Why shouldn’t the mosques help Muslim migrants? In Islam, migration can be a holy act. To emigrate in the cause of Allah – that is, to move to a new land in order to bring Islam there, is considered in Islam to be a highly meritorious act. “And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah […]
Islamic State to Muslims in the Balkans: “Either join it here, or kill there”
How did these misunderstanders of Islam get the crazy idea that jihad had something to do with killing? Every Western authority knows that the Islamic State has nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with Islam, but do any of them ever stop and ponder, even for a moment, why it is that the Islamic State appeals […]
Pope calls for condemnation of those who “pervert” religion to justify violence
Actually, there are plenty of condemnations. Many Muslim organizations worldwide have condemned the Islamic State. What we don’t see are actual organized efforts by Muslim leaders to teach Muslims to reject the understanding of Islam that the Islamic State represents. If all the condemnations were sincere, we would see more direct action against the Islamic […]
Albania arrests two imams who recruited Muslims for Syrian jihad
These are imams. They are teachers of Islam, and devout Muslims. They have dedicated their lives to understanding Islam and teaching it to others. How did they come to hold the idea that jihad involved violence against unbelievers — an idea that we are constantly told in the West is something that only greasy Islamophobes […]
UK: Albanian Misunderstander of Islam gets 7 years for weapons, Hizballah bomb-making manuals, suicide belt
And he wrote in a chat forum that he wanted to see Americans and Jews killed. But…but…I thought Albanian Muslims were all moderate, peaceful, and fiercely loyal to America and the West! “British court jails Albanian on terrorist charges,” from JTA, December 18 (thanks to Maxwell): (JTA) — A British court jailed an Albanian Muslim […]
“Orahovac Albanians in Kosovo may be the leading cadre of terrorist recruits, recruited by al-Qaeda”
Fascinating information from “Al Qaeda in the Balkans: Who in the Balkans wants to destroy America?,” by Miroljub Jevtic, Ph.D. in Serbiana, with thanks to Fraser: The news that a group of mujahadeens headed for Osama bin Laden’s jihad were captured on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan would be nothing new, had the Pakistani […]