“With the help of the hand of Allah, we killed near Gao, in Muslim territory, a driver who worked for the enemy,” said a spokesman for The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO). “Oneness” is tauhid, Islamic monotheism. Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Al Qaeda Splinter Group Claims […]
Mali: Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” murders five in nightclub
Those who charge that concern over murders like these is just “Islamophobia” should kindly point out when Muslims have ever screamed “Allahu akbar” and then performed an act of charity, generosity, or magnanimity. “Five dead including Frenchman and Belgian in Mali restaurant terror attack,” by David Chazan, the Telegraph, March 7, 2015 (thanks to Pamela […]
Mali: Islamic jihadis kill seven soldiers in dawn attack
Two years after the French drove the Sharia regime out of power in Mali, the jihadists are still active. The fallacy of the analysts who predict that the “war on terror” (or whatever they call the defense against the global jihad these days) will last ten years, or twenty, or 100, is that they think […]
Malian academic: What Islamic jihad groups did in Mali “has nothing to do with Islam”
“What they did has nothing to do with Islam. They cut off people’s hands and feet.” “Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides […]
Mali released four Islamic jihadists in exchange for French hostage
As I said here when such a deal was just a rumor, “this will only encourage more hostage-taking, as jihadis will see the chance to free their imprisoned comrades in exchange for Western hostages.” But the fact that a policy is foolish, wrongheaded and counterproductive has never stopped non-Muslim governments from pursuing it in the […]
Was French hostage swapped for detained jihadists?
This will only encourage more hostage-taking, as jihadis will see the chance to free their imprisoned comrades in exchange for Western hostages. But the fact that a policy is foolish, wrongheaded and counterproductive has never stopped Western governments from pursuing it in the past, so why should France start now? “Dangerous trade-offs: Was French hostage […]
Mali: “Particularly violent combat” between French troops and Islamic jihadists; one soldier killed
Remember the jihad in Mali? The jihadists do. The conflict between the jihadis and Western forces is not actually a series of discrete, localized “clashes,” as it is portrayed in the mainstream media. It is actually a global defense against forces with a unified ideology and common goals. And it will be an endless war […]
Mali: Jihadists murdered UN peacekeepers because they were “enemies of Islam”
Not that this has anything to do with Islam, of course. Obama has no doubt already dispatched John Kerry to Bamako to search out this Sultan Ould Bady character and explain to him how he is misunderstanding his peaceful religion. Ben Affleck is no doubt already there. “Jihadist claims responsibility for attack on UN in […]
Hizballah leader in disguise was on board crashed Air Algerie flight
This doesn’t mean that the Hizballah leader downed the flight, although that may have happened. It may also have happened that the flight was downed by someone else because the Hizballah leader was on the flight. Or the flight could have crashed for reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the Hizballah leader. But this […]
Mali Islamic jihad group announces death of French hostage: “In the name of Allah, he is dead”
Translating the name of this group as “The Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa” is misleading. “Oneness” is tauhid, the Islamic concept of absolute monotheism. The Movement for Tauhid and Jihad in West Africa clearly has religious goals, but such goals are exactly what Western analysts are determined to ignore or downplay wherever […]