French Less than 24 hours after the Islamic State stoned a woman to death on the charge of adultery in the town of Tabaqa, in Raqa province, news comes out again that the new "caliphate" has stoned to death yet another woman on the same charge in Raqa. A source said that the Islamic State announced that they would be stoning the second woman in public, but few of the locals … [Read more...]
Islamic State Torches Syriac Catholic Diocese in Mosul
French According to a number of independent sources, the so-called "Islamic State" (formerly "of Iraq and Syria," or "ISIS"), just recently burned down the Syriac Catholic Diocese in Mosul, destroying all its contents. This comes soon after the organization threatened all Christians under its authority either to pay jizya, or extortion money, convert to Islam, or die. … [Read more...]
New Caliphate Stones Woman to Death for Adultery
Friday, July 18, the Islamic State, which recently proclaimed itself the new caliphate, stoned a woman to death on the accusation of adultery. This occurred after evening prayers in the open market place of the northern province of Raqa, Syria. The woman was "in her thirties and found guilty of adultery in a Sharia court." The report, which appears on RT Arabic, concludes … [Read more...]
New Islamic Caliphate Declares Jihad on … Muslims
French The new “caliphate” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the Islamic State, formerly “ISIS”—recently made clear that it means to follow in the footsteps of the original caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Sadiq (632-634), specifically by directing its jihad against fellow Muslims, in Islamic parlance, the “hypocrites” and “apostates,” or in Western terminology, “moderates.” This came out in … [Read more...]
Why Islam Permits Exactly Four Wives
Jihad Watch During a recent Arabic program devoted to how religions view marriage, Islamic clerics endeavored to answer the host’s question, “Why does Islam permit exactly four wives, as opposed to only one or more than four? One of these clerics responded by saying that, before Islam, there was no limit to how many wives an Arab man could have. But when Koran 4:3 … [Read more...]