Surprise, surprise. And the duplicity doesn’t extend just to the Shias. “Iraqi Head of the Shia endowment accuses Saudi Arabia of duplicity over fighting terrorism,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, September 13 (thanks to Twostellas): Head of the Shia endowment in Iraq Saleh Al Haidari accused Saudi Arabia of duplicity over fighting terrorism. While […]
Islamophobes murder 43 with suicide bomb at Shi’ite Muslim rally — no, wait…
Actually, it was more Sunni-Shi’ite jihad. But don’t expect the UN and the OIC and CAIR and the rest of them to start talking about Muslim-on-Muslim violence instead of focusing upon a chimerical “Islamophobia.” “Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, 43 dead,” by Rizwan Saeed for Reuters, September 3 (thanks to all who sent this […]
Iraq: “The minority religious communities here have very little faith in the Iraqi forces; many are actually scared of them”
Trouble for religious minorities in Iraq is on the increase. “Remember religion’s role in Iraq,” by The Rev’d Canon Dr. Andrew P B White in the Washington Post, August 31 (thanks to AINA): The withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq is a significant event for the religious communities and those, who like me, serve […]
Islamophobes murder 18 with suicide bombs at Shi’ite procession — no, wait…
Actually it was Islamic jihadists, yet again. You’d think that this sort of thing would lead groups like the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations to be much more concerned with Muslim-on-Muslim jihad violence than with the largely chimerical threat of “Islamophobia.” You’d think wrong. “Suicide blasts in Lahore […]
Sunni suicide bomber sets off yet another Peace Bomb at Shi’ite mosque, wounds eight
There have been a run of these kinds of attacks lately. “Suicide bombing at Pakistani mosque wounds 8,” from AP, July 18 (thanks to JCB): ISLAMABAD – A suicide bomber ran past guards at a minority Shiite mosque in eastern Pakistan then blew himself up Sunday, wounding eight worshippers, officials said. The attack appeared to […]
Sunni Muslims ambush, murder 16 Shi’ite Muslims in Pakistan
Look at the AFP headline: “Gunmen kill 16 Shiite Muslims in Pakistan: officials.” Note how the mainstream media readily identifies the victims as Muslims, but not the perpetrators, even though they were just as Muslim as their victims, and were killing them at least in part because they regarded them as Rafidite dogs, heretics from […]
33 dead in latest round of Sunni-Shi’ite jihad in Iraq
Business as usual, though many will look for a way to blame the enmity of Sunnis and Shi’ites, which spans well over a millennium, on 234-year-old America. “Attacks on Iraqi pilgrims kill at least 33,” by Jomana Karadesh for CNN, July 7: Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — The relentless violence against Shiite pilgrims intensified Wednesday evening, […]
11 beheaded bodies found in Afghanistan: “This was the work of the Taliban. They beheaded these men because they were ethnic Hazaras and Shi’ite Muslims.”
Feel the love. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update: “Police find 11 beheaded bodies in Afghan south,” from Reuters, June 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The bodies of 11 men, their heads cut off and placed next to them, have been found in a violent southern province of Afghanistan, a senior […]
Iranians execute Sunni “insurgent”
Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update from the Misunderstanders of Islam Republic of Iran: “Iran hangs man accused as militant leader,” by Jingwen Zhang at
Iraq: Series of bombings kills at least 99
The intrepid mujahedin, bringing holy, divinely-outsourced wrath upon crowds at a textile mill, and again on the people who came to help after the first two bombs. Sunni-Shi’ite Jihad Update. “At least 99 killed in attacks across Iraq,” by Saad Abdul-Kadir for the Associated Press, May 10: BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber blew himself up […]