Clearly the Islamic State intends to be around for the long term. It is hard to imagine these jihadist thugs being accepted in the community of nations and taking at seat at the UN, but on the other hand, the “Palestinians” have made the transition from jihad terror gang to recognition by the United Nations, so there is a precedent.
“ISIS allegedly issues ‘caliphate’ passport,” Al Arabiya, July 5, 2014:
Militant members and sympathizers of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have circulated pictures of what they said was the passport of the so-called “caliphate” declared last week by the militant group.
The “State of the Islamic Caliphate” appears to be inscribed at the top of the purported passport. At the bottom, it says: “The holder of the passport if harmed we will deploy armies for his service.”
ISIS reportedly said the new document will be distributed to 11,000 citizens living in cities bordering Iraq and Syria.
The militant group, which operates in both Iraq and Syria, said their caliphate would spread from Aleppo in northern Syria to Diyala in eastern Iraq.
The passport is reportedly being printed in a government facility in Mosul that was built in 2011.
The facility known as the “Identification and Passport Center” was scheduled by the Maliki’s government to start issuing new ID card next week, according to Iraqi media reports.
Last week, ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on Muslims with military, medical and managerial skills to flock to its newly-declared pan-Islamic state, in an audio recording.
“Those who can immigrate to the Islamic State should immigrate, as immigration to the house of Islam is a duty,” said Baghdadi.
The newly named “caliph” said the appeal especially applied to “judges and those who have military and managerial and service skills, and doctors and engineers in all fields.”
Baghdadi also addressed the group’s fighters, saying that “your brothers in all the world are waiting” to be rescued by them.
“Terrify the enemies of Allah and seek death in the places where you expect to find it,” he said. “Your brothers, on every piece of this earth, are waiting for you to rescue them.”
“Terrify the enemies of Allah” is a Qur’anic command (8:60).
tpellow says
“Iraq crisis: As Shia shrines are targeted and Tikrit is strangled, the fiercest of wars lies ahead.
“A demoralised army is hoping that the US will step in with drones, but their use could bring devastating revenge attacks.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/iraq-crisis-as-shia-shrines-are-targeted-and-tikrit-is-strangled-the-fiercest-of-wars-lies-ahead-9587043.html
Charli Main says
Iran is always boasting that its forces are capable of taking on the USA and kicking American arse.
Well then, surely the might of Iran won´t have any problems sorting out the rag tag army of little óle ISIS.
Go Shias Go !!!!!!!!
Charlie Griffith says
Re your:
“Go Shias Go !!!!!!!!”
“Shi’i Islam is based on the Quran and the message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad attested in hadith recorded by the Shia, and certain books deemed sacred to the Shia (Nahj al-Balagha).[3][4]…”, pasted here from Google.
You’re advocating in favor of this branch of Koran [Quran] observant Muslims?…..these are Muslims who’re directed to kill you as an “infidel” or non-believer of these Koran verses?……if you’re an “infidel” in their eyes? ….or do you think that they will only “moderately” want to slit your throat? Is it only a matter of measurable degree of some sort of scale of their wanting to sit your throat?
Charli Main says
@ Charlie Griffith
that directive was tongue in cheek–taking the piss–taking the micky and so on and so forth.
I´ll try to make it simpler for you in future.
Charlie Griffith says
Here’s yet another example as to why I don’t think that we “Occidentals” [old fashioned, politically incorrect term] are wired the same way as these “Oriental” [old fashioned, politically incorrect term] Muslims, as we seem to’ve borrowed their [Muslim] concept of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” and are using it in different contexts here and there, as for example the hapless Obama “administration” attempting to choose which among these butchering Muslim sects to support in Syria, and Iraq when all of the subtle shades of Muslim “context” are in the end out to kill us. It’s just a matter of their [these Muslims] choosing the time to turn on us [Americans] as the supplier of their arms pro-tem.
Here’s some [con-] text pasted from wwwdotthereligionofpeacedotcom:
“Question:
Does the Quran really contain dozens of verses promoting violence?
Summary Answer:
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding. Muslims who do not join the fight are called ‘hypocrites’ and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
Unlike nearly all of the Old Testament verses of violence, the verses of violence in the Quran are mostly open-ended, meaning that they are not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding text. They are part of the eternal, unchanging word of Allah, and just as relevant or subjective as anything else in the Quran.
The context of violent passages is more ambiguous than might be expected of a perfect book from a loving God, however this can work both ways. Most of today’s Muslims exercise a personal choice to interpret their holy book’s call to arms according to their own moral preconceptions……” end paste from Google….it goes on and on, theologically.
Now if I were a “moderate” Muslim living and worshiping in Falls Church, Va. [at Awlaki’s former mosque] or somewhere up in Michigan, I’d be very, very careful to remain “straight” looking anywhere near my local mosque.
So, how do I go about slitting the throat of my irritating “infidel” neighbor in that noisy apartment right overhead [no puns] above me in a “moderate” way?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Go Shias Go !!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, go get ’em you crazy Shias you! Or did I get that backwards? What’s it matter, the other side should go get the Shias, too! Let’s have a good old fashioned bloodletting gang bang, just like back when the Holy Prophet was riding under the black flag!
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This passport move is a good one. This operation shows all the characteristics of a startup ready to boom. Hell, it’s already taken in $4 billion dollars in the past few months, which annualized could make a $15 billion operation.
This al-Baghdadi dude is always thinking. With the passport issuance they’re official, a sovereign state. That means they will get Dhimmi Dollars not only from the U.S. taxpayer, but from their brethern in Western Europe.
Charlie Griffith says
Declaring themselves a “state” is a savvy move, “cool” or “hot” depending …….and, don’t forget “recognition” from the United Nations, a seat in the General Assembly, a seat on the Human Rights Committee like some other Muslim nations, and perhaps loans from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and some cached [!] cash from USAID…..
But, mustn’t worry, Obama & Co. Limited are still in Foggy Bottom.
We’re in one helluva mess.
jewdog says
I don’t imagine they let you back in if Israel is stamped on it. Maybe there’s a special issue for dhimmis, with a picture of Alfred E. Neuman on it.
bernie says
Alfred E. Neuman (the Mad magazine mascot) was Jewish though, wasn’t he?
jewdog says
I think Alfred E Neuman is some kind of infidel, though I’m not sure. He will probably run for President in 2016. Let’s face it, America is on the brink of ruin, so let’s let him finish the job.
faboutlaws says
The guy who holds the presidency now, isn’t he a black version of Alfred E. Newman? Grins like him, anyway. And everything he does is pretty laughable.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
If you focus on the head shape and the ears, our current as last presidents both bear a disturbing resemblance to Alfred.
jihad3tracker says
Let’s give these guys some well-deserved credit for planning ahead…
Secret-seditionist Keith Ellison, Andre Carson, CAIR, pussy-whipped Reza Aslan, scumbag thug wannabee Nathan Lean, and dozens of others will be waiting for them at a Washington DC airport.
Then it’s on to Dearborn for serious talk about where the I.S. embassy will be built.
David Race says
If someone attempted to use such a passport to enter a foreign country not under Islamic rule, the smart thing would be to refuse entry and/or detain as belligerents against that nation by security and military forces.
joeb says
If this is a real item, it would become well sought after by collectors. Much like all the SS stuff from World War II. Browning automatic? Forget it, ten a penny. Luger pistol? Now you’re talking!
Has anyone seen the episode of Father Ted, where he’s invited to look at another priest’s war memorabilia collection? Very funny. Turns out it’s exclusively from the Nazis. I’d link to a vid, but it seems they’re longer up anywhere…
Gary from Erko says
Consider it as a test drive of the terrorist state of the Palestinians.
Montedoro44 says
Mr. Obama has promised that America will never be at war with Islam. If somehow America gets involved in eliminating Caliph Baghdadi, then he might have to eat his words. Or does Mr. Baghdadi’s ascendancy protect him from America because of Mr. Obama’s declaration? It will be interesting anyway, in the event of the Caliph’s elimination, who, especially in America, objects.
tpellow says
“ISIS: GIVE OVER GIRLS FOR ‘SEX JIHAD.’
Posters in public places tell Mosul residents to bring daughters to ‘fulfill their duty.'”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/07/isis-give-over-girls-for-sex-jihad/#Cz5qFwvSKcfMHJub.99
Jay Boo says
Remember please
Keep your right hand clean of Muhammad’s waste
for one must always use the left hand to wipe off the Islamic caliphate.
Just Visiting says
You’ve got to hand it to these guys, after all that fighting they obviously need a holiday. Passport will come in very handy.
Wellington says
Get ’em while they’re hot. A collector’s item to be sure.
squeezethejuice says
These ISIS takfiri crack me up. They have no idea what the Caliphate was all about. They memorize the Holy Qur’an like mindless drones with no understanding whatsoever of its deeper meanings and if you tell them about Muslim thinkers like Ibn Khaldun they will scratch their heads in disbelief, like the descendants of ignorant apes they really are.
Jay Boo says
In other words
ISIS is not clever enough to hide the thorns on the dried up dead branches of Islam’s withered shrub with scented artificial roses.
Champ says
“stj” is lousy at taqiyya …
Beagle says
Proving once again: even when Islam wins, it loses.
Maybe stj can be named Caliph’s Little Helper to sort things out.
Jack Diamond says
Ibn Khaldun was a learned man with a great deal of experience with palace intrigue and the corruptions of power. He also wrote: “In the Muslim community, jihad is a religious duty because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force. The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the jihad was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense. But Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations.” Ibn Khaldun, The Muqadimmah. An Introduction to History, Franz Rosenthal, trans. (New York: Pantheon, 1958), vol. 1, p. 473. Is there a “deeper meaning”?
Furthermore, though a man of books and culture and luxury, he saw the decadence of Arab rule as a direct result of the loss of “asabiyya”– the primitive tribal energy, or fury, that characterized the Arabs after the death of Muhammad when they swept out of Arabia and conquered half the known world. Though he acknowledged they were barbarians (enemies of the arts, destroyers of civilization) they are to be admired because they despised comfort and peace and honored only the mission of Islam. More than likely he’d also admire the new barbarians.
Beagle says
I would love to see stj respond to that.
Not holding my breath.
voegelinian says
They know better than “squeezethejuice” Yahya-Come-Lately who Ibn Khaldun is.
gravenimage says
The repulsive “squeezethejuice” (squeeze the Jews) wrote:
These ISIS takfiri crack me up.
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And what makes these pious Muslims Takfirs? Is it because “squeezethejuice” believes that they are jumping the gun, or is it because they are Sunnis? StJ has never been explicit, but he has said some things that make me think he may be Shia.
In any case, despite his disdain for ISIL, he has made it quite clear that his goals are almost identical to theirs—in fact, his username comes from his intent to squeeze Jizya out of Jews when Muslims destroy Israel and replace it with an Islamic state.
More:
They have no idea what the Caliphate was all about. They memorize the Holy Qur’an like mindless drones with no understanding whatsoever of its deeper meanings…
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Yes—because enslaving and impoverishing Jews is *so* “nuanced”…sarc/off
More:
…and if you tell them about Muslim thinkers like Ibn Khaldun they will scratch their heads in disbelief, like the descendants of ignorant apes they really are.
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The 15th century Ibn Khaldun seemed to think that the Caliphate was unachievable in his day, and would just result in Muslim states that would last for a couple of generations before inevitably falling into chaos and strife.
Of course, this has been the usual situation throughout history with savage Islam.
So what was the view of this great “thinker” on violent Jihad? Here goes:
“In the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force… The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense… Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations.”
In other words, this great “thinker” had exactly the same savage view as “descendants of ignorant apes” like Al-Bagdadi and his thug cohorts. *Ugh*.
Jay Boo says
This passport would definitely be a must have keepsake for all Islamo-friendly butt kissers.
Meanwhile Muslims in the US promote their ideology by pretending victimhood with the help of these sycophant pseudo-intellectuals and Jersey Shore brained hedonists who are too preoccupied mocking Christianity or addicted to the shallowness of “reality shows” and sarcastic sitcoms to notice their decent into groveling servitude to Islam.
Jay Boo says
To fully grasp the profound complexities that drives the religious fanaticism of Sunnis and Shiites to butcher one another you must first understand the logic and reasoning of its intellectual foundation.
A definitive answer debated at:
Jay Boo says
Hint:
Twin babies argument
faboutlaws says
If Obama applies, maybe they’ll give him the first one. Humor aside, that passport is a one way ticket to the no fly list.
faboutlaws says
The presentation of that passport is an invitation for every country in the world to just arrest your ass.
Beagle says
You know some well-funded and prestigious think tank is already proposing we work with the moderate elements of the Islamic State. It’s what they do when not downplaying that modern jihadism is primarily an Islamic authenticity movement. Not poverty, alienation, marginalization, economic inequality, or latestbuzzphrase… It’s the theology, stupid.
When I read the link about the “Caliph surrounded by enemies” days ago my first thought was “and potential recruits.” Saudi forces confronting The Islamic State? That’s interesting right there.
Even if Abu Barker is killed, the pre-Ottoman Baghdad Sunni khalifa movement will live on. Thanks to Gulf Arab support , Islamic theology and history, but mainly sectarian hatred, Sunni militancy appears to be a growth industry. Sectarian warfare in the Middle East will globalize and intensify before abating I reckon.
Know Thy Enemy says
” “The holder of the passport if harmed we will deploy armies for his service.” “
The Caliph sure knows how to assure his people that they have full backing of the state no matter where they are in the world. Maybe my country (USA) should learn something. For now we are told how to behave so as not to ‘offend’ others!
gravenimage says
The “State of the Islamic Caliphate” appears to be inscribed at the top of the purported passport. At the bottom, it says: “The holder of the passport if harmed we will deploy armies for his service.”
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So—this is less a travel document, and more yet another threat to the Infidels and the “insufficiently Islam”. Surprise, surprise…
BC says
I wonder if these deluded ‘citizens’ of ISIS/IC will try to travel on these lovely documents. It will be very interesting to see what happens when they turn up at passport control.
JeffS says
Some commenters here have said that we can’t revoke the passports of Western jihadis and must let them back in our countries, because otherwise they’d be stateless. Now that they’re going to have Islamic State passports, that’s no longer an issue. So I’ll repeat when many other commenter’s have said: let them go and fight their jihad, just don’t let them back!