Everybody knows in the West, or thinks he knows, that Islam is a religion of peace and all that, and so the question of why a group that calls itself the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims would so regularly engage in mass murder remains unexplained. We don’t see a group called the […]
Niger: Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims murders 67 people in jihad raid on military engineering unit
Everybody knows in the West, or thinks he knows, that Islam is a religion of peace and all that, and so the question of why a group that calls itself the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims would so regularly engage in mass murder remains unexplained. We don’t see a group called the […]
Mali: Islamic jihadis launch coordinated jihad attacks in Bamako, wounding 16 people
There have been efforts to create an Islamic State in Mali for years. The local government forces prevailed against the jihadis previously with French help, but the French have given up now, and the field is open. “Islamic militants and separatists attack several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities,” by Mark Banchereau, Associated Press, […]
Niger: Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims murders a family of seven
“Kill them wherever you find them…” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, 4:91, cf. 9:5).
Burkina Faso: Jihadis murder 100 people who were helping security forces dig trenches to protect their outposts
It’s clear that the jihadis are a superior force; the “security forces” are no match for them. Who is funding the jihadis, and why? Could it be that they have broad support even among the wealthy in the Islamic world? That would explode the West’s dominant narrative about who they are and who supports them, […]
Mali: Muslim carry out jihad raid on village, murder at least 26 people as they worked in their farmlands
All in pursuit of a caliphate, while the area governments are either powerless or complicit. “At least 26 villagers killed in violent attack in central Mali,” Associated Press, July 23, 2024: At least 26 people were killed after an armed group attacked a village in Mali’s central region, near the border with Burkina Faso, a […]
Mali: Muslims murder 49 civilians on passenger boat
“Al-Qaida affiliated and Islamic State-linked groups have almost doubled the territory they control in Mali in less than a year,” as once more they prove to be stronger and better-equipped than the government forces. No one, however, ever shows any curiosity about why groups of this kind continue to be able to attract support from […]