The fourth Muslim so charged in San Diego in the past month. “CA woman charged with terrorist aid,” from Associated Press, November 15: SAN DIEGO — A California woman has been charged with providing money and personnel to a terrorist group in Somalia to help carry out killings in the African nation, according to a […]
Sweden: Two Misunderstanders of Islam charged with plotting jihad attack
One trained in Somalia and planned to return there and “become a martyr.” No one seemed to take the trouble to stop and tell him that he was getting the concept of Islamic martyrdom, and jihad in general, all wrong, wrong, wrong. I wonder why not! “Sweden: Two ‘jihadists’ charged over plot,” from AKI, October […]
Somalia: Islamic supremacists open fire on crowd that objected to their beating teenagers — 4 killed, 12 wounded
Including pregnant women and children. “Somalia: 4 Die, 12 Injured In Militant Attack,” by Abdi Hajji Hussein for AHN, October 14 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Harardhere, Somalia (AHN) – Four people have killed and more than 12 others injured as Hizbul Islam militants opened fire in the Haradhere district in Somalia’s Mudug region […]
Don’t touch that dial: Jihadis raid radio stations in Somalia
In the West, we’re told that only greasy Islamophobes believe that Islamic law forbids music. These guys didn’t get the memo. Note that HornAfrik was one of the radio stations that defied al-Shabaab’s earlier demand that all stations stop playing music. “Islamist militants raid 2 independent radio stations in Mogadishu,” from CNN, September 19: (CNN) […]
Misunderstander of Islam arrested at Amsterdam airport
A “British citizen” of Somali descent. Yet he doesn’t seem to have become “British” in any recognizable sense. “British terrorism suspect arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport,” from the Telegraph, September 19 (thanks to Kristian): Dutch police have arrested a terrorism suspect at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport, the local prosecutor’s office said. The man was from Liverpool, […]
Islamophobes fear uptick in violence on key Ramadan dates — no, wait, Somalis do
And certainly they’ve seen enough jihad to detect a pattern or two. But when we say it, we’re Islamophobes. Or in the mind of Daisy Khan, “metastasized antisemites!” “Somalia fears key Ramadan dates will bring more attacks,” from the Mail & Guardian, August 27 (thanks to Twostellas): Mogadishu’s battered civilian population is bracing itself for […]
Somalia: Misunderstanders of Islam storm hotel, murder 31 people
Get the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf over there to set them straight. “Somali militants storm hotel, 31 reported dead,” by Ibrahim Mohamed for Reuters, August 24 (thanks to all who sent this in): MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Insurgents in army uniforms stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu frequented by government officials on Tuesday, killing […]
Jihadist indoctrination in Nairobi’s Somali enclave: “They tell us that al-Shabab hates Western countries like America … and that it is all right to cut the throats of every citizen of these countries.”
How many in Somalia, and in this Somali neighborhood, never thought it would get this bad? How many more deluded themselves that Sharia, once implemented, wouldn’t include any of the nastier practices? Those who dismiss concerns about Islamization in the West are also those who would insist it could never really get so bad. The […]
Somalia: Islamic supremacist group bans three Christian aid agencies
Islamic spokesmen in the West routinely assure us that Islam doesn’t restrict religious freedom or the freedom of conscience — and that would include proselytizing. Yet Islamic groups in Muslim countries constantly seem to Misunderstand Islam in this way. Islamic Tolerance Alert from Somalia: “Somali militant group bans 3 aid agencies,” from AP, August 9 […]
14 Misunderstanders of Islam in Minnesota, Alabama and California charged with aiding jihad group in Somalia
Which mosques did these jihadis attend? What were they taught in those mosques? Did anything they were taught in those mosques lead them to want to aid al-Shabab? Are any other members of those mosques involved in jihad activity? Does anyone know? Does anyone care? “Justice Dept.: 14 charged with aiding radical Somali group,” by […]