“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) The Islamic State has apparently not been completely eradicated from Baghdad and its environs. “Double suicide attack kills dozens in Baghdad,” TRTWorld, […]
Iraq: Islamic jihadis torture, murder male model because of the way he dressed and his long hair
“Friends of the actor said on social media they believed he was killed by radical Islamists because of the way he dressed, his long hair and his friendship with female actors.” Iraqi male model Karar Nushi had too many female friends, dressed in tight clothes, and was preparing for a male “beauty pageant.” Perhaps his […]
Ramadan in Baghdad: Islamic State detonates bomb outside ice cream parlor, murdering 31
A Taliban spokesman recently explained: “Our fight is Jihad and an obligatory worship. And every obligatory act of worship has 70 times more reward in Ramadan.” The Islamic State no doubt believes that as well. “BAGHDAD BLAST: ISIS militants detonate bomb outside popular ice cream shop; 31 dead,” Fox News, May 30, 2017: The death […]
Islamic State jihad suicide truck bomber murders 36 at crowded Baghdad market
“The attack took place in Sadr City, a vast Shiite district in eastern Baghdad that has been repeatedly targeted by Sunni extremists since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.” The site was carefully chosen to maximize the number of Shia deaths, as the Islamic State jihadis are Sunnis who consider Shi’ites to be heretics, and thus deserving […]
Iraq: Muslims murder Christian owner of liquor store
Iraq banned alcohol on October 22. Immediately the vigilante Sharia enforcers began to take enforcement upon themselves. “A Christian Owner of a Liquor Store Murdered in Basrah,” Basnews, October 27, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): BASRAH — Following a ban on alcohol in Iraq, a Christian citizen in Basrah province in southern Baghdad […]
Baghdad: Jihad/martyrdom suicide bombing at funeral murders 31, injures 65
This is likely to have been an Islamic State strike against a gathering of Shi’ites, although other possibilities cannot be definitively ruled out. In any case, the Qur’anic justification is this: “Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of […]
Iraq PM to Erdogan: get out of Iraq or face possibility of regional war
As the operation to free Mosul from the self-proclaimed caliphate approaches, the potential vacuum left after the Islamic State loses the city could lead to serious complications for the region. One who is poised to take advantage is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has frequently been accused of wanting to establish his own caliphate, […]
Muslims shocked! shocked! at attack on Baghdad during Ramadan
Here is yet another mainstream media “ISIS is not Islamic” story; this one has more substance than most, and is frankly deceptive, as well as unintentionally illuminating even as it does its best to conceal Islam’s violent doctrines. Note, first off, that the Muslims are shocked by the attack in Baghdad, and Tarek asks, “How […]
Death toll in Islamic State jihad bombing in Baghdad now 213
How happy the Islamic State mujahedin must be, that they have pleased their bloodthirsty god as Ramadan draws to a close. “Kill them wherever you find them,” he commands (cf. Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, and 9:5), and they obeyed. An update on this story. “More than 200 dead in IS-claimed Baghdad blast: officials,” by Sabah Arar, […]
83 killed as Islamic State car bombs hit Ramadan crowds in Baghdad Shia areas
“Karrada, an upper middle class district in the Iraqi capital, is mostly inhabited by Shia, but also has quite a large Christian minority. The area becomes very busy after sunset during the holy month of Ramadan.” Sunnis consider Shi’ites to be heretics, who under Islamic law are to be killed, and Christians to be kuffar […]