On his way to Somalia. “Police make Toronto airport ‘terrorism’ arrest,” by Julie Gordon for Reuters, March 30 (thanks to VQ): TORONTO (Reuters) – A man was arrested for “terrorism-related offenses” at Toronto’s international airport just before he was about to board an airplane bound for North Africa, Canadian police said on Wednesday. The Royal […]
Kenya: Muslim leaders enraged at U.S. accusation that mosques recruited for Somali jihad, demand apology
Of course their anger is completely justified. Who ever heard of mosques being used to recruit jihad terrorists? In recent years we have seen mosques used to preach hatred; to spread exhortations to terrorist activity; to house a bomb factory; to store weapons; to disseminate messages from bin Laden; to demand (in the U.S.) that […]
Virginia: Somali pirates get life of prison dawah
And of course, they’re playing the victim card. What else? “Somali pirates sentenced in Va. to life in prison,” from AP, March 15 (thanks to Block Ness): NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Five Somali men convicted of attacking a Navy ship were sentenced to life in prison on Monday, the harshest sentences yet for accused pirates […]
Somali jihad leader: “I’ll keep on fighting until I die”
That stands to reason, since he is fighting according to religious imperatives. He believes it is his duty before his god to fight. This is what American officials persist in being unable or unwilling to comprehend: people like Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys cannot be bought off, or compromised with. “Somalia: Sheikh Hassan Dahir ‘I’ll Keep […]
Somalia: Jihadists get a fifth of pirates’ booty
“And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for Allah, and for the messenger and for the kinsman (who hath need) and orphans and the needy and the wayfarer, if ye believe in Allah and that which We revealed unto Our slave on the Day of Discrimination, the […]
Jihadists threaten Kenya for undermining Sharia in Somalia
The aptly-named Sheikh Rage fumes that “Kenya has long been working to undermine the existence of the Islamic sharia in Somalia.” Note that Rage casts the conflict as Kenyan aggression; in the jihadist mindset, the jihadists are never the aggressors, but are constantly attacked by others. “Somali rebels threaten Kenya for ‘training militia,’” from AFP, […]
Somalia: Misunderstanders of Islam murder convert from Islam to Christianity
Somehow these poor folks got the idea that Islam mandates a death penalty for apostasy. If only they had listened to Hamas-linked CAIR or any number of other Muslim groups in the U.S.! “Islamic Radicals Kill Christian Convert in Somalia,” by Alison Matheson for the Christian Post, February 24: A Christian convert from Islam has […]
Somali jihadist pirates murder four American hostages
The Somali pirates are jihadists. “4 American hostages killed by pirates, US says,” by Jason Straziuso and Malkhadir M. Muhumed for Associated Press, February 22: NAIROBI, Kenya — Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. […]
Somalia: Misunderstanders of Islam murder five in suicide attack at police station
We are constantly told that suicide attacks like this one are political, not religious in nature, and have nothing to do with Islam. Yet one wonders how many of these kinds of attacks we would still see if the bombers ceased to believe that they would be guaranteed Paradise for killing and being killed for […]
Somalia jihad: Foreign fighters train snipers, seek experience to start uprisings in home countries
There’s something for everybody in the Somali jihad: “Fighters who do not have military skills but can speak fluent English have been used as suicide bombers because they can get past checkpoints.” “Somali insurgent’s defection shines light on foreigners’ role within Islamist insurgency,” by Katherine Houreld and Mohamed Sheikh Nor for the Associated Press, February […]