What is the role of Islam in Muslim society? Is it just a religion to be practiced privately, as Christianity is understood in the West? Or does it call for theocracy—governance according to the laws derived from it, also known as Sharia? Dr. Ali Abdel Raziq, whose 1925 book arguing against the caliphate caused an […]
Canada: Imam commends preacher calling for annihilation of Jews, “enemies of humanity”
“Mazin AbdulAdhim calls on Muslims to wake up from the illusion that the Western governments represent them, to disavow democracy, to follow the true teachings of Islam, and to work together for re-establishing the Islamic State – the Caliphate.” How do Canadian authorities think this is going to play out in five years, or ten? […]
US Muslim leader at Chicago conference: “Islam is here to dominate”
How many Muslims in the U.S. agree with Haitham Ibn Thbait? No one dares to ask such a question, of course; that would be “Islamophobic.” “An American Hizb Ut-Tahrir Leader Exhorts Muslims to Refrain from Voting in U.S. Elections, Says: Islam Is Here to Dominate,” MEMRI, May 15, 2016: Haitham Ibn Thbait, of the American […]
Video: Muslim speaker in Canada calls for “full implementation of Islam,” says migrant influx helps build caliphate
This Toronto Sun story dates from January, and the video from November; we don’t usually post archival material, but this is important enough to make an exception. Mazin Abdul-Adhim says: “The problem is that we don’t understand our own system — the Khilafa (caliphate). And therefore, how do we support the people of Syria? We […]
ISIS’ aspirations and U.S. strikes in Libya
Last week I was interviewed by JD Hayworth on NewsMax TV; Nonie Darwish was also on the panel. We discussed the recent U.S. airstrikes in Libya and ISIS’s tentacles around the globe.
Obama at Baltimore mosque quoted Muhammad from speech endorsing caliphate and beheading
Obama said: “Whoever wants to enter paradise, the Prophet Muhammad taught, ‘let him treat people the way he would love to be treated.’” That saying comes from this hadith: It has been narrated on the authority of ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Abd Rabb al-Ka’ba who said: I entered the mosque when ‘Abdullah b. ‘Amr b. al-‘As […]
Saudi Grand Mufti: Islamic State jihadis are Israeli soldiers
Of course. What else could they be? “IS militants are Israeli soldiers: Saudi grand mufti,” Express Tribune, December 28, 2015: Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz has claimed that the Islamic State (Daesh) militants are Israeli soldiers and the Saudi-led 34-nation military alliance of Islamic countries will defeat it. The statement came after Abu Bakr […]
Islamic State caliph al-Baghdadi: “Jews, soon you shall hear from us in Palestine which will become your grave”
Meanwhile, however, opposition forces are getting so close to the caliphate’s capital that he might not have a chance to make good on his threats against Israel. “Islamic State leader Baghdadi goads West in rare audio statement,” by Josie Ensor, Telegraph, December 26, 2015: The leader of Islamic State has released an alternative Christmas message […]
SB jihadi’s mid-massacre message released: “We pledge allegiance to Khalifa”
“We pledge allegiance to Khalifa bu bkr al bhaghdadi al quraishi” — that is, to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the caliph of the Islamic State. They knew he would be pleased by their massacre of Infidels, and understand the massacre in the Islamic spirit in which it was intended. Western authorities’ continued willful ignorance regarding the […]
Islamic State video threatens Georgians with beheadings, caliphate
The nation of Georgia is home to one of the earliest Christian churches, with apostolic roots in the 1st century, its formal founding dating from the early 4th century. The Georgians have a long memory, and are likely thinking back to when Muslim invaders conquered Tbilisi in 1227. The Islamic State video references that slaughter — infamous for […]