“We shall continue the anti-terrorism war, this attack makes clear that terrorists don’t have any respect for the peaceful religion of Islam by killing innocent Muslims,” said Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. Indeed, the Qur’an says: “And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake” (4:92), although these jihadists were, […]
Somalia: Jihad suicide bomber targets elite forces, murders four people
“We shall continue preventing such attacks,” said Mohamed Yusuf, the spokesman of Somalia’s National Security Ministry. Continue preventing? “Suicide bomber kills 4 people in Somalia’s capital,” by Abdi Guled, Associated Press, January 4, 2015 (thanks to Maxwell): NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained […]
Jihadis kill 14: “We targeted the enemies at a time they were celebrating Christmas”
The Islamic jihadis wanted to maximize the grief and pain of those whom they regarded as “enemies of Allah.” “Islamist gunmen attack African Union base in Somalia,” by Abdi Sheikh and Fiesal Omar, Reuters, December 27, 2014: MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Eight Islamist gunmen infiltrated the main African Union (AU) base in Mogadishu on Thursday and […]
Somalia: Islamic jihadists behead two policewomen
“We wanted to negotiate the release of the Somali policewomen but unfortunately they were beheaded.” The jihad group could have released these captives via negotiations, but it was also within Islamic law for the jihadis to murder them: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of […]
Jihad group quotes Qur’an to justify massacre of Christians
Sheikh Rage said: “We are uncompromising in our beliefs, relentless in our pursuit, ruthless against the disbelievers…” “Muhammad is Allah’s apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another.” — Qur’an 48:29 “Al-Shabaab Vows to Be ‘Ruthless Against Disbelievers’ as U.S. ‘Barely Recognizes’ Christian Eradication in Iraq,” by Bridget […]
Somalia: Islamic jihadists kidnap 20 civilians, behead two women
The jihadis “are harming the public because they are upset at how the [civilians] were happy at their losses.” “I have been made victorious with terror” — Muhammad (Bukhari 4.52.220) “Al-Shabaab kidnaps residents, beheads 2 women in Kudha,” by Fuad Ahmed, Sabahi, November 13, 2014 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur): Al-Shabaab beheaded two women and […]
Somalia: Muslim questions death penalty for apostasy, gets death threats
Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law according to all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence. Yet Muslim spokesmen such as Harris Zafar, Mustafa Akyol, Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz (among many others) have assured us that Islam […]
U.S. troops hit Islamic jihadists in Somalia
Obama’s policy toward jihadists is peculiar: he applauds and supplies them in some places (Libya, Syria), and opposes them in others (Iraq), taking actions like this one apparently to reassure Americans that nothing has changed, and that the U.S. is still resolute against jihad terrorists. But his inconsistency belies that. “U.S. Troops Take Action on […]
Kenya: Jihadists kidnap traders, release Muslims, behead Christian
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “Suspected Shebab Islamists militants behead Kenyan driver,” Press Trust of India, August 23, 2014 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): A group of suspected Shebab Islamist militants have beheaded a Kenyan driver after kidnapping a group of traders on Kenyan soil near the resort island […]
Somalia: Islamic jihadists murder fifth lawmaker this year — “he was killed on the orders of Allah”
Allah has also apparently commanded the murder of all the other MP’s in Somalia as well. Al-Shabab wants to establish Sharia there; these men, on the other hand, are governing by what they consider to be a form of government that is directly incompatible with the Qur’an and Sunnah. So they must die. “Somali Islamists […]