As the Islamic State releases a video filled with Qur’an verses, London Mayor Boris Johnson writes in the the Telegraph: “Islamic State? This death cult is not a state and it’s certainly not Islamic: We must settle on a name for our enemies that doesn’t smear all Muslims but does reflect reality.” Obviously Boris Johnson […]
The Triumph of the Islamic State
The murder of 27 tourists in Tunisia, the spectacle of the beheaded French citizen, who worked at an industrial plant near Lyon in France (he was known to his attacker, so a personal motive should not be excluded, but the methods chosen are those of ISIS, and the killer was on the police watchlist for […]
Kuwait mosque bomber screamed “Allahu akbar” before detonating his explosives
“Dealing with what’s happening requires going back to the root causes, which means tackling the ideology,” said Ghanem Nuseibeh. That is true, but in the U.S., John Kerry, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and everyone else in positions of political power and influence assure us that the ideology that inspires attacks such as these is absolutely […]
Kuwait: Islamic State murders 13 in jihad suicide attack at Shi’ite mosque
Ramadan is in full swing today, with jihad strikes in France, Kuwait and Tunisia. Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Suicide attack claimed by ISIS kills 13 at Kuwait Shiite mosque,” Reuters, June 26, 2015: DUBAI: Militant group ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in Kuwait that killed 13 people, according a statement […]
France: President of gas factory targeted in Islamic State attack is Shi’ite Iranian
Could its Shia leadership have been why it was targeted by members of the Islamic State, a Sunni group that has declared jihad against Shi’ites as well as against the West (and particularly France)? Or was it targeted simply because it is a gas factory, and the pious killers were hoping for a gas explosion […]
Fistfight breaks out at Yemen peace talks
“Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. Those who follow him are merciful to one another but harsh to unbelievers” (Qur’an 48:29). This kind of thing (and there is so much more of it) in one’s holy book can lead to an endemic culture of violence. “Fistfight breaks out at Yemen peace talks,” Reuters, June 18, […]
Ramadan begins in Yemen: Islamic State murders 31 with bombs at Shi’ite mosques
“The bombs exploded almost simultaneously just after sundown on the eve of Ramadan” — and so the month in which Muslims rededicate themselves to the service of Allah gets a bloody kickoff, in what the perpetrators no doubt believe to be a great act of service to Allah. “Dozens killed and injured in Sanaa mosque […]
Kentucky: Sunni Muslim assaults Shia over argument about Islam
A harbinger of things to come. “Argument between Shia, Sunni Muslims escalates,” Bowling Green Daily News, May 27, 2015: In a scene that has played out on a large scale in the Middle East for centuries, a Sunni Muslim and a Shia Muslim conflict escalated Sunday during a heated discussion about religion. A Bowling Green […]
Islamic State calls on Muslims to “kill enemies of Islam, especially Shi’ites”
Not that this has anything to do with Islam. “Islamic State’s Saudi branch calls for clearing Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ites,” Reuters, May 30, 2015: DUBAI, May 30 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s branch of militant group Islamic State has said it wants to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shi’ite Muslims and urged young men in the […]
Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Shi’ite mosque in Saudi Arabia
On the march, while the world looks the other way, makes excuses, and intones, “This has nothing to do with Islam.” “Islamic State claims 2nd suicide bombing at Saudi mosque,” Chicago Tribune, May 29, 2015: A suicide bomber disguised as a woman blew himself up in the parking lot of a Shiite mosque during Friday […]