Not that they’re anything but secular pro-democracy protesters, doncha know. “Bahrain crackdown enrages Shiites across region,” by Barbara Surk for The Associated Press, March 18: MANAMA, Bahrain “” Bahrain’s army on Friday demolished the 300-foot (90-meter) monument that had become a symbol of a monthlong Shiite uprising against the Sunni monarchy in the Gulf nation. […]
“Foreign troops,” including Saudi forces, enter Bahrain to support gov’t against protesters
Left unmentioned until quite late in this report is the sectarian aspect of the story, as Saudi Arabia is eager to keep a lid on its own, grudgingly tolerated, suppressed Shi’ite minority, Bahrain’s Sunni rulers try to keep power over a majority Shi’ite population, and an opportunistic Iran is undoubtedly moving in the background to […]
“It seemed to be a sectarian incident”: Baptists and Methodists in fight over potluck potato salad — no, wait…
Actually, the sects in question were Sunnis and Shi’ites, and the former murdered fifteen of the latter for Allah. Or for the cursed Shaytan, depending on your point of view. In either case, for their bloodthirsty god who commands that believers “slay the pagans wherever you find them” (Qur’an 9:5, cf. 2:191, 4:89) Meanwhile, note […]
Iraq: Suicide bomber targeting Shi’ite pilgrims kills 28
“There’s still a tendency to see these things in Sunni-Shia terms. But the Middle East is going to have to overcome that.” – Condoleezza Rice, January 2007. Hope you brought something to read while you wait. Four years later, the Sunni-Shi’ite case of mutual Islamophobia continues — a major aspect of life in Iraq that […]
Dearborn: Would-be mosque bomber is a convert to Islam, rejects “Shi’ite” attorney
Answering Muslims (thanks to DC Watson) has a litany of statements blaming this attempted attack on criticism of Islam, including this nugget from Hamas-linked CAIR’s Dawud Walid: “People can be on the edge and when they’re exposed to enough negative information about a group of people … it may be enough to push them over […]
Iraq: Sunni Muslims plant bomb on highway in Shi’ite area, killing two
Events in Iraq continue to validate the predictions we made here for years: that a stable democracy would never be founded because of opposition from pro-Sharia forces, that as soon as the Americans left the Sunnis and Shi’ites would be at each other’s throats, and more. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Iraq blast in mainly Shia area […]
Yemen: Al-Qaeda commander declares jihad against Shi’ites
He says it’s in retaliation for an earlier Shi’ite attack, which is par for the course: jihadis today always frame their attacks as defensive. This is most likely because in the absence of a caliph, there is no Sunni authority authorized to declare offensive jihad. Note also that Iran’s Ahlul Bayt News Agency, which is […]
Iraq: Sunni jihadists bomb Shi’ite funeral, murdering 41
Shi’ites then began stoning Iraqi security forces. Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Bomb strikes funeral, killing 41 in Baghdad,” by Hamid Ahmed for Associated Press, January 27 (thanks to Sr. Soph): BAGHDAD – A car bomb ripped through a funeral tent in a mainly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 41 people and prompting […]
Iraq: Sunni militia leader arrested for bombings of Shi’ite pilgrims
But, but he fought against al-Qaeda! Doesn’t that mean he is a “moderate”? Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Official: Iraq militia chief behind pilgrim blasts,” from AP, January 22 (thanks to Maxwell): BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police arrested the local leader of a government-backed Sunni Muslim militia for planning the deadly bombings on Shiite pilgrims this week, […]
Pakistan: Misunderstander of Islam murders 18 in passenger van
In an area “plagued by sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.” Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Police: 18 van passengers killed after blast in northwest Pakistan,” by Reza Sayah for CNN, January 17 (thanks to Weasel Zippers): Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A planted bomb caused a blast that killed at least 18 people traveling in a passenger […]