The government in Syria, and especially the country’s de facto leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — have sought to reassure Syria’s many sectarian and ethnic minorities, including the Alawites, non-Alawite Shia, Christians, Kurds, and Druze, that they will be safe under the new, post-Assad regime. Al-Sharaa insists that years ago […]
Syria: Sunni jihadis break promise not to disrespect Shia shrines, break into Zeinab’s shrine near Damascus
#BREAKING: Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists just broke into Zeinab’s shrine near #Damascus. #HTS & its leader, Joulani had promised to not have Shiite’s religious sites disrespected but his promise lasted only two days 😄 pic.twitter.com/6GFZDpY5Gy — Babak Taghvaee – The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) December 11, 2024 Al-Jolani also just said he had no plans to invade […]
Afghanistan: Sunni Muslims murder 15 Shi’ites and injure six others
The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad tallies up more killings on a more or less regular basis. Hardly anyone, meanwhile, if anyone at all, has been killed because of “Islamophobia,” and no one should be. Yet Western “human rights” organizations and the Western intelligentsia devote a massive amount of attention to “Islamophobia,” and none at all to the […]
Nigeria: Sunni jihadis attack Shi’ite school while the students were asleep, force them outside, murder three
This attack could be revenge for this attack from the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. “And we prescribed for them in it, Life for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and retaliation for injuries. But whoever forgoes it, this will be expiation for him. Whoever […]
Afghanistan: Sunni jihadis murder at least one Shi’ite with bomb of minivan in Kabul
The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad kills innumerable people worldwide. “Islamophobia” is a trumped-up propaganda term and kills no one. Yet which one gets far more international concern? According to Islamic tradition, the dispute between the majority Sunnis and the Shiat Ali (Party of Ali) began upon the death of Muhammad in 632, although it had its roots […]
UN envoy to Yemen warns of a ‘devastating’ regional escalation
The Houthis are a highly underestimated group that now threatens Israel and Red Sea shipping vessels, as well as civil war in Yemen. The Houthis are an Iranian proxy that was up until recently at war with Saudi Arabia. That war came to be recognized as a Saudi-Iran proxy war that went on for years. […]
Oman: Islamic State claims responsibility for jihad massacre at Shia mosque
Jihad attacks are rare in Oman, but with the chaos in the world increasing, the Islamic State is newly emboldened. “Isis claims responsibility for deadly attack on mosque in Oman,” by Chloe Cornish, Financial Times, July 17, 2024: Isis has claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting at a mosque in Oman’s capital Muscat, the first […]
Pakistan: Muslim cleric incites his teen son to murder Shia man over ‘blasphemy’ against Muhammad
Imagine the screaming headlines if a rabbi or priest had incited his teenage son to murder someone from a different sect over “blasphemy” allegations. But you’ll only hear about this here. “Pakistan: Teenager kills 55-year-old Shia man over ‘blasphemy’ against Prophet Muhammad; second murder in four days,” OpIndia, June 24, 2024: A teenager stabbed a […]
Afghanistan: Sunni Taliban intensifies persecution of Shi’ite Hazaras
The Hazaras are largely Shi’ite and the Taliban are Sunni. The Sunni-Shi’ite jihad kills innumerable people worldwide. “Islamophobia” is a trumped-up propaganda term and kills no one. Yet which one gets far more international concern? “Afghanistan: Intensifying Persecution Of Hazaras – Analysis,” by Sanchita Bhattacharya, Eurasia Review, June 18, 2024: As reported on June 11, the Taliban instructed […]
Afghanistan: Sunni jihadi storms Shia mosque, murders six people
According to Islamic tradition, the dispute between the majority Sunnis and the Shiat Ali (Party of Ali) began upon the death of Muhammad in 632, although it had its roots in incidents from even before that. The Sunnis contended that the prophet of Islam had made no provision for a successor as political, military, and […]