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11 Muslims arrested in Spain, Morocco and UK for jihad terror plots

Sep 26, 2014 8:14 am By Robert Spencer

27spain-cnd-master675Despite condemnations from Muslims in the West, the Islamic State continues to have appeal for Muslims in Europe, as well as the U.S. and Canada. Its claim to have reestablished the caliphate clearly resonates.

“Spain and Morocco Arrest 9 on Suspicion of Terrorism,” by Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, September 26, 2014 (thanks to Twostellas):

PARIS — Spanish and Moroccan law enforcement officials have arrested nine people suspected of being part of a terrorist cell linked to the Islamic State, the Spanish Interior Ministry said on Friday.

The ministry said the suspects had been arrested in Melilla, a Spanish-administered enclave on the north coast of Africa, and Nador in northeastern Morocco. The Spanish media said that those arrested included eight Moroccan nationals and one Spaniard, who was purportedly the leader of the group….

Also Friday, the British police arrested two men suspected of plotting terrorist acts, a day after nine others were rounded up on suspicion of belonging to a banned Islamic extremist group.

In Spain, the leader of the cell was reported to be the brother of Zakaria Said Mohamed, a Spaniard who was suspected of fighting in Mali and whose arrest was solicited by the Moroccan authorities, the newspaper El País reported. The Spanish media said that the group leader had traveled to Mali and other conflict zones and was in charge of recruiting radicals for the cell. According to those reports, all of those arrested had been trained in the use of explosives and in handling arms.

El País said that Melilla had become a center of operations for jihadists and that investigators had uncovered three terrorist cells in recent months. It added that in March, the authorities discovered a group based in Melilla that had sent dozens of fighters, a majority of whom were French and Moroccan, to fight in Syria, Mali and Libya…./blockquote>

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  1. mortimer says

    Sep 26, 2014 at 8:34 am

    The ISIS caliphate has resonance if not out-and-out approval internationally from 65% of Muslims who say they WANT a caliphate.

    This is an overwhelming MAJORITY of Muslims, rather than a ‘tiny minority of extremists’. The majority of Muslims are what the ignorant call ‘extreme’.

    They are now asking how ‘Islamdom’ will resolve the question of ‘Who speaks for Islam?’ This is the moment we have been waiting for…it’s so important to continue speaking to everyone we know, write letters and emails to politicians to influence the debate towards realism.

    Islam is totalitarian and militaristic. That’s the definition of fascism.

    • artie Galvin says

      Sep 26, 2014 at 9:09 am

      Well said, Mr. Mortimer.

    • Jen says

      Sep 27, 2014 at 12:36 am

      I agree.

      We should urge people we know to also read the Islamic texts and it would help to use a handout which provided a summary of some of Muhammad’s “best work” (with a reference included so they can find the original source if they want to look it up themselves). And maybe a second, complementary handout which compares the perspectives of other major world religions regarding the role of its followers- highlighting the fact that Islam is unique *because* it is the only one which contains a religious duty to fight unbelievers and subjugate them- using examples to support your case from the recent instances of violence/intolerance committed by Muslims which happen to mirror Muhammad’s teachings to the letter.

      It could also contain a note about the importance of Muhammad to Muslims i.e. he is considered an exemplary human being in every way (provide examples of plain-to-see Islamic customs). Because I think some people have a vague understanding of who Muhammad was and think he was just like Jesus, but with a different name. Could also include a summary of what Sharia law actually is- its principles and real life examples of how the law is applied. I’ve been some bad examples in mainstream media which attempt to explain sharia law but are so carefully worded that it does not even convey the severity of it. Could also mention how sharia law has tried to creep itself into Western countries, providing examples. Just so that the reader sees how this is all relevant to them.

      Some people I know keep denying that there could possibly be any religion that condones violence, even though they’ve never actually read any Islamic texts! It is actually a church pastor I’m referring to so he’s probably telling his whole congregation this and they’ll probably believe it without further investigation (because he knows a nice Muslim living in his street). Then they trail off with some vague comment like “but all religions have a violent history though” and it distracts from the main point. Most people in the West probably understand religion through a Judeo-Christian perspective whether they are religious or not, so they think it is inconceivable that any holy book could require its believers to do these things and don’t believe it.

      I’ve seen Muslims asking other Muslims online for advice about how they should respond when people accuse their religion of condoning rape and killing. Most of the time, they have to break their own rules of interpretation for the Qur’an to provide an explanation which is palatable to any civilized person. Some counter arguments addressing their most commonly used arguments to defend it could also be included in the handout- just in case gullible people take what they’ve said at face value.

    • Christine Godinet says

      Sep 27, 2014 at 9:17 am

      If Muslims want a caliphate – they should be shipped off to one. I believe there is one being put together right at this moment.
      Rescue all non-muslims from these areas and and swap them for the expelled Muslim immigrants who can then take their place in their caliphate they so long for.
      All followers of Islam in one place.
      Not good for Israel, but great for the rest of the world.

  2. Tradewinds says

    Sep 26, 2014 at 8:54 am

    Hey – they’re just obeying their “religion!” We must respect the jihad commands in the Q to kill us all!

  3. RichardTheLionheart says

    Sep 26, 2014 at 9:48 am

    This is such a racist islamaphobic world we live in, how dare we resist jihad terror and islamisation of the west. Dont we understand this is what god wants?

    Or so the media would want you to believe

    • Tradewinds says

      Sep 26, 2014 at 2:22 pm

      The media? How about the U.S. President and Secretary of State?

  4. tpellow says

    Sep 26, 2014 at 10:13 am

    “AL-QAEDA ARE PLANNING EUROPEAN ATTACKS TO PROVE THEIR CONTINUED RELEVANCE FOLLOWING THE RISE OF ISIS”

    http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/25/Al-Qaida-Planning-European-Attacks-To-Prove-Continued-Relevence

  5. Dr. Gonzalo de Porras says

    Sep 28, 2014 at 3:49 am

    La pasividad de los distintos gobiernos españoles , desde hace mas de una decada, está permitendo que las doctrinas islamistas se extiendan por todo el territorio nacional, especialmente en Cataluña, que es un semillero de yihadista y rn donde en muchos pueblos (dentro de poco) el número de musulmanes (nacionalizados ya como españoles) superará al de españoles. Como consecuencia y democráticamente estos pueblos caeran en el islamismo y nada me extrañaria que en ellos se proclamase la Sahari’a. En la propia capital Madrid hya una “Mezquita de Estrecho”, cuyo Iman proclama la guerra santa sin que nadie ponga fin a su discurso

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