Said the al-Shabaab spokesman: "The Mujahideens have realized their grip on all southern regions in Somalia and in the near future we hope to govern all Somalia under the holy Quran rule."
Indeed, that is the aim of all jihad: the imposition of Islamic law. And should al-Shabaab prevail in the remainder of the country (even excluding Somaliland and Puntland) they will certainly aim to "defend" their regime by posing an increasing threat to the security and territorial integrity of Somalia's neighbors. After all, as the apologists have noted, "defensive" jihad can be waged even without a caliph; indeed, that's not much of a deterrent to jihad.
All that's needed is an excuse. "Al-Shabaab Seize Islands Near Kenya," by Shafii Mohyaddin Abokar for Newstime Africa, December 26:
The Al-qaeda inspired Al-shabasb militants in Somalia have on seized five islands near the Kenyan coast, the group's spokesman in the southern Jubba regions told reporters on Wednesday. Spokesman Sheik Hassan Yaqub Ali said that the Mujahideens have peacefully taken the five islands including Raskamboni and Kudha both two important hideouts early on Wednesday morning.
"We arrived here to implement the Islamic law, and this is kind of extending our rule into more lands in Somalia" the militant spokesman added during a press conference in the Raskamboni Island on Wednesday. "The Mujahideens have realized their grip on all southern regions in Somalia and in the near future we hope to govern all Somalia under the holy Quran rule" he stated.
Some interesting journalistic license:
This foolish doctrine based on Islamic Sharia law has not been embraced by Muslims in the wider Islamic world as most of them see this fundamentalist Islamic translation of Sharia law as the Muslim extremists' way of strangling the peaceful teachings of the Quran. Sharia law does not seem to have any place in contemporary Islamic lifestyle because of the terror, brutality and consistent human rights abuses associated with it.
The Islands were formerly controlled by another Islamist rebel group Hezbal Islam which was driven out of the southern Jubba regions after clashes with Al-shabab which the United States accuses of being Alqaed's proxy in the horn of Africa.
Last week the Kenyan government closed its border with Somalia after it deployed hundreds of its military troops along the 600KM border-line as militants were advancing to the Kenyan side of the border.
Islam is the grand land grab plan...inch by inch...
Sharia law does not seem to have any place in contemporary Islamic lifestyle because of the terror, brutality and consistent human rights abuses associated with it.
You will pay for your insolence, you filthy...what's that?...uh, oh yeah, that's it! It's only a Tiny Minority of Extremists™ that want sharia, the rest of us are Just Like You! Now go back to sleep. You are getting sleeeepy...
/sarc off
Gee, I wonder what Gozer The Destructor, er....... The President of The United States will say about this.
Oh wait. He's on vacation and only has time to restrict airline passengers in their seats for the last hour of flights.
How silly of me to think he would at least offer a comment on what's happening in the world.... You know, like the Iranian Police gunning down a crowd of protesters after they saved two of their own from being hung.
What am I talking about ?
Read and watch the video of it all unfold right in front of you.......... http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/12/amazing-iranian-protesters-save-prisoners-from-hanging-in-sirjan-attack-police-truck-video
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From article...Sharia law does not seem to have any place in contemporary Islamic lifestyle because of the terror, brutality and consistent human rights abuses associated with it.
Then it would be in the collective and individual Mahoundians best interest to junk sharia...Throw it all out...Let's see how Allah likes 'those' bananas...You Islamic sharia bashers better watch out...Allah see's everything...and He's never in a good mood...
The Al-qaeda inspired Al-shabasb militants in Somalia have on seized five islands near the Kenyan coast, the group's spokesman in the southern Jubba regions told reporters on Wednesday. Spokesman Sheik Hassan Yaqub Ali said that the Mujahideens have peacefully taken the five islands including Raskamboni and Kudha both two important hideouts early on Wednesday morning.
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"Peacefully", huh? I suppose anything Muslims do short of outright slaughter is to be considered "peaceful". How long until they start threatening Kenya itself?
more:
"We arrived here to implement the Islamic law, and this is kind of extending our rule into more lands in Somalia"
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That's always the purpose—bringing more and more of Dar-al-Harb into the clutches of barbaric Shari'ah law.
more:
The Islands were formerly controlled by another Islamist rebel group Hezbal Islam which was driven out of the southern Jubba regions after clashes with Al-shabab
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*Another Islamist rebel group"? But what sort of argument could Al-Shebab possible have with their fellow devout Muslims? sarc/off
I had read this "plan" on Anwar Al Awliki's Blog before it was taken down, those "Muslimun" were planning to "gain ground" on Somalia, then slowly, but surely "move in" on Kenya and Ethiopia.
I'm sure they are not going to do any harm. [Insert Burqa Clad women with head chopped off here]
I hope that the World wakes up soon.
READ THE ISLAMIC TEXTS!
I would be careful about visiting such sites.
Those islands were actively insulting Islam!
Those islands were actively insulting Islam!
Worry01:
Perhaps you would, but fear is an emotion, and if silly Muslamics wish to "track me down" and "kill me" then I have no problem with that, they'll fall into a terrbile trap.
They dare march into the Land of the Kuffar?
They don't have ANY advancements in their PITIFUL RUT of a "Civilization" and yet they want to go into my House in an ADVANCED Civilization and blow me up?
How PITIFUL of an IDEA. Only realizing how LOW CLASS these "JIHADISTS" are, how PUTRID and VILE they are that comparing MY life to their SULLIED VIRTUE of BLOW UP and ASK QUESTIONS later, OFFENDS not only me, but the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE.
I also would like to add that Anwar's Blog is no longer functioning.
Worry01:
Perhaps you would, but fear is an emotion, and if silly Muslamics wish to "track me down" and "kill me" then I have no problem with that, they'll fall into a terrbile trap.
They dare march into the Land of the Kuffar?
They don't have ANY advancements in their PITIFUL RUT of a "Civilization" and yet they want to go into my House in an ADVANCED Civilization and blow me up?
How PITIFUL of an IDEA. Only realizing how LOW CLASS these "JIHADISTS" are, how PUTRID and VILE they are that comparing MY life to their SULLIED VIRTUE of BLOW UP and ASK QUESTIONS later, OFFENDS not only me, but the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE.
I also would like to add that Anwar's Blog is no longer functioning.
I thought Islam was all about peace and love. I am getting the really ugly impression that it's about peas and lust. peas to smear all over their bodies to hide in the grass and lust of power.
Re Islam as land grab scheme or, as Hugh Fitzgerald says, 'geopolitical cult' -
ex-Muslim Dr Patrick Sookhdeo discusses this in some detail both in 'Islam in Britain' and in a major work entitled "Faith, Power and Territory: A Handbook of British Islam". Got that? - *territory*.