Afghanistan: Jihad martyrdom suicide bomber murders 13 in revenge for Muhammad movie

You see how much we need to criminalize criticism of Islam? If we did, Afghanistan would swiftly become indistinguishable from New Jersey. "Afghanistan Suicide Attack: Group Claims Revenge for Anti-Islamic Movie," by Muhammad Lila for ABC News, September 18 (thanks to Mackie):

In one of the most deadly insurgent attacks here this year, a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives on a main thoroughfare leading to Kabul's airport, killing at least 13 people.
Most of the victims were South Africans, packed into a minivan on their way to work at the airport. The suicide bomber rammed into the minivan, creating a huge explosion whose shockwaves were felt in many parts of the city, according to eyewitnesses.

"The explosion was so powerful and loud that I could not hear anything for 10 minutes," Abdullah Shah, a teacher who witnessed the attack, told The Associated Press.

A number of innocent bystanders were also hurt in the blast. The blast was so strong it sent the minivan flying at least 160 feet from its original location, according to police officials.

A militant group called Hezb-i-Islami (Party of Islam) claimed responsibility for the blast, calling it revenge for the offensive anti-Islam movie produced in the United States by a group of individuals with checkered pasts. The movie has set off a wave of deadly riots in many parts of the Muslim world, including Afghanistan, where hundreds of protesters have thrown rocks at police and set vehicles on fire.

Hezb-i-Islami, one of many insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan, says a 22-year-old female named Fatima carried out the attack. If true, it would be the first time ever that a female suicide bomber has driven a car bomb for an attack in Kabul.

Female suicide bombers are rare in Afghanistan, and female drivers are almost unheard of. Afghanistan's Interior Ministry is conducting tests to determine whether the driver was a woman.

If only the Afghan police had been on the job, they'd have prevented this impertinent Western-influenced female from driving, and the 13 people would still be alive. But they were probably too busy plotting the murder of their American trainer.

Hezb-i-Islami itself is run by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a 65-year-old warlord, former prime minister and longtime U.S. ally who is now on the U.S. State Department's terror list. The group is believed to have thousands of loyalists throughout the country, particularly among Tajiks and Uzbeks, longtime ethnic rivals of Afghanistan's dominant Pashtun tribes.
Until recently, efforts had been made to draw the group into the peace process, including personal appears from Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai....

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NewCrusader | September 18, 2012 8:35 AM | Reply

As Muslims around the world rioted, burned, committed murder and otherwise acted like Muslims, I awaited the "good" and "moderate" Muslims here in America to protest the highjacking of their "Religion of Peace" by "extremists".

I'm still waiting........

Walter | September 18, 2012 8:40 AM | Reply

How may this terrible thing in Afghanistan be explained. It may be explained that if someone tell the same lie again and over again to the same person that person will end up actually believing that lie. To put this in another way, as one writer answered "The greater the lie, the more frequently it is repeated the more people will believe it."[1] It's an old brainwashing method that goes way back. That's just what all these madrassas do is brainwash the youth into becoming mujahideen for militant jihadism. The results are clearly seen as in the above article. Part of this is the Islamic doctrine/story of a pardise with many virgins,houris, for the jihadist who dies for Islam . Moreover, not letting a person further get any outside information further programs the victim. Which is just what the madrasas do. Therefore, all these brainwashed youth thus have a very narrow and closed worldview. In addition to all this such false teachers as these imams in mullahs in indoctrinate this type of story/doctrine of place with may virgins. Each vrigin for that specific jihadist only who dies for Islam. Such a terrible thing was predicted in the Bible. For it it written "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; andthey shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turn unto fables." Second Timothy 4:3,4. Also, First Timothy 1:4 warns "Neither give heed to fables..." In contrast to the jihadist pipedream, Christians have the reality of Second Peter 1:16 which reads "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.." [KJV]

[1] UNHOLY WAR by Randall Price page 277.

gravenimage | September 18, 2012 3:57 PM | Reply

Afghanistan: Jihad martyrdom suicide bomber murders 13 in revenge for Muhammad movie
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In other words, a devout Muslim proves the movie's point, that Islam is horribly violent.

But Infidels are not allowed to notice, lest they open themselves up to more of that pious Islamic violence.

See how this works?

Hoe dare you say Islam is violent! I keeeeeeeel you!

You see how much we need to criminalize criticism of Islam? If we did, Afghanistan would swiftly become indistinguishable from New Jersey.
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Actually—as we well know—New Jersey would eventually become indistinguishable from Afghanistan—a very different matter...

Most of the victims were South Africans, packed into a minivan on their way to work at the airport. The suicide bomber rammed into the minivan, creating a huge explosion whose shockwaves were felt in many parts of the city, according to eyewitnesses.
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Of course, these South Africans had absolutely nothing to do with this film. But who cares? They're filthy Kaffirs, aren't they?

A militant group called Hezb-i-Islami (Party of Islam) claimed responsibility for the blast, calling it revenge for the offensive anti-Islam movie produced in the United States by a group of individuals with checkered pasts.
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Actually, only one of those involved appears to have a "checkered past"—and that, an entirely nonviolent one. But saying this casts aspersions on the work in general. I notice these mass-murdering Jihadists are not described as having "checkered pasts"—they must all be solid citizens...

The movie has set off a wave of deadly riots in many parts of the Muslim world, including Afghanistan, where hundreds of protesters have thrown rocks at police and set vehicles on fire.
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What crap. Psychotic Muslim *reactions* to the film have led to deadly riots—nothing more.

Hezb-i-Islami, one of many insurgent groups operating in Afghanistan, says a 22-year-old female named Fatima carried out the attack. If true, it would be the first time ever that a female suicide bomber has driven a car bomb for an attack in Kabul.
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Who says Islam doesn't "empower women"? sarc/off

PJG | September 18, 2012 4:15 PM | Reply

Those poor South Africans. Their families were probably relying on their income, and they would have only gone to such a place as Afghanistan as a last resort, there being so few jobs in South Africa.
I wonder how black Muslims will be able to justify this one? Usually they are happy when white people are killed, because in their brains white people "deserve" it historically.

Stuart Parsons | September 19, 2012 3:58 PM | Reply

Apparently in Islam two wrongs do equal one right.

Adjutantshalom | September 20, 2012 6:28 PM | Reply

"a number of innocent bystanders were also hurt in the blast", weren't the South Africans innocent bystanders aswell?

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