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February 6, 2007

"We find no blood sweeter than that of the Byzantines" [i.e., Christians]

A jihadist in Iraq professed his thirst for Christian blood, as well as Iranian Shi'ite blood, and calls on Muslims to imitate Muhammad. "Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi: 'We Find No [Blood] Sweeter Than That of the Byzantines [i.e. Christians],'" from MEMRI:

On February 3, 2007, Islamist websites posted a 23-minute audio recording by Emir Al-Muaminin (i.e. Commander of the Believers) Abu Omar Al-Baghdadi, whom Al-Qaeda has appointed "head of the Islamic State of Iraq." The recording, dated February 2, 2007 and titled, "Victory from Allah, Victory is Near," was issued by the Islamic State's media company Al-Furqan. In his address, Al-Baghdadi announces that the jihad arena will be extended beyond the boundaries of Baghdad. He also calls on Sunni youth to join the war against the "Crusader" forces, urges the mujahideen who have not yet done so to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq, and declares war on the "Persians," whom he characterizes as an enemy worse than the Christians.

The following are excerpts from his speech:

"We [hereby] inform the Sunnis of a [new] plan called the Plan of Honor, which is more comprehensive and more perfect [than the existing plan] and includes not only Baghdad but all parts of the Islamic State [of Iraq]... [This plan] will end with Bush announcing the failure of his [security] plan and signing an agreement of defeat... The goals of the plan are: to defend our people and our honor; to rout out the invaders and eradicate the remaining pockets and bases of heresy; to butcher the wounded Crusader tyrant and take advantage of the collapse of morale among [the Crusader] soldiers and commanders; to unite the ranks of the mujahideen and to strengthen the foundations of the Islamic State [of Iraq].

"Oh Muslim youths, remember the cut up bodies of the children, the voices of their bereaved [parents] and the anguished cries of the elderly. Let the volcano of your wrath burst forth. Burn the ground beneath the feet of the Jews and their helpers, eradicate their army, destroy their equipment, down their planes, ambush them in their homes, in the wadis and on the roads. Hide in the darkness of night and turn their morning into hell... We are not afraid of your coalitions...We have drunk blood [in the past], and we find no [blood] sweeter than that of the Byzantines [i.e. Christians]... Roast their flesh with car bombs, cut off their supply lines with [explosive] charges and tear out their hearts with sniper fire. Know that offense is the best [form of] defense, and be careful not to lay down your weapons before the war is over... We are not fighting out of nationalism, but with the aim of making Allah's word supreme.

[...]

"O Islamic nation, we now stand where the Prophet and his companions stood in the beginning of the Medina period [when the jihad began]. Our war with the Persians has [now] begun just like our war with the Byzantines, only the Persian rule is [even] more depraved and despicable than that of the Byzantines...

Posted by Robert at February 6, 2007 11:26 AM
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Blood is obviously sweater than wine.

Why drink wine, when you can drink blood? It now makes sense to me. Alcohol haram, blood hallal!

Posted by: David England [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 11:37 AM

Karl Marx wrote that religion is opium for the people. In the case of islam it seems to be far worse than crack.

Posted by: flibustier [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:06 PM

This Viking wants to make Thors word supreme? Oh wait a second...This Ancient Greek wants to make Zeus' word supreme?

Oops, lemme try this again...This child wants to make Santas, Easter Bunnys and The Tooth fairys word supreme?

Dammit! I fuddled it up again - one more time.

This Muslim wants to make Allah's word supreme?

Does anyone else here recognize these simple parallels? Mythology, pure imaginary mythology.

Posted by: Quantum Infidel [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:18 PM

Aren't these the same people who draw Jews baking the blood of Palestinian children into their passover bread?

Posted by: JadeDragoness [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:39 PM

This is the second article on this site where a muslim psycho is rambling/obsessing on about "blood." On the previous article, I jokingly speculated that "....in addition to everything else, I guess muslims are vampires too." I am no longer joking. I don't mean that I now believe they are sleeping in coffins during the day and turning into bats at night but I think this preoccupation on their part reveals that there is something truly dark about their already clearly evil nature. Something truly unholy. Hellish. Demonic.

Posted by: A.I. Steamroller [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:43 PM
We are not fighting out of nationalism, but with the aim of making Allah's word supreme.

But we keep hearing that it's out of "occupation", "persecution", "self-defense", etc., that religion's got nothing to do with it, it's all political (never mind Islam encompasses all that is religious, political, social, economic, etc.)

Make up your minds. Sheesh.

Posted by: yadayada [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 12:52 PM

I thought for a minute that this represented a kind of progress. If the Muslims could at least unite on hating Christians and Jews.... I mean, if the Iraquis were attacking only our troops rather than each other, we could just leave, at least until the next nutjob national leader got together a trove of WMDs or tried to sponsor a new 911 team.

But I see from the last paragraph that the guy is still more fixated on killing Shiites ("Persians") than on killing Christians. So their blood is sweeter than the sweetest?

Posted by: Karl Pov [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 1:07 PM

Does anyone else find it hilarious that he used a cliché from American football? Could he have been watching the Superbowl?!

Posted by: Sylvia [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 1:21 PM


"O Islamic nation, we now stand where the Prophet and his companions stood in the beginning of the Medina period [when the jihad began].

O muslims, shut up already!

Posted by: freetoBEfree [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 1:32 PM

Leaving Iraq and these monsters could kill them with freedom. And substitute the shiites and sunnis in US for the christian community in Iraq.

Posted by: Franze [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 1:54 PM

We have drunk blood [in the past], and we find no [blood] sweeter than that of the muslims]... Roast their flesh with bombs, cut off their supply lines with [explosive] charges and tear out their hearts with sniper fire. Know that offense is the best [form of] defense, and be careful not to lay down your weapons before the war is over... We are not fighting out of nationalism, but with the aim of making Jesus Christ's word supreme.

Can you imagine the screaming headlines in the newspapers and on the alphabet television networks if that were the truth?
Islam seems to get a pass with all it's hateful dogma.

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 2:26 PM

Oops, lemme try this again...This child wants to make Santas, Easter Bunnys and The Tooth fairys word supreme?
Mythology, pure imaginary mythology.
Posted by: Quantum Infidel at February 6, 2007 12:18 PM
+++++++++++++

do you infer that Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are imaginary???????

a sanity check may be in line...........

The Texican.

Posted by: Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 2:51 PM

"We find no blood sweeter than that of the Byzantines" [i.e., Christians]
islam.........
+++++++++++++

the leftists and liberals will never believe until the mos cut their throats...............

The Texican.........

Posted by: Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 2:52 PM

nice guy:maybe the DNC will have
Abu Omar AL-Baghdadi offer an invocation at next years annual meeting.

Posted by: GENblackjack [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 3:00 PM

Prose is yet another thing these psychotic clowns are terrible at.

Posted by: Infidel33 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 3:09 PM

It is safe to take this man literally.

Islam is a human sacrifice cult that originated in Babylon over 4000 years ago. The Kuran is a front for this practice.


Actual film footage exists of Muslims, after killing unbelievers,ripping open their corpses and consuming blood and internal organs from them. That's what our jihadist leader (and al-Qaeda) is really up to.

Posted by: pythagoras [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 3:26 PM

Islam is simply a cult that dresses itself as a religion.

Posted by: bigcatgirl13106 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 4:15 PM

I think this preoccupation on their part reveals that there is something truly dark about their already clearly evil nature. Something truly unholy. Hellish. Demonic.

Posted by: A.I. Steamroller at February 6, 2007 12:43 PM

Satan will always come up with a counterfit version of anything that God and The Christ have created. It took Satan 600 years to build a counterfit Christianity, and Islam is the result. Its followers are demon possessed there can be no doubt. What else could explain their acceptance to believe such obvious lies and do such evil, terrible deeds. Mohammad is the Anti-Christ!

Posted by: fedupinamerica [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 5:10 PM

"Karl Marx wrote that religion is opium for the people. In the case of islam it seems to be far worse than crack."

Yes far worse - leave the crack to the Amadiyya

The Sunni and Shia versions of ROP seem to be more akin to binging on vast amounts of crystal-meth laced with copious amounts of very very bad acid.

Posted by: hierophant [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 5:27 PM

bigcatgirl is right.how can we get the western
world to see islam is nothing more then a cult?
OUTLAW ISLAM NOW

Posted by: GENblackjack [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 5:40 PM

Boy, you talk about somebody living in the past; now Islam is truly the past ! Life must be a bitch to be a muslim ?

Posted by: Jeff [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 6:05 PM

"how can we get the western world to see islam is nothing more then a cult? OUTLAW ISLAM NOW"

Islam is not a cult.
Nor is it exactly a religion.
We Muslims know that there is one God, and He is Allah. We follow the simple, responsible, principled life that He has laid down for us.
That method of living is Islam, and it is the beauty, truth, goodness, sense and justice within Islam that holds its followers and draws crowds of new worshippers.
It's not a religion, not a lifestyle choice, but the simple truth of the way things are; God exists, and we obey Him.
Righteousness and goodness are universally perceived. You won't find any significant quantity of humans thinking evil things are good. Islam is followed because it is good and true, and if you can't see it, you need to.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 6:17 PM

Does anyone else find it hilarious that he used a cliché from American football? Could he have been watching the Superbowl?!
Posted by: Sylvia

It's a typical mistake from the guys in propaganda; they slip up when writing this stuff.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 6:39 PM

What is it with these hysterical tales of blood-drinking? I mean, what an obvious lie to stir up your fear and hate. Blood is repugnant to humans as well as forbidden by Allah ta'ala.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 6:49 PM

"We Muslims know that there is one God, and He is Allah. We follow the simple, responsible, principled life that He has laid down for us.
That method of living is Islam, and it is the beauty, truth, goodness, sense and justice within Islam that holds its followers and draws crowds of new worshippers."

So preen and compliment yourself on your superiority and wallow in the idea that we sinners will get our just punishments in the next life. It's not necessary to kill us in order to purify us. Worry about yourself. Worry about the beauty, truth, goodness, sense and justice within Islam that we see every day when Muslims threaten fellow Muslims with death, when you send your children into minefields, when you kill your fellow Muslims at open outdoor markets, etc.

That's your definition of goodness within Islam?

A Malaysian man recently found out he was swapped with another baby and raised as a Muslim, even though his parents are ethnic Chinese Buddhists. Is he free to leave Islam and claim the heritage he was born to? What about the other baby (now an adult). He was born to Muslim parents but raised by the Chinese. Where is Muslim goodness where these two men are concerned?

Thanks for the laugh, Maryam.

Posted by: PMK [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 6:56 PM

PMK: If I can see the goodness and truth that is there, in Islam, and millions of other human beings can, then you can too.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 7:39 PM

maryam:

"And when the sacred months have ended, slaughter the unbelievers everywhere they are found; besiege them, capture them, torture them, prepare every strategem of warfare upon them; take their monies upon their conversion to the ways of allah." Muhammad, the kuran.

Islam's doctrine of first degree murder neutralizes everything else potentially benign in or about it.

The problem is that millions of Muslims pretend that Islam isn't homicidal. But it is.

Islam is inherently brutal and homicidal. You will have no choice but to face that fact.

Posted by: pythagoras [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 7:51 PM

PMK's not demon possessed, maryam, as you are. You need to reread the article. It was all spoken by a MUSLIM. How can you defend it?

Posted by: fedupinamerica [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 7:54 PM

Maryam:

Believeing something is NOT the same thing as knowing it to be a fact.

The Kuran mentions talking trees and talking rocks. Do they exist? (No). One can believe in them; but the reality is that they do not exist.
Not all Islamic teachings are truthful; believing otherwise will not change this.

However you much you may "believe" in Islam. You only believe Islam to be true. You do NOT know what Islam teaches to be true (and as we mentioned earlier not everything Islam teaches IS true).

And that makes Islam's teachings of first degree murder all the more obscene and repulsive. Muslims kill the "unbelievers" WITHOUT knowing that these people are truly "unbelievers."

Very sad.

Posted by: pythagoras [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 7:57 PM

maryam, would you like to drink some of my blood?

Just leave your name and number and I'll ship some over to you if it helps....

http://sheikyermami.com/2006/12/19/muslim-woman/

Posted by: sheik yer'mami [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:27 PM

Talking trees and rocks exist: they talk to Allah and we will hear their witness on the day of Judgement. All of Creation worships Allah: mountains, insects, rocks; only man and jinn have the choice.
All Islamic teachings are true, but people cannot comprehend all of them because the wisdom and understanding of our Creator is infinitely greater than our own.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:28 PM

"maryam, would you like to drink some of my blood?"

What is it with these hysterical tales of blood-drinking? I mean, what an obvious lie to stir up your fear and hate. Blood is repugnant to humans as well as forbidden by Allah ta'ala.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:30 PM

Maryam


would you lik me to send you a copy of the
Quran in braille

Posted by: GENblackjack [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:31 PM

Righteousness and goodness are universally perceived. You won't find any significant quantity of humans thinking evil things are good. Islam is followed because it is good and true, and if you can't see it, you need to.
Posted by: maryam at February 6, 2007 06:17 PM

maryam this is the truth about the cult of islam:
muslims murdered 3,000 Americans on 9/11.
muslims murdered 52 Brits on 7/7
muslims murdered 201 Spaniards on 3/11
muslims murdered 785 Israelis in the last six years.
muslims murdered 2 million plus Christians in Sudan.
muslims murdered a million plus Africans in Darfur
muslims raped millions of women and children in Darfur and Sudan.
muslims murdered 186 children and 158 adults, a total of 354 in Belsan.
muslims have murdered and harmed tens of millions of innocents in the last two decades.

this is WW3 being waged by the cult of islam against the West......

prepare for war, be armed be ready...............

God bless America, Israel, England, Australia, Canada, Darfur and our Fighting Forces across the world and keep us Free.

The Texican.
God Family America and Freedom the only choice at any cost

Posted by: Texican [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:41 PM

If I can see the goodness and truth that is there, in Islam, and millions of other human beings can, then you can too.

Posted by: maryam

And if I can see the evil in Islam's call to kill anyone who does not accept Allah, then you can, too. What makes your life worth more than anyone else's? That's what you say when you tolerate the killing of anyone who leaves the faith or who rejects it.

If you can see the goodness and truth in Islam then surely you, Maryam, can also see the goodness and truth in Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and other faiths all over the world.
Mohammad was not omniscient, he wasn't God and neither are you or any Muslims. You don't know what is true. You only know what you BELIEVE (your right) will be revealed on the day of judgment. So just tend to your own soul and leave us to worry about ours.

You're really funny. It's a gift. Cherish it.

Posted by: PMK [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:42 PM

"And if I can see the evil in Islam's call to kill anyone who does not accept Allah..."

Islam does not call for that.

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:47 PM

Perhaps the rules layed out for the 'heroes and lions',the ones in this speach should be acknowledged and used by the crusaders as well?

Fear tactics are old news.The shock and awe of islams warfare is the same old same old.

If you call a jihad on a jihad then one must be able to use the jihadists tactics.

We know where the 'men 'of islam 'hide' and 'lay in wait'.We know where they get thier support.

All are legitimate areas of opperation,under islamic rules of warfare.

Spare none let allah worry about where to put them.

The tatse in islams mouth is about to become foul,no sweet taste of the christians or any other faiths blood.Only the tatse of humiliation and disgust over it's failures.

Islam has a rude awakening just around the corner.all born from the rules of warfare of islam.

Have a problem with anything i said?
you must have taken it out of context,thats your problem.But that phrase i find very usefull too,thanks.

Posted by: Dar al-harb [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:53 PM

Texican; that is not the truth about Islam.
All those figures are propaganda you are being fed because that is what the authorities want you to believe.
If you research your news from the people involved instead of government sources, you'll discover the truth.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4943675105275097719&q=7%2F7&hl=en

Posted by: maryam [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 8:59 PM

"Our war with the Persians has [now] begun just like our war with the Byzantines, only the Persian rule is [even] more depraved and despicable than that of the Byzantines..."
-- from the videotape of the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq.

To repeat: May both sides win.

Posted by: Hugh [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 9:11 PM

Memo to Maryam:

Even if there WERE talking rocks and talking trees talking to al-lah you would have no way of knowing that is the case except through what is written in the Kuran--which does NOT count as physical proof of anything. What is written in the Kuran amounts to unsubstantiated claims and little else.


Now, if al-lah was as great a being as you were taught to believe, I ask you what need would it have of TALKING TREES and TALKING ROCKS to tell it anything???

This Islamic 'teaching' implies that there are trees and rocks that know more than al-lah does. Otherwise al-lah would have no need to get information from them, would it? For something to be true, it must work in accordance with the mechanics of the universe! This 'teaching' fails for the obvious reason that al-lah knows less than talking trees and talking rocks while stating the contrary. Either al-lah knows more than talking trees and talking rocks or it does not; if it does not then it is a lesser being than Islam has taught you that it is.

However. Making claims is no big deal. ANYONE can do that. But--

What Muslims obviously have been unable to do is provide physical proof of the existence of talking trees and talking rocks (among many, many other things they and the Kuran CLAIM). Scriptures do not count unless there is outside physical proof of some kind. Certainly there is nothing stopping Muslims from making such claims. But as usual, Muslims have no more proof in support of their claim than their opponents have to the contrary.

With no physical proof Muslims reduce themselves to making unsubstantiated claims. Either you come up with the goods or your claims are worthless.


Now. Take a look around, Maryam, do you SEE any talking trees and talking rocks??? (If you do, I would have to ask you what unIslamic substances you may have been taking), as clearly there are NO talking trees and talking rocks around to be seen or heard(maybe on film, as say, in THE WIZARD OF OZ there may be--but these are of course not real and do not count).

Next, you will be telling us all that the Kuranic teaching that the world is flat is true. Well, you can forget about that one too.

We "unbelievers" have seen the earth from space--it is a SPHERE not a disc!!!

Posted by: pythagoras [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 9:11 PM

maryam,
You strain at the gnat and swallow the camel whole.

Posted by: Carolyn2 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 9:28 PM

Such poetic language couching the foulness of their predilections. Bloodsucking, eating the roast flesh of those who do not agree with their insane imaginations of reality, these Islamics are beneath contempt.

It is with disgust that we regard Islam and the degenerates that follow it as a way of life.

In spite of their hyperbole, when faced with force, they whine and plead, act outraged, and soil their pantaloons.

Posted by: unicorns62000 [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 11:13 PM

I sure dont intend to offend anyone but on the blood theme; the red fez that a Shriner or someone in the Masons might wear has a history.
Of course the moon symbol in Masonry is Islamic(do they know this?) and the red fez used to be white and was dipped in the blood of slaughtered Christians after some battle centuries ago and remained red through the centuries as a memorial of that victory for Islam.

Posted by: guide inside [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 6, 2007 11:43 PM

Maryam -
I want some of what you've been smoking. Talking rocks and trees, indeed.

There is none so blind as those who will not see.

Posted by: ImNoDhimmi [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 7, 2007 6:31 AM

"And if I can see the evil in Islam's call to kill anyone who does not accept Allah..."

Islam does not call for that.

Posted by maryam

Maryam, here is what Islam does require: subjugation or conversion or death. I see little difference among the three. For all of those who are not Christians or Jews there are only two choices, conversion or having one's head sawed off. Both results are spititual death.

Stop lying.

Posted by: Pelayo [TypeKey Profile Page] at February 8, 2007 12:30 PM

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