The Islamic State has poisoned the water stations of Anbar, Iraq, where it also recently burned another 50 people alive in their cages. According to Tahrir News, several people got very sick though no casualties were reported. It should be noted that the Islamic State earlier threatened to try to poison the water in the West. … [Read more...]
‘Devotion to Islam’ — Not Unemployment — Root Cause of Jihad
In light of the State Dept's recent assertion that economics is what attracts Muslims to join the savage Islamic State, consider the following excerpt from Understanding Terror Networks, by Marc Sageman, a former CIA officer who worked closely with jihadi groups in Afghanistan (emphasis mine): There was a definite shift in degree of devotion to Islam in adulthood by the … [Read more...]
Living and Dying by the Sword of Jihad
PJ Media In a move reminiscent of “ancient history,” Saudi Arabia is building a 600-mile-long “Great Wall”—a combined fence and ditch—to separate itself from the Islamic State to the north in Iraq: Plans for the 600-mile wall and ditch Saudi Arabia will build with Iraq in an effort to insulate itself from the chaos engulfing its neighbors. Much of the area on the Iraqi … [Read more...]
Useful Video-Map of Crusades and Jihads
Speaking of the Crusades (as Obama recently did ), Dr. Bill Warner of the Center for the Study of Political Islam has created a nifty video (below) that maps out the location and amount of jihads throughout the centuries versus the location and amount of crusades throughout the centuries. The sheer volume and ubiquity of jihads radically dwarfs the much more maligned crusades … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim on Fire Fatwas and the Sword of Allah
On February 12, I was interviewed on the Denice Gary Pandol Radio Show. Topics included the Islamic fatwas that justify burning people to death -- including one that mysteriously disappeared from a Qatar-run website -- and the "Sword of Allah." Click here to listen and fast-forward to around the 34:30 mark. … [Read more...]