“Confirmation that the attack involved a Filipino would mark a major escalation in terror tactics in the Southeast Asian nation, where authorities had long said suicide bombings went against local culture, analysts said.” This is yet another illustration of the cost of authorities’ refusal to consider Islam as a motivating factor behind such phenomena as […]
Philippines: Islamic State murders five in jihad suicide bombings at military camp
It is illegitimate in Islamic theology for Muslims to be ruled by non-Muslims. Islam must dominate, and not be dominated. So the drive to create a Muslim homeland in the Philippines, and then to continue the jihad until the Philippines is entirely Islamic, cannot be ended by negotiations and concessions, contrary to the conventional wisdom. […]
Philippines: Muslims wound at least 18 with jihad blast at restaurant in mostly Christian city
Clearly the Philippine government’s hopes that giving the Muslims of the South an autonomous region would bring peace have proven hollow. As was inevitable. The jihad imperative is not satisfied with one autonomous region. It demands the entire world: “Fight them until religion is all for Allah” (Qur’an 8:39). “Blast wounds at least 18 at […]
Philippines: “Good student” of Islamic jurisprudence becomes ISIS beheader, authorities baffled
“’I feel regret whenever I think of him because he was such a good student,’ said Sheikh Mahir Gustaham, who taught Mr. Kiram Islamic jurisprudence and considered him his favorite pupil. ‘For me it’s a lesson learned: to watch closely and intently the good and quiet students because they may change.’” Or maybe he absorbed […]
Australian judge: Muslims who plotted to overthrow Philippine government have “good prospects for rehabilitation”
Why does he think that? What will be done while they are in prison to disabuse them of their jihadist and Islamic supremacist sentiments? Nothing, of course. To do anything of that kind would be “Islamophobic.” “Melbourne men sentenced over ‘poorly planned’ plot to overthrow government in the Philippines,” by Karen Percy, ABC.net.au, February 22, […]
Philippines: Jihad leaders sworn in as administrators of a new Muslim autonomous region
There is no way that this will end well and that peace will now come to the Philippines. The jihad imperative doesn’t end when Muslims establish an autonomous regime. There will be new pretexts for violence, new complaints and new demands, and the strife will continue. “Muslim rebel commanders transform into Philippine officials,” Associated Press, […]
Philippines: Muslims murder man for failing to recite Qur’an verses, release six others who could recite them
Al Fatihah is the first chapter and most common prayer of the Qur’an. This is reminiscent of other incidents, including when the Muslim in Minnesota who asked mall shoppers if they were Muslim and then stabbed non-Muslims. In Mali, Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” took hostages, freeing those who could recite the Qur’an. In September 2013 […]
Philippines: Muslims murder 20, injure 111 with bombs in cathedral during Sunday Mass
A glimpse into the future of Europe and the United States. “20 Dead as Bombs Target Sunday Mass in Philippine Cathedral,” Associated Press, January 27, 2019: Jolo, Philippines (AP) — Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 20 people […]
Philippines: UK and Australia issue warnings about travel to Mindanao over threat of jihad terror and kidnapping
The UK and Australia have issued warnings against citizens traveling “to some parts of Mindanao because of terrorist activity and kidnapping….The travel warning followed the blast in Cotabato City” on New Year’s Eve, “which killed two and injured dozens.” The threat in the Philippines, however, is not restricted solely to this one area. The jihad battle […]
Philippines: Muslims murder two, injure nearly 30 with New Year’s Eve bomb at shopping mall
The jihadis placed the bomb in a crowded place in order to maximize the carnage, thereby giving the greatest possible honor to their bloodthirsty god who commands them to “kill them wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5). “2 dead, nearly 30 wounded in bomb blast at Philippine mall,” Associated Press, December 31, […]