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Islamic State justifies using child executioners by invoking Muhammad’s example

Mar 31, 2015 5:42 pm By Robert Spencer

jihadichild74Will one of the Muslim groups that has denounced the Islamic State kindly explain how the Islamic State is misrepresenting Muhammad’s example here, and why it is wrong on Islamic grounds to use children as jihadi executioners?

I thought not.

“Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Justifies Use Of Child Executioners,” by Joanna Paraszczuk, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 31, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The latest edition of Dabiq, the full-color, glossy propaganda magazine published by Islamic State (IS) militants, praises two children who have carried out execution-style killings for the militant group.

The eighth issue of Dabiq magazine, whose cover has the headline Sharia Alone Will Rule Africa, was shared on social media on March 30.

An article titled The Lions Of Tomorrow features photographs of the two child militants, both of whom are shown in videos apparently shooting captives that IS had accused of being foreign agents.

One of the children, who was shown apparently shooting dead two men accused of being Russian spies in a video released in January, looks very similar to a young Kazakh boy who appeared in an earlier video showing a group of ethnic Kazakh children undergoing military and ideological instruction.

The second child is shown in a video released earlier this month, where he appears to shoot dead a Palestinian man whom IS had accused of spying for Israel’s Mossad.

The Dabiq article refers to the children as “the lion cubs of the Khilafah (caliphate),” a term that IS has adopted to refer to its child militants. IS refers to the lands under its control as a “caliphate.”

IS’s use of children to carry out execution-style killings led to outpourings of shock and disgust across Western and Arab media. Dabiq referred to these reactions in its article, suggesting that IS militants had deliberately chosen to film the “child executioners” in order to create this response.

“As expected, the kuffar (infidels) were up in arms about the Khalifah’s use of ‘child soldiers’,” Dabiq wrote.

The author of the article goes on to justify the use of children as soldiers and to carry out killings by saying that this is part of IS’s interpretation of Islam and Islamic history.

“This was the Sunnah (Muslim way of life based on Muhammad’s teachings and the Koran) of Allah’s Messenger, who would allow those capable from among the young Sahabah (the Prophet Muhammad’s companions) to participate in his battles against the mushrikin (polytheists),” Dabiq says.

As part of its attempts to ground its justifications for training and using child soldiers in terms of Islamic history, law, and tradition, Dabiq also refers to the battle in which these children are being made to fight in terms of a centuries-long, epic struggle between Islam and the “crusaders” and “infidels.”

“The Islamic State has taken upon itself to fulfill the Ummah’s (the global community of Muslims) duty toward this generation by preparing it to face the crusaders and their allies in defense of Islam. … It has established institutes for these lion cubs to train and hone their military skills,” Dabiq adds.

Dabiq magazine is named after an area in Syria where some Muslims believe an apocalyptic battle between Islamic mujahedin (fighters who are waging jihad) and the “Romans,” or Christians, will take place….

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  1. Mac-101 says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 5:49 pm

    Just another example of the thousands in which THEY strive to follow the example of “The most perfect of men from the most perfect of Tribes”! Mohammad was straight from Satan as depicted by his words and DEEDS. Anyone who follows him must also be EVIL!

    • mortimer says

      Mar 31, 2015 at 6:01 pm

      The early caliphs created ‘Mohammed’ and Islam in their own image.

      • No Fear says

        Apr 1, 2015 at 12:34 am

        Yup. And it shows.

  2. mortimer says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    This is the worst sort of child abuse, teaching children to hate and commit murder. These are horrific war crimes that must be severely punished. Anyone working with ISIS should be given a life sentence for supporting such a barbaric, amoral association.

    Meanwhile, US military engineers and inventors will ‘hone’ their surveillance equipment, drones and explosives. The children will suffer with the adults who wrongly use them as human shields.

  3. RG says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 5:59 pm

    Hey, this makes perfect sense, if you believe in the “religion of death”! Question is – what’s to happen with these NOT SO INNOCENT children in the eternal Court of God’s perfect justice and mercy???? I don’t think there’s any doubt where they are going!!!

  4. allan carr bryan says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 6:00 pm

    Here’s a thought, when Hitler was running out of men to bolster his armies during WW2, what did he turn to? BOY soldiers, this seems to be what IS are doing now.

    • Lioness says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 9:17 am

      ISIS will always use children to teach them how to grow up to be proper psychopaths. It has to start from the very young. The kids come from good stock, their parents are psychopaths, so it’s in their genes; evel comes naturally to them.

      • James Key says

        Apr 2, 2015 at 2:39 pm

        How can it be good stock when they’ve been inbreeding for 1400 years and have an IQ around 80.

  5. Wellington says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 6:06 pm

    Yet again can be so clearly seen that the rot starts with Mohammed. As long as this seventh-century psychopath is honored rather than castigated, then the world at large, and especially the West, remains in deep trouble. After all, fighting evil is difficult enough but not recognizing evil and actually calling it something good is a prescription for societal suicide. Look to a nation like the UK for confirmation of this contention.

    • Champ says

      Mar 31, 2015 at 7:23 pm

      Hear, hear, Wellington!

    • ECAW says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 9:05 am

      “Look to a nation like the UK for confirmation of this contention.”

      And equally to the US.

  6. Fritz Kohlhaas says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 7:32 pm

    I say again: Islam delenda est!!!

  7. duh_swami says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    As the twig is bent so grows the savage. Allah willing…and he always is…

  8. Telter says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 9:07 pm

    ISIS Jihadi brides are flying over to get laid and some of them are underage. The child abuse does not exist in muslim nations. Its a normal part of life.

  9. somehistory says

    Mar 31, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    Daniel Greenfield wrote an enlightening article on the subject of each terror group doing worse than the previous group, and then the previous group is viewed as *moderate,* followed by the current atrocities being exceeded tomorrow. (These are not Mr. Greenfield’s exact words of course, but I am trying to convey the idea). At the moment, I cannot recall the name of the article, but it can be found on his blog. Perhaps someone else read it, or maybe I’ll recall the title later and return with it.

    He was making the point that when beheading no longer shocks, then burning alive is taken up, and when that no longer shocks, the terrorists think of another atrocity worse than they have done before.
    Using children…the most innocent of people…to kill those who refuse to worship satan is the latest evil from the mind of evil.

  10. pumbar says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 12:09 am

    Word has it that ABU, the islamic state’s ABBA tribute band will be playing Raqqa this weekend with hits such as;
    The Caliph takes it all
    Does your imam know
    Dancing shaheed
    Take a chance on Mo
    Gimme, gimme, gimme jizya after midnight
    And many more…

    • somehistory says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 10:08 am

      I prefer Three Dog Night…”Mama Told Me Not To Come.”

    • Ephesian says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 12:30 pm

      Or…”can you hear the bombs,Mohammed” and “knowing me,knowing my Imam”…and my personal favourite” Waterloo”

      • pumbar says

        Apr 1, 2015 at 11:52 pm

        I’d considered “slaughter-you” as a replacement for “Waterloo”.

    • somehistory says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      Or the Animals: “We Gotta Get Outta This Place…If It’s The Last Thing We Ever Do.”

    • Huck Folder says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 1:43 am

      Hotel Caliphornia.

  11. JamesonRocks says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 12:44 am

    Next they will tell us that this is just part of their new Cub Scout program…

    • Westman says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 1:01 am

      With a one finger hand sign. Motto: “On my honour I will do my best for Allah and NO country.

  12. PRCS says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 2:17 am

    The real tragedy here is that except for the few ‘kufar’ they kill, they’re all Muslims and it’s Islam uber alles.

    Once those kids have been indoctrinated, it will be difficult to teach them otherwise.

    Once they’ve shot an ‘infidel’ in the back of his head, it could be impossible to reeducate them, and reintegration into ‘civil’ society may ultimately become impossible, too.

  13. jihad me at hello says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 6:32 am

    Eating human hearts, child executioners, are there any evils this demonic zombie cult would consider off limits?

  14. Midway says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 6:52 am

    The UN is too busy targeting Israel. It is mystifying how the world just looks the other way while the Islamo Nazis just gets crazier.

  15. wallace says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 7:08 am

    Hi jihad at me hello, “are there any limits this demonic zombie cult would consider off limits” . A look at the history of this cult would clearly show the answer to be a no. As the only purpose of the infidel and hypocrites are to feed the fires of hell all forms of barbarity against them is on the menu, this keeps their rank and file in line , as Mo said” i have been made victorious through terror” beheadings , cruxifixions, stonings , burnings, thrown off buildings, amputations and floggings are all grist to the mill, all are acceptable to the moon god.

  16. John says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 9:02 am

    Years ago when I would read about the prophet Samuel telling Saul to kill all the men, women, and children it disturbed me. I wondered why God would be so all encompassing. It seemed cruel. Now I know. It was an act of compassion and preservation for his people. This is the same race from which ISIS and many others have sprung. Just watching how they train these kids at an early age to hate is awful, but by the time they are 10-12 they are ready to kill, and do it proudly. We tend to think of all children as innocent, loveable, cuddly creatures who enjoy watching cartoons, going to McDonalds, playing with their friends, etc. Not these kids. They are filled with rage and hate, and it’s demonic.

    • somehistory says

      Apr 1, 2015 at 10:18 am

      I, too, have felt *disturbed* when reading of the accounts where even children were to be killed. Even after having been threatened with all manner of hurt by young boys in my charge, it was still hard to read the accounts without some wondering. But children can be taught to hate and kill from a very early age as evidenced by this evil. It makes my heart hurt as I also see small children as innocently playing, laughing and loving unconditionally as they are meant to do, bringing joy to their family.

    • James Key says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 2:49 pm

      This is why they need to be wiped out period. The days of niceties is over, but our leaders, at least in the US haven’t understood since WWII. If you’re going to fight, make it total war.

  17. Proud English Infidel says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 10:17 am

    Mohammed was a paedo so recruiting children is no big deal.

  18. Jay Airahs says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 9:04 pm

    test

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