“The perpetrators of the genocide aimed to create a homogenous – Turkish and Muslim – country. A slogan that echoes a similar objective – ‘One flag, one homeland, one state, one language, one religion, one nation’ – has been commonly used by Turkish officials ever since. And in this mindset, there is no place for […]
Syria: Islamic jihadists bomb three Assyrian-owned restaurants
Attempting to “strike terror in the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). “Assyrian Restaurants Bombed in Qamishli, Syria,” AINA, December 30, 2015: Qamishli, Syria (AINA) — Three explosions targeted Assyrian businesses in Qamishli, Syria today. The first was at the Miami restaurant and the second at the Gabriel restaurant, both owned by Assyrians. […]
ISIS Slaughters Christians “In Their Beds”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, October 2015
Gatestone Institute Teams of trained killers disguised as refugees were sent by the Islamic State (IS) into U.N. refugee camps to kill Christians, including “in their beds,” and to kidnap young girls to sell or use as slaves. This came out, according to a report, on October 24, soon after an IS operative “got cold […]
Islamic State posts pictures of Christian women threatening that they will become sex slaves if ransom is not paid
Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or killing them, as well as enslaving them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them […]
Islamic State demands $23 million for Christian hostages
They’re acting in full accord with Islamic law. Here is a salient passage on this issue from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law: When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides between the prisoner’s death, slavery, release without paying anything, or ransoming himself […]
Islamic State demands $30 million for Christian hostages
They are acting in complete accord with Islamic law. Here is a salient passage on this issue from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law: When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides between the prisoner’s death, slavery, release without paying anything, or ransoming […]
Islamic State destroys churches, smashing crosses and icons
They destroy crosses because according to the Qur’an, Jesus was not crucified (4:157). The cross is considered offensive, because Allah would not allow one of his prophets to suffer defeat. “ISIS Destroys Assyrian Churches, Hostages Still Being Held,” AINA, March 16, 2015: ISIS members destroying the St. George Catholic Monastery in Mosul, Iraq (photo: ISIS […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: How & Why Islam Wages War Against ‘Idolatry’
Over at PJ Lifestyle today I explain why the Islamic State seeks to destroy all memory of pre-Islamic and non-Islamic civilizations: The Islamic State has now destroyed numerous ancient Assyrian artifacts in the Mosul museum and bulldozed the 3,300-year-old city of Nimrud and the 2,000-year-old city of Hatra. It also recently blew up a tenth-century […]
Islamic State enters Christian town in Syria, removes church cross
Where are the Muslims not just condemning this, but developing and instituting programs in mosques and Islamic schools to teach against the beliefs and assumptions that give rise to it? Certainly non-Muslims aren’t doing anything to call them to account — remember: “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally […]