“The enemy can now access everywhere,” said MP Mohamed Nor. In Somalia as in Nigeria, the Islamic jihadists can apparently strike at will, with the government powerless to stop them. Another similarity between these two countries is that al-Shabab, like Boko Haram, is an avowedly Islamic group that proudly and unapologetically explains its motives and goals by referring to Islamic texts and teachings, only to see the non-Muslim world deny it all and insist that they must be motivated by something else.
“Somalia parliament attacked by al-Shabab in Mogadishu,” BBC, May 24, 2014 (thanks to King Dave):
Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement have attacked the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 people dead.
Explosions and gunfire were heard and witnesses reported seeing bodies.
Somali police were joined by African Union troops as they engaged the attackers.
Al-Shabab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, once controlled large areas of Somalia but was pushed out of major cities in 2011 and 2012.
However, it is still able to mount complex attacks. It has frequently targeted the UN-backed parliament.
A car bomb exploded outside the gates of parliament shortly before midday local time (09:00 GMT), followed by more blasts and bursts of gunfire.
The attackers then stormed the front of the parliament building as security forces fired back.
“Fighting is going on inside the parliament building and we are fighting rebels inside the building but we evacuated members of parliament,” Col Mahamed Dahir said….
“The enemy can now access everywhere,” MP Mohamed Nor told Associated Press, criticising the army’s failure to protect parliament.
An al-Shabab spokesman told the AFP news agency: “The so-called Somali parliament is a military zone. Our fighters are there to carry out a holy operation.”…
Al-Shabab, whose name means “The Youth” in Arabic, advocates the strict Saudi-inspired Wahhabi version of Islam.
mortimer says
How many Muslims in the US agree with this sort of jihad? What would it take to turn them from ‘sleepers’ into active jihadists?
joeb says
I often look at Zerohedge for alternative financial news, but whenever there is a jihad attack, such as the one in China just now, commenters are convinced they are CIA false flag attacks, and nothing to do with Islamic jihadists at all.
Along with the other 22,000 jihad attacks since 9/11, I suppose. My, the CIA are so busy! These same commenters constantly describe the US goverment as morons, yet when there is a jihad attack, those same morons are the instigators of complex, sophisticated, false-flag conspiracies all over the world.
bettina says
What I keep wondering is, why the fanatical surge of islamic terrorism — and all other acts of islamic expansionism via both forms of jihad — have blown up worldwide from say, the 1980s or 1990s thru today?
Before then, when Jews still lived in good numbers in arab countries before being pushed out, we weren’t subject to this madness. We went about our daily lives against the backdrop of a more tolerant muslim populace and their governments. What has changed?
The mind-spinning acceleration of this socio-pathology in the last 30 or so years has me feeling shocked and more than a little baffled.
Mirren10 says
Interesting question, Bettina.
I think *part* of the answer lies in the appeasing pusillanimity of Western ‘leadership’.
islam, like all bullies, is quick to sniff out those who dare not stand against them, and exploits this dangerous weakness.
The West has encouraged Third World immigration, aka *mohammedan immigration*and is now faced with a situation it cannot control, and indeed, has no idea whatsoever as to how to deall with the mess it has created.
That is a very generous summation; whilst I think this is *part* of the answer, I also think there are darker forces at work. Saudi money, the dependence of the West on oil, the venality and downright evil of politicians as a class, and the stupidity and sheep like mentality of the majority of human beings, all play a part. Also of course, the utter hypocrisy and complicity of the msm with the left, and the deliberate obfuscation, and outright determination to portray islam and mohammedans in a good light.
Ultimately, though, it really doesn’t matter a tuppenny damn *why* these evil/stupid/misinformed twats do what they do.
What is important, and *does* matter, is that those of us who *are* aware, thanks to the courageous freedom fighters like Robert Spencer, Pam Geller, Geert Wilders, Paul Weston et al, continue to fight. To spread the word, to stand up for what we know is right, to challenge the enemies of freedom whenever and wherever we can, and **never ever surrender** !!
bettina says
Yes, indeedee 🙂
Sushi Banana says
Dear Bettina,
Anti-Semitism been around before 19980’s. You should read Robert S. Wistrich book ANTI-SEMITISM The Longest Hatred, you will know this behaviour is not something new.
Thank you
Lawrence says
Re “What I keep wondering is, why the fanatical surge of islamic terrorism — and all other acts of islamic expansionism via both forms of jihad — have blown up worldwide from say, the 1980s or 1990s thru today?”
Oil money. It took a couple of decades to get up to speed. There are a lot of groups to finance.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement have attacked the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 people dead.
But the Somali parliament is packed to the gills with Moslems, hairy ones. So why the attack? This is a clear case of the blind killing the blind.
Islamisdeath says
Guess they’re not muslim enough.our buddies the sawdis are spreading wahabbism like wild fire.
Maybe michelle should tweet and possibly keith ellison could send them a letter explaining real islam or something. I just know it would work if we sent maybe 80 of our soldiers to be slaughtered too.
King Dave says
Thank You Jihad Watch for the Shout Out.
If you’re keeping score, al Shabab is the second most deadliest and active Islamic bandits in Africa. Reinvigorated by the success of Boko Haram both genocidiaries continue to grow with endless recruits eager to live like their prophet.
Every one knows where these Islamic literalists operate but because of total complicity by the local Muslim population they rape, murder and plunder with impunity.
There are no plans to stop al Shabab
dumbledoresarmy says
Wahabbism is nothing but the Islam revived, Real Islam, Islam-by-the-book, Islam just-like-it-says-on-the-tin.
Islam 100 percent proof, straight up rather than “on the rocks”.
Lawrence says
Statement from Hillary Clinton – “A bold and daring attack on the Somalian Parliament compound caused by an inflammatory video”