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Islamic State to FIFA: Cancel the World Cup or we’ll bomb it

Jul 9, 2014 11:45 am By Robert Spencer

Muslimwatchingsoccer“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

“ISIS to FIFA: Cancel the World Cup or We’ll Bomb It,” Vocativ, July 8, 2014 (thanks to Maxwell):

Before the winner of the Brazil World Cup has even been decided, the 2022 event is facing fresh threats. And this time, it’s not down to construction delays or street protests, it’s ambitious terrorists. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the terrorist organisation currently wreaking havoc in the Middle East, issued a bizarrely polite threat to FIFA earlier this week, warning them not to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The group claims that by that stage, Qatar will be a part of its newly-declared Islamic Caliphate, “under the rule of the Caliph Ibrahim Bin Awad Alqarshi” (the full name of ISIS leader Al Baghdady). Under that caliphate, football games will be considered “a diversion from Islam”.
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This map, circulated widely as outlining an ISIS five-year plan, has been largely debunked, but may be indicative of the widest extent of their ambitions.

After the message was released on Sunday, it spread virally on social media platforms. Given the violent ongoing devastation by ISIS in Syria and Iraq, resulting in masses of dead bodies the Al Qaeda-inspired group leaves in their wake, what is perhaps most surprising about ISIS’s threat is its tone.

Regally addressing the FIFA President by his full first name “Joseph” (he goes by the moniker “Sepp”) the terror group “suggest” Mr. Blatter had better find a replacement venue for the Qatar event, while nonchalantly mentioning the long-range scud missiles ISIS claims to have acquired, which would put the Kingdom well within their strike range. Having issued their warning, the group signs off with a “thanks”.

The full message – as posted on ISIS’s forum alplatformmedia.com and reprinted in Egypt’s Al Wattan newspaper reads:

“From the soldiers of the Caliphate state to the president of the international football association Joseph S. Blatter:

“Dear Joseph,

We had sent a message to you back in 2010, when you decided or were bribed by the former Amir of Qatar to have the 2022 world cup in Qatar. Now, after the establishment of the Caliphate state, we declare that there will be no world cup in Qatar since Qatar will be part of the Caliphate under the rule of the Caliph Ibrahim Bin Awad Alqarshi (Al Baghdady’s full name) who doesn’t allow corruption and diversion from Islam in the land of the Muslims. This is why we suggest that you will decide upon a replacement country instead of Qatar. The Islamic state has long-rang scud missiles that can easily reach Qatar, as the Americans already know.

Thanks.”

The warning follows revelations by The Sunday Times newspaper last month detailing a damning security assessment for Qatar. According to the statement, there was a “high risk” of the World Cup in 2022 being “shut down” altogether by a terror attack in the kindgom. Qatar has been mired in controversy ever since winning the bid to become the first Arab state to host a World Cup final in 2010. One of the key concerns has been the blisteringly hot summer temperatures in Qatar–exceeding 120 degrees Fahrenheit, which pretty much makes soccer unplayable….

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  1. Jay Boo says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 11:51 am

    Maybe the are just trying to save face for Muslims knowing that they will be turned down anyway.

  2. Jay Boo says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Public beheading
    Stoning to a bloody pulp
    Father’s honor killing their daughters for praise
    Flogging with Islam’s S&M rituals

    Now that is Islamic sport.

    • Richie says

      Jul 9, 2014 at 12:24 pm

      and to think leftists still think islam is a religion of peace.

      Maybe by ‘peace’ they mean death

      • kafeer boy says

        Jul 9, 2014 at 8:37 pm

        Islam is religion of piece. It’s means Islam will set you into pieces if you doing some thing Islam did not teach.

    • Jacksonl03 says

      Jul 9, 2014 at 2:19 pm

      And . . . Who said there’s no fun in Islam?

      • BC says

        Jul 10, 2014 at 10:21 am

        If you have never seen a photo or video of a stoning I advise people to do so. If you can stomach it in fact. Look at the faces of the men hurling the stones, it is mostly men, they have big grins on their faces and are clearly enjoying it.

  3. Guy Macher says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    I agree. Boycott FIFA 2022.

  4. gravenimage says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Islamic State to FIFA: Cancel the World Cup or we’ll bomb it
    …………………………….

    Well, *this* is grimly hilarious, since Qatar is accusing anyone from FIFA investigating bribery to be “Islamophobic”.

    But in its “purest” form, of course, soccer or any other civilized sport *is* “un-Islamic”, and soccer stadiums are only to be used for mass public executions.

    I also like the contradictory claims—either that Qatar is going to have been absorbed into the Caliphate before 2022, or that the Caliphate is going to lob scud missiles at them.

    Perhaps they mean that Qatar will be *considered* part of the Caliphate—along with the rest of Dar-al-Islam—even if the “Caliphate” itself doesn’t wind up getting more than a few miles from Tikrit.

    Of course, whatever happens in the meantime, we can be sure that the ticker that now reads 23,000+ Jihad attacks since 9/11 will be sporting a *much* larger figure. After all, pious Muslims can wage a lot of savagery in eight years…

  5. Fr. Basil says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 2:02 pm

    What makes mahometans such bullies?

    • ebonystone says

      Jul 9, 2014 at 2:32 pm

      Answers: Islam. the Koran, Mohammed, other Moslems.

    • Barry Obonghit says

      Jul 10, 2014 at 12:12 am

      All those centuries of inbreeding. When I worked over there I had a student who had 6 fingers on each hand and 6 toes on each foot. He could count as high as 24!!

  6. Louise from Canada says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 2:26 pm

    …Ayatollah Khomeini, but he was having fun with little girls…

  7. Gary Mullennix says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    There might not be conventional fun in Islam. But, there must be great joy in slaughtering innocents in the name of God. Mohammed paved the way after coming home from a full day of killing infidels. It recounts his handing Fatima, a daughter, his sword, “Spine-Splitter” and telling her to clean it.

  8. Tom says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    So that anal sex with small boys thing they’re into (which they claim is not gay because that would be sinful, but whatever)- is that a form of prayer?

  9. Bob W. says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 6:10 pm

    We don’t need them to make life more serious – life has enough challenges without them making it worse. If they believe that fun is not allowed then maybe there are no virgins in paradise for them after all – assuming it would be true in the first place and there is no biblical support for that other than being happy and contented in the life to come.

  10. Søren Bjarnøe says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    Well at least they got one thing right, that is, if you only read the five first words: “Allah did not create man”

  11. PJG says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 8:47 pm

    “Bizarrely polite…”
    Not so bizarre. Muslims pride themselves on their politeness; the “call to Islam” is – or should be – a polite call, and if refused the caller reserves the right to abandon politeness and go for the jugular.

  12. Richard A says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    Tired of jihadist. mouthing it off all the time. causing a stink where ever they go.
    polluting the world with their virus.
    Bullying, being arrogant, cocky, proud, Looking ugly all the time. Deceitful, Ungrateful. Boastful. Aggressive. Walking around Europe showing off their hate.
    Telling people how to live.
    I know many jihadist Muslims are just amazed with how much they can get away with things. And they glory in it.

    sick twisted vile creatures. The martyrs blood of Islam. Its sent reaches the heavens. And it must stink so much up there. That angels must puke at the offerings it assumes God will be pleased with.

    O! what a burden they are. All this for some ideal political motive.
    What a thorn in the conscious they are.
    This religion of Islam smells like a wet dog.
    when I see Halal meat in the market. I have an epiphany. And think of the blood they have shed. Its vile death and destruction.
    It is slavery, to misery.

    They do not cause me to have pleasant thoughts about that religion and its people. How have they been a blessing?
    They think they are the best of people.
    They have been a curse. They are Neighbours from hell.

    Just thought I write , And get things off my Heart. A bit of therapy.

  13. salihu gurum l larumbetere says

    Jul 9, 2014 at 11:35 pm

    In the muslim contex, is killing a pride or price to heaven ? or are they misleading people or forcing us to believed islam is the must peaceful religion
    by killing innocent souls ? or what is going on with them ? are they mentally derealed or are they unconcious that life is so precious to people? Did the religion of islam know only shading of blood and mistook it as being peaceful religion or is the religion meant for mad people who moved about armed to the teeth looking for who to kill, destroy and meyhem? If actually islam is a religion of peace so to say without killing people , the whole world would have been muslims , but people are afraid to become killers in the name of peace. There should be a rethink of the word peaceful and merciful, at worst give it another name the must killing and murdering religion.So, well i rest my case here for we the muslim to reposition our selves and admonish peace and be merciful in reality and not to murder people in the name of paradise or paradied in hell,and not in heaven.

  14. David says

    Jul 10, 2014 at 12:33 am

    That quote by Khomeini is the funniest thing that I have read for a while.

  15. Reality Check says

    Jul 10, 2014 at 2:23 am

    “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

    I totally agree. During my two years in Qatar, I thought the same: these people simply don’t know how to have fun. Their main idea of fun is eating lots of fattening and delicious food and going from one restaurant to another and one shopping mall to another. Or they think treating your iPhone as an extension of your arm 24/7 is fun. No theatre, no concerts, no books expanding their mental horizons beyond the filthy and insufferable manual of hate called “The Quran”.

    It is not a life but a spiritual desert, far worse than the physical one they live in. The intellectual poverty is such that you can lose your breath and choke with no air to breathe.

    Muslim men, however, are have fantastic privileges compared to women. They can go out whenever they want and do whatever they want without explaining a word. They can also catch the first plane and go for some indiscriminate whoring to Dubai and Bahrain while the Muslim women are left with the burden to maintain the family honour. It is sickening to watch but it’s only the tip of the iceberg in the world of Islam.

    Having heard that many pious Muslim men do not even use condoms during their escapades, I just wonder how many good Muslim wives get and carry the STDs brought from Dubai, Bahrain, Paris or whatever Sodom and Gomorrah their husbands returned from.

    It is sad, sad, SAD to be a Muslim in the world of Islam. I wouldn’t swap my place with theirs for all the gems and material comfort of the world.

  16. Nomdeplume says

    Jul 10, 2014 at 9:34 pm

    Ayatollah Khomeini had some fun of his own with little pre pubescent girls and boys of 4 and 5 years old cos he firmly believed in going by Mohammeds preachings that after a baby is weaned they can be thighed.

  17. Coastliner says

    Jul 11, 2014 at 6:33 am

    Oh well – maybe they’re not as bad as they’re painted LOL – I HATE football!!!

  18. sirirsly says

    Jul 12, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    Australia will have the 2022 World Cup. We’ve got the grounds, the weather, the absolutely beautiful scenery. I forgot! Honesty doesn’t get you the World Cup & we’re not a 3rd World Country.
    As for our Moslems, most of them are ok.
    I say bring it on. I thought Isis wanted to take on Israel, then America first.

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