If they fail to kill others while being killed in the service of Allah, will they be able to claim the promise of Paradise that is given to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (Qur’an 9:111)? “Suicide bombers die in failed plot at Ethiopia football match,” by Aaron Maasho for Reuters, October 14: […]
“People should beware of the latest IEDs the terrorists are producing; it is packaged in a school bag…This is what happened in Boston”
Jihadis in Nigeria imitating a successful model: the Boston Marathon jihadis. “Nigeria: Suicide Bombers Now Package IEDs in School Bags,” by Ismail Mudashir for the Daily Trust via AllAfrica.com, October 12 (thanks to TRACterrorism.org): Kano “” Insurgents now hide explosive devices in a new tactics to unleash terror on citizens during the sallah cerebration, Weekly […]
Egypt: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murders three troops, one policeman
Killing for Morsi. “Egypt: Suicide bombing kills 3 troops, 1 policeman,” from the Associated Press, October 10: Egyptian officials say a suicide bomber has rammed his explosives-laden car into a checkpoint outside a coastal city in volatile Sinai Peninsula, killing three soldiers and a policeman. The security officials say the attack happened on Thursday outside […]
Iraq: Islamic jihadists murder 27, including 12 children, in bombing of playground and police station
Islamophobia: what can be done to eradicate it? “Iraq: Children Killed In Playground Bombing,” from Sky News, October 6 (thanks to Kenneth): Suicide bombers have driven vehicles packed with explosives into a school and police station, while another blew himself up on foot among pilgrims, killing at least 27 people of whom many were children. […]
Iraq: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers murder six, wound 62 in first attack in Erbil in over six years
This city has been vigilant, and their vigilance has paid off. But now the jihadis who fought elsewhere are returning, battle-hardened and ready for more murder. “Islamic parties took so many young Kurds to go for jihad — so many went there and came back. This is what people are thinking, that they used the […]
Tunisian Muslim extradited to U.S. to face charges in plot to set off jihad-martyrdom suicide bomb at U.S. military installation in Europe
With a zebibah like that, Nizar Trabelsi appears to be quite devout. How is it that he misunderstood his peaceful religion so drastically as to think it involved killing infidels? Why are U.S. authorities so totally uninterested in that question? “Tunisian extradited to U.S. in Al Qaeda suicide bomb plot,” by Richard A. Serrano in […]
Iraq: 33 murdered as jihadists attack government and police buildings
Just as bad as “Islamophobia,” Nihad Awad might say. “Iraq violence leaves 33 dead,” from AAP, September 26 (thanks to Kenneth): Militants have attacked local government and police buildings in northern Iraq with suicide bombings and mortar fire, sparking clashes that killed 14 people. The killings were among 33 deaths nationwide on Wednesday, officials said. […]
Iraq: Shi’ite jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murders 16 at Sunni funeral
Revenge for this. “And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution” (Qur’an 5:45). “Suicide bomber hits Iraq Sunni funeral, killing 16,” by Sameer N. Yacoub for […]
India: Muslim leader executed for jihad attack praised jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers, called for jihad against India
Afzal Guru was popular. After he was executed for a 2001 jihad attack, some Muslims in India rioted. “Afzal Guru’s book eulogises suicide bombers, says “˜jihad” only solution,” by Peerzada Ashiq for the Hindustan Times, September 18: A new book, “˜Shaheed Afzal Guru- His Last Message”, which is a compilation of letters written by Guru […]
Chechnya: Jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murders three policemen
More “dialogue” from the home of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. “Suicide bomber kills three police in Russia’s Chechnya,” from Reuters, September 16 (thanks to Lookmann): Three police were killed by a suicide bomber who detonated a bomb in a car outside a police station in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday, an national anti-terrorism body said. […]