The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but the Islamic State jihadis consider Sufis to be hypocrites or apostates, and thus believe that they can lawfully be killed in jihad operations. “ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack on Sufi shrine in Afghanistan,” by Qaseem Azizi, Amu.tv, November 25, 2024 (thanks to The Religion […]
Afghanistan: Islamic State carries out jihad suicide bombing in Kabul, killing 6 and injuring 13
ISIS-K (Khorasan province) is a regional branch of the Islamic State. It is active in South-Central Asia, mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In what constitutes only a reminder of American impotence, the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, has “condemned the most recent suicide attack by ISIS-K against employees of the Attorney General’s Office.” […]
Russia admits the involvement of ISIS for the first time in Moscow concert hall bombing, arrests 20
Vladimir Putin was in full denial about who was behind the Moscow concert hall attack, despite the Islamic State’s claim of responsibility. Then it emerged that Iran alerted Russia about a “major terrorist operation” ahead of the attack. Now it finally comes out that Russia has not only admitted to ISIS’ role, but has arrested 20 people. […]
Pakistan: 44 killed, over 200 wounded in jihad suicide bombing at political rally
The bombing was yet another show of Muslim-on-Muslim violence in a rivalry between jihad groups. According to the AP report, “the Bajur district near the Afghan border was a stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban — a close ally of Afghanistan’s Taliban government — before the Pakistani army drove the militants out of the area.” The […]
Afghanistan: Taliban kills mastermind of Kabul airport bombing
While the Biden administration boasts of its “moral responsibility” to inform the families of the 13 American troops who were killed in the Kabul blast about the death of the mastermind in the bombing, the administration’s catastrophic debacle in leaving Afghanistan is legendary. To this day, Americans remain stranded in Afghanistan, many of whom are […]
Afghanistan: ISIS-K steps up attacks, believed responsible for bombing at journalist award ceremony
No one claimed responsibility for the attack during the awards ceremony for journalists at the Tabian Farhang Centre in Mazar-e Sharif, but the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) is the primary suspect, since it is a key rival of the Taliban and has intensified its attacks of late. ISIS-K seeks to regain control over […]
ISIS accuses Taliban of betraying Islam, invokes hadith in which Muhammad mutilated and blinded traitors
Islamic apologists in the West constantly insist that examples from the Hadith of Muhammad’s brutality and bloodlust apply only to his time, not to ours. ISIS doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. “Cover Article In Issue 18 Of ISIS-K Magazine ‘Voice Of Khorasan’ Accuses Afghan Taliban Of Betraying Islam, Describes Uraina Tribe’s Betrayal Of […]