There has been a spate of such attacks in Jerusalem and elsewhere lately — and a billboard in Nazareth calling for them, but of course only AFDI billboards and advertisements are offensive. Last October the Islamic State issued this call to Muslims in the West: “If you are not able to find an IED [improvised explosive device] or a bullet … smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him. If you are unable to do so, then burn his home, car or business. Or destroy his crops.”
“Security forces arrest Islamic Jihad man on suspicion of running over 3 Israelis,” by Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post, June 16, 2015:
Security forces arrested a 22-year-old resident of Hebron on suspicion of running over and injuring three Israelis at Alon Shvut Junction at Gush Etzion in May.
In a joint Shin Bet, IDF and Israel Police operation, Muhammad Arfaya, an Islamic Jihad member, was taken into custody, security forces announced on Tuesday.
During questioning, the Shin Bet said, the suspect confessed to acting on his own initiative to murder Israelis in Judea and Samaria.
He told interrogators that he set out on past occasions with a knife to stab Israelis, but that his efforts were unsuccessful.
The Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency said Arfaya’s actions were an instance of a lone-wolf, unorganized terror attack, the latest in a series of such attacks, which lack the support of an organization or co-conspirators.
Arfaya will be charged at the Judea Military court in the coming days with terrorism charges.
duh_swami says
Around here, Abu, the ‘crops’ are guarded by armed men and big black dogs, and sometimes rattlesnakes.
But seriously, Allah is very wise to provide the world with multi use cars. Not only can you get your kids to school on time, but on the way home there are lots of opportunities for ‘pedestrian polo’…Mahoundians get special points from Allah for each kuffar polo-ized. Looks like the sport of pedestrian polo is on the rise with Islam, Allah willing, and he always is…
boakai ngombu says
are you saying that the allah god of islam (unknowable; the best of all deceivers) is maleficent and belligerent and is gay and delighted that his slaves: murder, bring chaos, ruin … out of LOVE for it?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Pedestrian Polo, gotta love it. Haa. This latest incident recalls the Vehicular Jihad incidents at the Jewish temple in Seattle and the mow down job done on the commons of the UNC campus at Chapel Hill. As I recall the former resulted in a death or two, the latter (at Spencer’s alma mater) resulted only in injuries.
All this was inspired by Osama (not Obama) bin Laden. Driven by desperate poverty, he had his boys flying airliners into the World Trade Center. It was an obvious step for small time Moslems to start mowing down Infidels with their cars. Breed and mow, these Moslems never stop. Always on the move, always in the groove.
Red Bee says
The term “lone wolf” is misleading. It suggests they acted on their own like the UNA bomber, Anders Breivik and Timothy McVeigh. The jihadists are different; they do not come up with this idea themselves. They are urged to act by certain Muslim leaders. Though there is probably no formal chain of command they are still led from above and are part of an organization: radical Islam.
Why they attack in a rather stupid way, they are almost sure to get caught, is not clear to me. It may have something to do with the Koran or the dynamics of a religious community.
My website (click my name) is designed to enable visitors to take a closer look at the Koran and draw their own conclusions before reading mine. The Koran is not just another religious book as many people probably assume, like I did. If you think it is, spend 10 minutes and you may get a surprise.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
The term “lone wolf” is misleading. It suggests they acted on their own like the UNA bomber, Anders Breivik and Timothy McVeigh.
It is a well documented and undisputed fact that McVeigh was involved with Moslems in the months leading up to the McMurrah mass murder. In fact, the night before the big boom a dozen witnesses in a strip club watched McVeigh drink with a local Moslem slumlord/professor. The strip club witnesses swore affidavits to that; others swore affidavits to McVeigh being with Moslems in elsewhere in OK City in the days before it happened.
This doesn’t fit the “narrative” and reeks of conspiracy theory, but facts are facts. McVeigh was not only not alone, he was what the spooks call a cutaway for a group of at least a dozen Moslems in the days leading up to the mass murder there.
Angemon says
What a lovely fellow. Maybe he should write a letter to Ben Affleck and ask for his sandwich…
mortimer says
vigilantism…normative Islam, approved by sharia law
Larry Bama says
If the Muslim creep runs over anyone…we should have a drone target him and his house with a bomb.
Paul says
Is it just me?
When I talk about this stuff to others, people stop talking and look at each other as if it is the first time they’ve heard it.
Not in a good way, either. I am then the Nazi, the racist, the misanthrope, the judge and jury and the thinks-he- knows -it-all
It is really difficult to bring this stuff up as you WILL be ostracised.
But- we have to keep doing it.
It is harder,perhaps, in ‘liberal’ countries. I have Dutch neighbours who think I am literally mad for my respect for Geert Wilders,
God knows how hard it must be for others.
Per ardua ad astra?
mortimer says
You’re talking to the 30% who don’t see Islam as a threat to our way of life. 70% are concerned about the jihad threat, but don’t want to learn about it. Virtually 100% is unprepared to learn about the jihad threat.
In order to pay attention, your audience needs to believe that Islam and jihad will affect them personally. A few things that directly affect them personally now are the price of oil and travel security. Women will be motivated by the issues of gender discrimination in Islamic countries. They have much to lose.
Many military members and police have had personal experience with jihad. They understand the threat, but they are not able to communicate it well. They understand the intolerance, backwardness
We have to learn how to communicate. Our message is getting through, however slowly. As long as ISIS, Iran and Saudi Arabia are so obviously discriminatory to women and others, it is easier (but far from easy) to discuss the evils of Islam. We need to be objective about discussing valid STATISTICS of abuse and the number of Muslims that support the abuses and don’t object to the barbarism.
KEEP PLUGGING AWAY. We will dig a road for counterjihad information bit by bit. The jihadists are losing the public relations campaign in a big way.
RonaldB says
“A few things that directly affect them personally now are the price of oil and travel security.”
Actually, the price of oil is one of the things that is likely not associated with Islam. We now get more oil from local sources, Canada and the US, than we do from Saudi Arabia. The new developments in fracking have sent the known oil reserves through the roof. The Obama administration has opposed the keystone oil pipeline for vague reasons, a pipeline that would do much to encourage local oil production and refining.
The big problem with oil is not that the Saudis, or other Muslim countries, can cut off our supply, but that the presence of oil in their countries allows them to have vast pools of money with which they can literally buy our government and institutions. The United States needs to have very strict laws, enforced by felony provisions, concerning any direct or indirect foreign payments to present or past government officials. Also, foreign money sources for religious or educational institutions should be stopped. The Saudis are welcome to buy silver-plated cars, weekends in London, or even, heaven forbid, development projects in under-developed countries, but they are not welcome to buy politicians or influence…or at least, should not be welcome to.
Judi says
Paul – you are not on your own. If I mention the word ‘Muslim ‘ to certain people(not all), their eyes usually glaze over, and they invariably change the subject. Did I mention I live in Englandstan!!
dumbledoresarmy says
Paul
I think *every* jihadwatch “regular” (including the ‘old hands’ who have been here since the forum began in 2003) has had similar experiences.
Have you ever visited the “Citizen Warrior” website? Worth a visit, or several visits. The person there focuses almost entirely on “how to get through to the uninformed/ misinformed”. Very helpful. Lots of tips and examples.
Spend some time there, maybe even get the book “Getting Through” and then …once you feel a bit more confident, start practising one or two of the suggested lines of approach, and see what happens.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
No, no Paul: It’s not ‘just [you]’. Of course not.
It’s exactly as difficult as you describe but! My perspective is: This is our ‘widow’s mite’.
Our valiant Military risks their lives in this war, as do our first responders. What do we risk? Oh-ostracism. Ridicule, belittlement, dislike. And the point is?
I also like to remember Blessed Mother Teresa’s outlook. She said, ‘It is not our duty to be successful, just faithful’. That is tremendously…uh, relaxing to me! Faithful, I can do. Successful is out of my hands, by and large. But don’t forget-we get to ask for God’s help! Which most certainly gives us an edge.
TruthWFree says
I do the same. After 9/11, I got a copy of the Quran and read it and excerpted on an excel spreadsheet over 100 violent verses against unbelievers.. I read Serge Trifkovic’s The Sword of the Prophet and then happened on to Robert’s books…Complete Infidels Guide (PIG) to Islam and The Truth About Muhammad. I read many accounts of people who left Islam like Mark Gabriel and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Wafa Sultan and others plus Ali Sina’s website FaithFreedom.org. I started preaching to all who would listen about the dangers of Islam. I joined Brigitte Gabriel’s group ACT for America and started a chapter…a small one but we are all still in touch over the years. I spoke to an American Legion group and a Knights of Columbus group and had a session with a Catholic priest on my knowledge of Islam. I wanted to speak to the congregation but he says, I don’t want to fight that battle. The awareness of Islam and its hate filled violent teachings is growing but like politics, many people are oblivious to the damage Obama is doing to America. We need to keep preaching the TRUTH about Islam and its teachings regardless of people’s reactions. They will eventually connect the dots between Islam and all the atrocities committed around the world. I have to admit, the inability to see that is like a mental disease…maybe because Islam is Satan inspired..that’s my conclusion based on all of my study including knowledge of the Bible and Jesus Christ’s teachings in the Gospels. Never give up…This evil must be fought. Islam is in a war with us unbelievers whether we like it or not.
Mirren10 says
‘The Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency said Arfaya’s actions were an instance of a lone-wolf, unorganized terror attack, the latest in a series of such attacks, which lack the support of an organization or co-conspirators.”
They clearly have the support of IS, including *orders*.
”Islamic State issued this call to Muslims in the West: “If you are not able to find an IED [improvised explosive device] or a bullet … smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him. If you are unable to do so, then burn his home, car or business. Or destroy his crops.”
Carlos Danger says
Shin Bet should have capped his arse.
He’ll be back on he streets in a few years.