An update on the expanding aspirations of al-Shabaab. The story below notes how al-Shabaab has somehow “mutated” from a “nationalist” movement to an international jihadist organization, with rhetoric indistinguishable from that of al-Qaeda. This is easier to explain than CNN may think, or want to believe. First, the fundamental goal of jihad is the imposition […]
Somali women flogged for not wearing socks
Sharia Alert: A system such as Sharia, with insufficient (or mostly absent) limitations on power, lends itself to even more imaginative abuses than are explicitly stated in the letter of the law. “Somali women beaten for violating Islamic law, officials say,” by Mohammed Amiin Adow for CNN, October 29: (CNN) — Militants who control parts […]
Somalia: Islamic supremacists murder Christian woman for refusing to wear veil
“Moreover, freedom in America is indivisible from the freedom to practice one’s religion. That is why there is a mosque in every state in our union, and over 1,200 mosques within our borders. That’s why the United States government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab […]
Somali jihad group threatens journalists
If these Somali jihadists ultimately join the Somali immigrants who are coming in large numbers into the United States, they will find that “journalists” like Michael Kruse, Phil Keating, Meredith Heagney, Manya Brachear, and S. I. Rosenbaum are their best friends. “Hizbul Islam threaten Somalia journalists,” from Garowe Online, October 24 (thanks to James): MOGADISHU, […]
Somali jihadists threaten to strike Uganda and Burundi
Why are we importing large numbers of Somalis into the U.S.? Why are no efforts being made — none whatsoever — to determine the attachment to the jihad and Islamic supremacism of the Somalis we are bringing into the country? “Uganda, Burundi Condemn Threats By Somali Insurgents,” by Douglas Mpuga for VOA News, October 24 […]
Somalia: Ramadan quiz winners get prizes of guns and grenades
“The reason the young men were rewarded with weapons is to encourage them to participate in the ongoing holy war against the enemies of Allah in Somalia,” said Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq. Monty Hall he ain’t. I’d rather have the latest from Speidel. They were being quizzed on, among other things, the Koran. Then the winners […]
Somali Muslims misunderstand Sharia’s “gender justice,” flog women for wearing “deceptive” bras
Dalia Mogahed, you are needed in Mogadishu! Stereotyping of Islam is going on there! Sharia Alert: “Whipped for wearing a ‘deceptive’ bra: Hardline Islamists in Somalia publicly flog women in Sharia crackdown,” from the Daily Mail, October 16 (thanks to all who sent this in): A hardline Islamist group in Somalia has begun publicly whipping […]
FBI arrests Somali man implicated in transfer of jihadists from U.S. to Somalia
“U.S. intelligence officials have been following the case out of concern that the Somalis leaving Minneapolis are being funneled to al-Shabab through what might be America’s first jihadi pipeline.” More on this story. Of additional concern is what these jihadists may do if they make it back from Somalia. “FBI Makes Another Arrest In Missing […]
Somalia: More amputations for theft
Sharia Alert. And where are they getting this idea? Which benevolent, compassionate verses of the Qur’an are they misunderstanding? Well, there’s Qur’an 5:38: “As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hands: a punishment by way of example, from Allah, for their crime: and Allah is Exalted in power.” And Qur’an […]
Al-Qaeda jihadists plot attack against 2010 World Cup
Mozambique emerges as a base of operations for al-Qaeda’s jihadists. “Plot to bomb US buildings, disrupt World Cup,” by Makhudu Sefara and Peter Fabricius for IOL, October 11: Tired of fighting, and largely losing, against the US in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia, a group of Somali terrorists devised a strategy to take on the superpower […]