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ISIS: “We are soldiers of Islam and we’ve taken on our responsibility to bring back glory of the Islamic Caliphate.”

Jun 12, 2014 12:20 pm By Robert Spencer

“We are soldiers of Islam.” And yet it is official dogma, to be questioned only on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” that groups like The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda and Boko Haram have nothing to do with Islam, and that only “bigots” and “racists” think otherwise. How such an obviously counter-factual narrative became the accepted mainstream view is beyond me. But its absurdity is once again illustrated by what is happening now in Iraq.

“Repent or die: al-Qaeda forces announce rules for Iraqi territory they now control,” by Damien McElroy, the Telegraph, June 12, 2014:

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham has set out a list of rules for residents of Mosul as it seeks to impose its Islamist rules on Iraq’s second city.

Referring to the area by its ancient name, Nineveh, the group says it has a clear set of instructions for the remaining occupants of the city and surrounding area.

Firstly it tells “anyone who is asking,” who its members are and what it is about: “We are soldiers of Islam and we’ve taken on our responsibility to bring back glory of the Islamic Caliphate.”

All Muslims in the city have been instructed to attend mosque for the five daily prayers.

It confirms that it seized up to half a billion dollars from the Mosul branch of the Bank of Iraq but states it can be trusted with the funds.

Any one of its members who breach this promise will have their hands cut off.

“No drugs, no alcohol and no cigarettes allowed,” it added.

No public gathering other than those organised by ISIS will be allowed at any stage. No guns will be allowed outside of its ranks.

All tribal leaders and sheikhs in the area have been warned not to co-operate with the state.

In a warning to the police, soldiers and other “kaffr” bodies the choice is to repent or face the ultimate punishment. The group said it will open “special places” for repentance.

Outlining its sectarian bias it declared all shrines, graveyards and monuments will be destroyed.

Finally all women must dress in concealing clothing that preserve decency. Females should only go outside “if necessary”.

The city has been told that it has tried secular experiments with the republic and Baathist regimes as well as the current Iranian-backed “Safavid” government in Baghdad. “Now is time for an Islamic state,” the note signed Imam Abu Bakr El Qurashi said.

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  1. Charli Main says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Don´t panic folks !!!! If you ever find yourself on your knees waiting for a bullet in the back of your head, delivered by a mis understander of peaceful Islam, all the ” moderate” “peaceful” “tolerant ” Muslims, living in your country, will come rushing to your aid.

  2. jihad3tracker says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Somebody remind me — because I have put the actual numbers out of my brain to avoid becoming totally enraged at the idiocy of at least one president :

    A. How many American lives were lost to “save” Iraq from this ?

    B. How much money did the U.S. spend to “save” Iraq from this ?

  3. John C. Barile says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 12:45 pm

    From Mosul to Aleppo, this is the closest that the enemies of humanity have come toward the fulfillment of their insane dream of a purely Islamic State.

    God deliver the Christians, Kurds, Druse et alia from these lunatics.

    May Almighty God neuter and depose the MB, Erdogan, and Obama.

    • Mohamed(piss be upon him) was a mass-murderer and Allah is f*cked up says

      Jun 12, 2014 at 1:07 pm

      Well, as a matter of FACT, God exists only in the minds of the believers so don’t hold your breath for a magical ‘divine’ intervention. The Druze and most of the Kurds are Muslims, so to hell with them—it’s best we hope that they and the ISIS jihadis wipe out each other.

      • John C. Barile says

        Jun 12, 2014 at 7:19 pm

        First, the Druse are not Muslim–both they and the Muslims agree on this point. Second, Autonomous Kurdistan has a secular parliament; they don’t persecute Christians, Yazidis, Druse or Mandeans, either. The Kurdish regional parliament actually apologized for Kurdish participation in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Nor are the Kurds Arab–Arabs are a semitic, Kurds an indo-european, people. Finally, they were our allies in the Second [and the First] Gulf War; they are probably as pro-American as any people in that region.

    • John C. Barile says

      Jun 12, 2014 at 7:25 pm

      Lastly, I think that you are abrasive, if not obnoxoius; intemperate, lacking discernment, and not fully reasoned.

      • John C. Barile says

        Jun 12, 2014 at 8:47 pm

        On second thought, let’s just leave it at “abrasive.”

  4. Buraq says

    Jun 12, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    The irony of ironies is that the bullet smashing into the back of your skull might have been paid for by US taxpayers and specially shipped out to where you live in a Hercules.

    Jihadi clowns!

  5. rabrooks says

    Jun 13, 2014 at 11:19 am

    Been there, done that, got the t-shirt and a hat! Desert Shield lasted about 1-2 years. Desert Storm was a couple months. Lost 100 in the war. We lost about 5,000 in the peace!
    The war went well because we had a ramp-up of about two years. To go back now would be the equilavent of 1944 invasion of europe. From flight to field. Expect heavy casualties. No surplus of M1’s, M109’s or MRL’s with all the ammo you can shoot. No stockpiles of food, water and fuel to burn.
    We tried. They wanted us out. They got what they wanted. God bless-em!
    Besides, with all the captured US material and funding from us and other places, we will be dealing with a well equipped army that wants only to fight and die.

  6. kimo says

    Jun 15, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    First of all , we should confess that the US is the the land of terror . they are the thugs of the world , talking too much about human rights and killing women and children in the same time .Secondly gihadists are there to teach the Americans politeness they are deprived of.Why did you go there , hypocrite west ?

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