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Over 25,000 foreign jihadis have joined the Islamic State and al-Qaeda

Apr 1, 2015 11:03 pm By Robert Spencer

Islamic-State925,000 Muslims from all over the world have joined the jihad. They all apparently misunderstood Islam in the same way — a catechetical failure of monumental proportions on the part of Islamic authorities, but no one seems to have noticed and certainly no one cares about it.

“UN Report: More Than 25,000 Foreigners Fight With Terrorists,” by Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press, April 1, 2015:

The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from over 100 nations, according to a new U.N. report.

The panel of experts monitoring U.N. sanctions against al-Qaida said in the report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press that its analysis indicates the number of foreign terrorist fighters worldwide increased by 71 percent between mid-2014 and March 2015.

It said the scale of the problem has increased over the past three years and the flow of foreign fighters “is higher than it has ever been historically.”

The overall number of foreign terrorist fighters has “risen sharply from a few thousand … a decade ago to more than 25,000 today,” the panel said in the report to the U.N. Security Council.

The report said just two countries have accounted for over 20,000 foreign fighters: Syria and Iraq. They went to fight primarily for the Islamic State group but also the Al-Nusra Front.

Looking ahead, the panel said the thousands of foreign fighters who traveled to Syria and Iraq are living and working in “a veritable ‘international finishing school’ for extremists,” as was the case in Afghanistan in the 1990s….

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  1. Huck Folder says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 1:35 am

    So they can count them but not stop them?
    Or stop them returning?

  2. PRCS says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 2:46 am

    Truly odd that so many Muslims have chosen to join an organization that has absolutely nothing to do with Islam.

  3. duh_swami says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 4:40 am

    They have been reading the exploits of Mohound, and how he had a great life robbing, murdering, raping, abusing thousands…It is an Islamic fantasy like ‘The Arabian Night’s, but more violent. Now they can live out that fantasy as sunnah, with ISIS, they too can rape, murder, rob. and best of all, abuse children.
    How can a faithful and very pious Mahoundian turn down an offer like that?

    • Shane says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 10:17 am

      Yes, when Muslims ask themselves – “What would Muhammad do” they go out an join ISIS as ISIS is doing everything that Muhammad did during his many battles with the infidels.

  4. torino390 says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 7:25 am

    so we have practically a war on our hands, and still no-one can see it? why is that?

  5. Keith Jordan says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 8:43 am

    I am struggling to understand the point of this article.

    • Mirren10 says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 2:39 pm

      I would imagine you would struggle to undestand the law of gravity, or that 2 + 2 = 4.

      The *point* is, that every single apologist for islam, plus hundreds of ‘moderate’ muslims who are forever trying to persuade us that islam is actually benign, rather than the malignant cult we know it to be, are constantly banging the drum that any muslim who espouses violence, is a **misunderstander ** of the wonderful peaceful religion of islam.

      So, what we have here, is **25,000* people who have all ‘misunderstood’ islam in exactly the same way; plus IS, which misunderstands islam, the KSA, which does the same, plus millions of muslims world wide, who carry out violence and murder in the name of their religion, but who are somehow misunderstanding it.

      You know, if I espoused a religion which millions somehow or other misunderstood the tenets of, I would begin to wonder if there wasn’t something radically wrong with the religion.

      But I don’t expect such elementary evidence and logic to cross your radar – you are struggling to understand.

  6. shabeer_hassan says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 1:54 pm

    @Over 25,000 foreign jihadis have joined the Islamic State and al-Qaeda… ………

    BIG FAT LIE……………I DON’T THINK SO ,THE WESTERN MUSLIM ARE GOOD & COURAGEOUS PEOPLE ,THEY COME TO ISLAM FOR EARNING THE COMPLETE LEVEL OF SALVATION ,THEY CAN UNDERSTAND,ITS GOT FROM ONLY ISLAM,THEY COME TO ISLAM ,BEC’S THEY ARE AGAINST THE CRIME/VULGARITY THAT NOW WESTERN WORLD GOING ON…….

    ISIS IS THE PRODUCT OF SOME JEWISH & NEO CRUSADERS FOR CRITICIZING ISLAM WITH BLOODSHED & VIOLENCE,50% OF THE STORY FABRICATED /LIE ,BEC’S TODAY WESTERN WORLD GOING ON MASS CONVERSION(ESPECIALLY AFTER THE NEW YORK ) ,THEY CAN’T STOP IT,THEY UTTERLY FAILED DEBATE WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLARS,FROM THE QURAN & HADITH THEY CAN’T GET VALUABLE EVIDENCE FOR CRITICIZE,PLAN A FAILED,SO THEY NATURALLY GOING TO PLAN B (9/11,LONDON,PARIS,BOSTON),ISLAMIC CONVERSION INCREASED,ALL THE LIES OPEN,AFTER 200 ENGINEERS FROM UNITED STATE,LOSE CHANGE,WIKISPORE,MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ASKING /QUESTIONING/ AGAINST THE US GOVT,THEY PROVIDE LOT OF PROOF FOR 9/11 , ‘ AN INSIDE JOB ‘ ,FROM LARRY SILVERSTINE TO DANCING ISRAEL THEY ASKING THOUSANDS OF QUESTIONS ,US GOVT HAS NO ANSWER,TODAY 50%-60% US PEOPLE (60-70% NON US) BELIEVE THAT 9/11 IS AN INSIDE JOB.
    MY QUESTION SO WHY R THEY KILL 15,000 INNOCENT AFGHAN DESERT PEOPLE?
    SUPPOSE WE AGREED THAT 9/11 DID BY LADEN ,HE KILLED 3000 INNOCENT PEOPLE ,HE WAS TERRORIST, SO WHAT ABOUT 15,000 INNOCENT AFGHAN PEOPLE KILLED BUSH,TERRORIST?
    TODAY WE R THE PERIOD OF PLAN C(CREATING SOME BLOODIEST ORGANISATION INSIDE ISLAMIC NATION ,AND SAYS THE WORLD FROM THEIR MEDIA ” THIS IS ISLAMIC “,OH ALLAH WHAT A COWARDS/LOSERS/FOOLISH PEOPLE THEY R ? AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT COMMON SENSE THEY HAVE ? THEY GOT TWO KICK FROM ALLHA,NOW BEGGING FOR THIRD……….

    MY ADVICE TO BROTHERS/SISTER PLZ LEAVE THIS HATE SITE ,ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF ALMIGHTY ALLHA ,HE CREATE UNIVERSE & ITS GOING ON ONLY ACCORDING TO HIS WILL,
    I AM & MUSLIM 0% OF VARIES ABOUT ISLAM,BEC’S ITS RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN ITS CREATOR,HE CREATE EARTH,SEA,FOREST,ANIMAL,PLANTS& ALL….UNIVERSES IS GOING UNDER HIS CONTROL ,WE EXCEPT GOD (ALL THE UNIVERSE & INSIDE IT) EVER CREATED AN SINGLE ATOM,HOW DARE WE R TALKING ABOUT HIS RELIGION?
    ACTUALLY U R EARNING ETERNAL DOOM /HELL/ BY U’R POSTING,LINES,WORDS,LETTERS .U R DIGGING U’R ETERNAL DOOM,THAT THE ONLY THINGS GOING ON HERE ,PLZ READ THE QURANIC HISTORY,LOT OF PEOPLE THEY TRY TO DESTROY ISLAM FROM EARTH ,THEY HAVE POWER,MONEY,ARMY,ETC .WHERE R THEY? ISLAM LIVING HERE…
    ANY WAY EVERY PERSON WILL MUST SURRENDERED TO ALLAH RELIGION,BEC’S THIS UNIVERSE AND ALL FOR HIM ,NOT VISITOR LIKE US,MUSLIM ACCEPT ISLAM HERE & NON MUSLIM HERE AFTER,NONE OF THE NON MUSLIM THROW IN TO THE ETERNAL HELL UNTIL THEY ALL R SURRENDER TO ISLAM THE ONLY TRUE RELIGION OF ALLHA.
    20: 110. He (Allâh) knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them (in the Hereafter), and they will never compass anything of His Knowledge.
    23: 115. “Did you think that We had created you in play (without any purpose), and that you would not be brought back to Us?”
    21: 47. And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. And if there be the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient are We as Reckoners.
    36: 54. This Day (Day of Resurrection), none will be wronged in anything, nor will you be requited anything except that which you used to do.
    NON MUSLIM AGREED THEIR SIN
    46: 34. And on the Day when those who disbelieve will be exposed to the Fire (it will be said to them): “Is this not the truth?” They will say: “Yes, By our Lord!” He will say: “Then taste the torment, because you used to disbelieve!”
    67: 9. They will say: “Yes indeed; a Warner did come to us, but we belied him and said: ‘Allâh never sent down anything (of revelation), you are only in great error.'”
    10. And they will say: “Had we but listened or used our intelligence, we would not have been among the dwellers of the blazing Fire!”
    11. Then they will confess their sin. So, away with the dwellers of the blazing Fire.
    Sinner asks help from Muslim:
    57: 13. On the Day when the hypocrites’ men and women will say to the believers: “Wait for us! Let us get something from your light!” It will be said: “Go back to your rear! Then seek a light!” So a wall will be put up between them, with a gate therein. Inside it will be mercy, and outside it will be torment.”
    Sinner agreed true Islam when they saw the punishment:
    40: 84. So when they saw Our punishment, they said: “We believe in Allâh Alone and reject (all) that we used to associate with Him as (His) partners.
    85. Then their Faith (in Islâmic Monotheism) could not avail them when they saw Our punishment. (Like) this has been the way of Allâh in dealing with His slaves. And there the disbelievers lost utterly (when Our Torment covered them).
    89: 23. And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
    24. He will say: “Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!”
    25. So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish.
    26. And none will bind as He will bind.
    Allha forgive sin
    4: 17. Allâh accepts only the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and foolishness and repent soon afterwards; it is they to whom Allâh will forgive and Allâh is Ever AllKnower, AllWise.
    4: 106. And seek the Forgiveness of Allâh, certainly, Allâh is Ever OftForgiving, Most Merciful.

    • Darren says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 7:07 pm

      Your religion was created by a mass murdering sociopathic warlord, slave owner, pedophile, pirate, extortionist, pedophile, be-header. There is nothing good about your sick twisted death cult. Everywhere your death cult thrives death and misery flourishes. Why is this site a hate site? Infidels telling the truth is considered hateful to you. Killing and murdering innocent women and children all over the world who aren’t muslim, not so much. May the civilized world wake up from it’s slumber and drive your barbarian hordes into the sea. Your religion is a cancer to humanity.

    • rev g says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 7:36 pm

      islam is satanic.

    • Jay Boo says

      Apr 2, 2015 at 8:26 pm

      You convinced me this time shabeer
      I am going to visit the nearest mosque for Friday prayers tomorrow and snoop around as I mingle among the pious on prayer mats.
      A few Allahu akbars and no one will be the wiser as I walk about in an Islamic man-dress wearing a kufi cap and elastic supported bushy beard.

    • torino390 says

      Apr 3, 2015 at 4:22 am

      you scare me. you and the billion others.

  7. Loren G says

    Apr 2, 2015 at 6:02 pm

    I suspect Shabeer-Hussein is having a psychopathic disorder. His long rant was full of idiotic nonsense, and angry diatribes.

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