Moving from one spectacular failure to the next. Nothing that the US does to counter the Islamic State will succeed until officials examine its ideology realistically. Without that, every move to counter it effectively will founder on the unreality of the State Department’s analysis. “US scraps its $500million programme to train ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels after […]
Telegraph: “Rebels warn that Russian air strikes risk pushing moderates into arms of more powerful extremist groups”
That’s the Telegraph subhead on this piece: “Rebels warn that Russian air strikes risk pushing moderates into arms of more powerful extremist groups.” How many times over the years have we heard this — that too strong action against Islamic jihadists would drive “moderates” into the arms of “extremists”? And suddenly there are “moderates” among […]
Russian airstrike in Syria targeted U.S.-backed rebels, U.S. officials say
Because the mainstream media hates Putin (not entirely without cause) and will do anything to prop up Barack Obama, it is presenting this as a manifestation of Russian perfidy. It may be that, but the fact is that these US-backed Syria rebels are al-Qaeda. Former Defense Intelligence Agency director Michael Flynn recently confirmed that the […]
Islamic State jihadis deride “coconuts”: Muslims who participated in interfaith activities with Pope
Given the nature of the Islamic State, this condemnation must be seen as a death threat. In any case, it indicates why we don’t see more sincere Islamic reformers: their lives are threatened by hardliners. And the cartoon of the Islamic State slashing the “Coexist” symbol is a candent illustration of the futility and fatuousness […]
US confirms: US-trained Syrian rebels gave their weapons to al-Qaeda
I have taken a lot of heat for saying that there is no distinction in Muslim communities between “extremists” and “moderates” — that is, mosques haven’t generally expelled jihadis, have no programs to teach against the jihadist understanding of Islam that they ostensibly reject, etc. This incident shows that my statement is absolutely true: even […]
Fanaticism: The Moderate Version
“Fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.” – George Santayana I would not say that the apologists for Islam, even the most shameless, have forgotten their aim. I think one of their highest hopes is that we, the opponents of Islam, forget the aim of these apologists, which is to […]
US-trained rebels gave their weapons to al-Qaeda immediately on entering Syria
The Obama Administration repeatedly assured us that they were working with “vetted moderates” in Syria. Obviously they have no idea how actually to do such vetting, or were never sincere about attempting to do so in the first place. “US-trained Division 30 rebels ‘betrayed US and hand weapons over to al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Syria,’” by […]
Indonesian jihad terror convict: jihadis are misunderstanding Qur’an and Hadith
Laskar Jihad was burning down churches. “The hadiths clearly say that Prophet Muhammad condemned such actions and it made me think that what I was doing was wrong,” said Jumu Tuani. “It has been narrated by ‘Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: I will expel the Jews and Christians from […]
Obama’s $500 million 50-man “moderate” army: half already dead, captured, out of action
Last week they were missing. Now they have been found, and it isn’t pretty. Yet no one in the Obama Administration, the State Department, or the mainstream media seems particularly curious as to why it has been so hard to find “moderates” in Syria. This program will continue to waste taxpayer dollars. “US-trained rebels fighting […]
Ireland: Muslim cleric who led anti-ISIS demo praises Hamas jihadis
Recently I wrote (here) about a Muslim rally in Ireland against the Islamic State, that drew a grand total of fifty people. It was led by Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri, who said this about “radical teachings”: “We as Muslims, we must condemn them. We must not remain silent. The Mosques, the Islamic centres, the organisations, […]