of suffering that the Bible calls hell. Luke 16:19-31.
Frank Anderson says
Walter, please consider applying Viktor Frankl’s term “delusion of reprieve” that he explained in his book written after he survived Holocaust death camps. (Man’s Search for Meaning) Inmates fantasized to avoid facing the horror of the camps. Unless we surrender to the impending Muslim choice of “convert, submit or die” we must stop the delusion that anything other than standard Islam exists. Frank
Walter Sieruk says
Taking into account all that vicious violent and deadly persecution of Christians by jihad- minded Muslims in Jordan as well as Islamic nations, as Pakistan and Egypt has to be demonically inspired.
This is a reflection of Old Testament of the Bible with the days of the life of Nehemiah when he and his men were busy in the reconstruction of the walls around Jerusalem and the Arab became furious and indigent at this at this grand project of the rebuilding of the walls. Neh 4:1 and they thus despised the Jews , Neh. 4:4 ,and schemed terrorist attacks against them.
So the Jewish men set up watch for such attacks, Neh 4:8, therefore, on this watch they set up guards to be ready for those terrorists attacks , Neh 4;16.
Likewise, in this twenty –first century in areas of the world, as the nations of Pakistan , Iraq Syria , Indonesia,. The terrible fact is that Christians need to be “on watch and stand firm” First Corinthians 16:13.,as to be on guard from jihad-minded Muslim terrorist attacks against Christians .
For Christians together compose the symbolic body of Christ, Ephesians 1:13. 5:30.
Furthermore, it should be made known that the Muslim terrorists who engage in the persecution of Christians will not get away from the punishment of God for their wicked actions. As seen in Romans 14: 12. First Corinthians 3: 16, 17. Galatians 6:7.
Christians are instructed to “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.”
First Corinthians 16:13. [N.K.J.V.]