Besides removing supposed temptations to idolatry, Islamic jihadists want to ruin the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the Qur’an suggests that ruins are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: […]
“People who worship anything other than Allah are infidels and it is permitted to kill them.”
Teach your children well. Rather amazing, is it not, that statements like these are made anywhere in the world, and people take them for granted and consider those who make them to be the victims of “Islamophobia.” “Authorities seize schoolbook that praises Islamic radicalism,” Asia News, March 24, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): […]
Islamic State destroys fourth-century Mar Benham Monastery in Iraq
Besides removing supposed temptations to idolatry, Islamic jihadists want to ruin the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the Qur’an suggests that ruins are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: How & Why Islam Wages War Against ‘Idolatry’
Over at PJ Lifestyle today I explain why the Islamic State seeks to destroy all memory of pre-Islamic and non-Islamic civilizations: The Islamic State has now destroyed numerous ancient Assyrian artifacts in the Mosul museum and bulldozed the 3,300-year-old city of Nimrud and the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra. It also recently blew up a tenth-century […]
Islamic State blows up 10th century Assyrian Catholic monastery near Mosul
Besides removing supposed temptations to idolatry, Islamic jihadists want to ruin the artifacts of non-Muslim civilizations because doing so testifies to the truth of Islam, as the Qur’an suggests that ruins are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: […]
Kuwaiti Muslim preacher, Islamic State call for demolition of Sphinx, pyramids
“Attacks on the Sphinx date back centuries. Despite many legends surrounding the monument’s missing nose – with harm from Napoleon’s cannon being among the most popular myths – historians believe it was actually destroyed by Sufi Muslim Muhammad Sa’im al-Dahr in the 14th century, after he learned that some peasants worshipped the Sphinx.” Many of […]
UK Muslim group seeks to brand depictions of Muhammad as “hate speech”
“Hate speech” is in the eye of the beholder — it is whatever the group in power to doesn’t want spoken about or known. It is the powerful silencing dissent and challenges to their hegemony. If this initiative gets any traction, it will be a new indication of who has the real power in Britain. […]
Islamic State destroys 2,000-year-old city of Hatra
This follows closely after their destruction of Nimrud and of the Mosul museum artifacts. Clearly the Islamic State is determined to leave nothing un-Islamic in their domains. They want to create ruin and destruction of non-Muslim installations, because the Qur’an holds up ruins as the signs of Allah’s wrath upon the disbelievers: “Many were the […]
Egypt: Monks lie before bulldozers to protect monastery from workmen screaming “Allahu akbar”
The road project “threatens an archaeological area that stretches around a church dating to the fourth century,” as well as the monastery’s water supply. The fact that the workmen were screaming “Allahu akbar” indicates that they were just thrilled at the prospect of harming an installation of Infidels. “Coptic monks scramble to protect ancient monastery,” […]
Muslim cleric: Those who don’t respect Muslims have “no right to live”
Watch the video. He keeps saying that it is not he who is saying these things, but that they’re Islamic teachings. Will some Muslim spokesmen in the West who claims to abhor what Mullah Krekar is saying kindly explain how he is wrong on Islamic grounds? Of course not. And no one in the mainstream […]