Somali jihadists: "Muslims slaughter animals in this holiday but I call for the Mujahidin (Islamic fighters) to slaughter the Ethiopian soldiers"
Posted by Raymond on December 8, 2008 6:33 PM
Pious allusions applied to the jihad. "Somalia: We Are Not Fighting With Sufis, Says Abu Mansur," by Ahmednor Mohamed for [1] All-Africa, December 2008:
Mogadishu — The Spokesman of Al-shebab [the "youth"] Islamic movement Sheik Muqtar Robow Ali (Abu Mansur) told Shabelle on Monday that his group is not fighting against Sufi organizations.Slick way of putting it. Munsar does not point out, however, that many if not most of their enemies are fellow Muslims. So, the standard practice is to declare such Muslims, apostates (munafiqin); as such, they naturally become great "enemies of Allah.""We are not firing our bullets to the Muslims but we are firing to the enemies of Allah and those who are working for them" said Abu Mansur.
Abu Mansur led the prayers of Iidul Adha attended by 600 people in the Livestock Market area north of Mogadishu.[...]Masked Al-shebab fighters armed with machine guns and rocked propelled grenades who were shouting Allah Akbar (God is great) distributed biscuits to the poor people after the prayers.
"Muslims slaughter animals in this holiday but I call for the Mujahidin (Islamic fighters) to slaughter the Amharas (the Ethiopian soldiers) who invaded our beloved country," Shebab spokesman, Muqtar Robow said. the enemy will be defeated as our Allah promised. He added...
Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/12/somali-jihadists-muslims-slaughter-animals-in-this-holiday-but-i-call-for-the-mujahidin-islamic-figh.html
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