(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/3/15) — Later today, representatives of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and other national and local leaders who believe in national defense and human rights will hold a news conference near the headquarters of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), designated a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates, to condemn the terror group the Islamic State’s “unspeakable” brutality, to explain the foundations of its brutality in Islamic texts and teachings, and to call upon Muslim groups like Hamas-linked CAIR not just to condemn these acts, but to institute programs in U.S. mosques and Islamic schools that actively teach against the Islamic State’s understanding of Islam.
“We join the world community in mourning the death of yet another victim of the Islamic State’s brutality. This unspeakable Islamic act must be condemned by anyone with even a spark of humanity,” said AFDI President Pamela Geller. “Such inhuman acts are designed to provoke hatred and to create divisions, and we must not fall into this trap laid by the terrorists. It is long past time for Muslim groups who say they condemn these acts to back up their words with actions.”
Geller added: “We are calling for an end to the war on information. Groups like Hamas-CAIR are disarming the American people, leaving them completely unprepared for the coming onslaught.”
“Hundreds of Muslims from the U.S.,” said Geller, “have gone to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State. This shows the hollowness of the condemnations of the Islamic State from groups like Hamas-CAIR. We don’t need more empty words. We need Hamas-CAIR and other Muslim groups to show they really reject the Islamic State’s ideology by teaching and working against it. Until then, their condemnation just exposes them yet again as hypocrites.”
Jihad Watch Vice President Robert Spencer explained: “The video showing the Jordanian hostage being burned to death is entitled, ‘Healing the Believers Chests.’ That’s from the Qur’an: “Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, cover them with shame, help you over them, heal the breasts of Believers.” (Qur’an 9:14) Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar, who years ago tried to murder students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the name of Islam and jihad, also referenced this verse when explaining his actions.”
Spencer added: “There is also this story from Muhammad’s conquest of Khaybar: ‘Kinana b. al-Rabi, who had the custody of the treasure of B. al-Nadir, was brought to the apostle who asked him about it. He denied that he knew where it was. A Jew came (T. was brought) to the apostle and said that he had seen Kinana going round a certain ruin every morning early. When the apostle said to Kinana, “Do you know that if we find you have it I shall kill you?” he said Yes. The apostle gave orders that the ruin was to be excavated and some of the treasure was found. When he asked him about the rest he refused to produce it, so the apostle gave orders to al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam, “Torture him until you extract what he has,” so he kindled a fire with flint and steel on his chest until he was nearly dead. Then the apostle delivered him to Muhammad b. Maslama and he struck off his head, in revenge for his brother Mahmud.’” That is from Ibn Ishaq’s eighth-century biography of Muhammad (515).
AFDI is America’s most forthright and outspoken civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of the jihad doctrine and Islamic supremacism, encourage honest action to protect civil liberties, empower free Americans, and build coalitions that defend justice, freedom, and human rights.
Jeff says
Such programs would have to involve educating Muslims that following the Qur’an and example of their prophet is wrong. Somehow, I don’t think it’s going to work.
jihad3tracker says
***** ANOTHER HELLO TO KEITH ELLISON AND ANDRE CARSON *****
So, is the Islamophobia word still effective to fool clueless Americans ? Did the Jordanian pilot’s being burned alive delay your evening prayer ? Does blood on those expensive Capitol Hill suits wash out easily ?
And most important of all : WILL YOU EVER GENUINELY CHOOSE LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES — INSTEAD OF HOPE FOR A RESTORATION OF THE CALIPHATE ?
More Ham Ed says
Robert Spender and Pamela Geller are proceeding with THE MOST accurate and informative direction to go with that I’ve observed of anyone the past ten years but Islam is so far from a reformation, that it seems such a thing will never take place. WW3 might take place but an Islamic reformation most likely will not. However, if there is going to be a direction to proceed with, Robert has the lead with that.
M S case says
Reformation comes in the form of fire bombing..Then they can feel what it’s like to be burned up
Bettina says
Could the media, politicians and others just stop linking IS with the non-descript, over-used term ‘brutality,’ even when preceded by ‘unspeakable’ as seen in this headline. Simply and accurately put, these acts are sadistic, grizzly, gruesome. Even ‘barbarian’ is now being overused thanks to these monsters.
jihad3tracker says
Regarding the non-descript terms comment : YES, what IS does should be “simply and accurately put”, and that reality is in the Trilogy: :foundational Muslim texts — Qur’an / Hadith / Sira.
But well-intentioned but clueless Westerners, the “all religions deserve respect” crowd, want to separate their fantasy from IS’s Islam — as you write , ” sadistic, grizzly, gruesome”.
Bettina says
Hi, J3T — One note of consolation to us all appears to be Fox News’ ramming our supreme, catatonic chief of treachery for never, ever naming our enemy correctly and completely.
Where’s the fire in that flaccid psyche of his? Where’s the loyalty to our American land before all else, in this time of war? Is there even a war? If there is, I’m still waiting for the US to declare.
Oh but wait — that might take a century or two… God, how I despise that guy.
Sam says
Thank you again Pam and Robert!!
Jae M says
Yes, thank God for Pamela and Robert who stand for the truth.
Brian Hoff says
Our Mosque and Islamist Sunday school treach that muslim must be peaceful law adiding people. On Firday moon time prayer out of total of 6000 thousand only 600 show up than only alittle over 100 chidern show up for sunday school.
Angemon says
Brian Hoff posted:
“Our Mosque and Islamist Sunday school”
“Islamist”, eh? For years, TPTB (The Powers That Be) have been making a distinction between muslims and islamists, where islamists is the name given to jihadis like, for example, the islamic state. And Brian here tells us that he goes to an islamist school. Seems like Brian should be on a watch-list…
And Sunday-school? Christians are the Sunday people, muslims are the Friday people. And the Friday people say “first the Saturday people, then the Sunday people”, meaning first they get rid of the Jews and then they get rid of the Christians.
“treach that muslim must be peaceful law adiding people”
What law would that be? The law of the land or sharia law? This is a good example of islamic dual-speak.
Salah says
Today, Jordanian pilot burned alive: (Video / graphic)
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/09/burned-alivebrules-vifs.html
14 centuries earlier: Old woman split in two.
http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/04/um-kerfa-oum-kerfa.html
Unspeakable brutality *is* Islamic.
Semeru says
Slightly off topic, but whatever happened to the AFDI First Annual Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest.
I see that all mention of if has disappeared from this site and Gellers.
http://goo.gl/yufgRq
duh_swami says
How many articles about it would you like to see?
shabeer_hassan says
Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.3.10
Do not kill women or children or an aged, weak person,Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees.Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. *****Do not burn bees******* and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty,
NO BURN EVEN BEES…..
Forbid burning human:
Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4939
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab:
Masruq said: I met Umar ibn al-Khattab (Allah be pleased with him) who said: Who are you? I replied: Masruq ibn al-Ajda’. Umar then said: I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) say: al-Ajda’ (mutilated) is a devil.
Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 84 :: Hadith 57
Bukhari :: Book 9 :: Volume 84 :: Hadith 57
Narrated ‘Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to ‘Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn ‘Abbas who said, “If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah’s Apostle forbade it, saying, ‘Do not punish anybody with Allah’s punishment (fire).’ …..
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 259
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 259
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle sent us in a mission (i.e. am army-unit) and said, “If you find so-and-so and so-and-so, burn both of them with fire.” When we intended to depart, Allah’s Apostle said, “I have ordered you to burn so-and-so and so-and-so, and it is none but Allah Who punishes with fire, so, if you find them, kill them.”
Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2667
Dawud :: Book 14 : Hadith 2667
Narrated Hamzah al-Aslami:
The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) appointed him commander over a detachment. He said: I went out along with it. He (the Prophet) said: If you find so-and-so, burn him with the fire. I then turned away, and he called me. So I returned to him, and he said: If you find so-and-so, kill him, and do not burn him, for no one punishes with fire except the Lord of the fire.
BURNING HUMAN CHARACTER OF KUFAR
85:10. Verily, those who put into trial the believing men and believing women (by torturing them and burning them), and then do not turn in repentance, (to Allâh), will have the torment of Hell, and they will have the punishment of the burning Fire.
85:7. And they witnessed what they were doing against the believers (i.e. burning them).
8. They had nothing against them, except that they believed in Allâh, the All-Mighty, Worthy of all Praise!
( Ibn Kathir says )This is information about a group of people who were among the disbelievers. They went after those among them who believed in Allah and they attempted to force them to give up their religion. However, the believers refused to recant, so they dug a ditch for them in the ground. Then they lit a fire in it and prepared some fuel for it in order to keep it ablaze. Then they tried to convince them (the believers) to apostate from their religion (again), but they still refused them. So they threw them into the fire.
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 276
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 52 :: Hadith 61
Muslim :: Book 20 : Hadith 4683
Angemon says
shabeer_hassan posted:
“Malik :: Book 21 : Hadith 21.3.10
Do not kill women or children”
Malik is kinda weak, isn’t it?
Here, have some Bukhari and Sahih muslim:
“It is reported on the authority of Sa’b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: “They are from them.”“
Western Canadian says
That anyone, but ANYONE, even the most ignorant and dimwitted of devout muslims, could possibly think that the type of drivel this lout posts, actually represents the REAL (rape and murder children, rape anyone and murder them, slavery, mass slaughter for fun and profit….) islam, is beyond pathetic.
Just like the sub-animal who founded the non-religion of islam.