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Islamic State in Sudan: “We are here for the sake of Allah”

Jun 17, 2015 3:17 pm By Robert Spencer

Islamic State 13“These young students, from Khartoum’s upper middle class, are believed to have entered Syria illegally and are currently volunteering as medics in ISIS strongholds. Five of them are students at one of Sudan’s most expensive higher education institutions, the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST).” But…but…poverty and ignorance cause terrorism, don’t they, Mr. Kerry?

“We are here for the sake of Allah” — not that this has anything to do with Islam. “The looming threat of ISIS in Sudan,” by Mohamed Elshabik, Open Democracy, June 17, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The news about Sudanese students who fled to Syria via Turkey in March went viral and shocked many in Sudan and beyond. These young students, from Khartoum’s upper middle class, are believed to have entered Syria illegally and are currently volunteering as medics in ISIS strongholds. Five of them are students at one of Sudan’s most expensive higher education institutions, the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST).

Their departure from Khartoum to Turkey would have been noticed had it not been for their foreign passports, as Sudanese immigration law requires exit visas for Sudanese travelling abroad, stating their reason for travel, and on the Turkish side, borders are open only for western passport bearers.

One of the fugitives stated on twitter, “we are a big group here, we are safe, and everything is OK”; when asked to contact his heartbroken mother, his reply summed up their mission: “we are here for the sake of Allah”.

Although the real motive for the students’ travel to an ISIS stronghold has yet to be proven, from a Sudanese perspective their story has refocused attention on the fragile state of the country and the looming threat of the growing ISIS recruitment machine….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), Sudan Tagged With: University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST)


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  1. Angemon says

    Jun 17, 2015 at 4:29 pm

    Although the real motive for the students’ travel to an ISIS stronghold has yet to be proven

    Huh, “real motive”? I think one of them was quite clear about his motive:

    One of the fugitives … summed up their mission: “we are here for the sake of Allah”.

    Religion, pure and simple.

    • PJG says

      Jun 17, 2015 at 9:23 pm

      Yes,it is stunning, isn’t it? That bit really jumped out.
      And the writer is a Muslim, not your usual Lefty journalist.

  2. Travis Zly says

    Jun 17, 2015 at 6:15 pm

    72 young virgins, waiting in the sky.
    One young jihadi, desperate to die.
    He prays and prays for virgins, morning, noon and night.
    He says it’s all for Allah, but that is far from right:
    It’s how he lusts for women, that’s his reason why.

  3. abad says

    Jun 17, 2015 at 7:33 pm

    “We are here for the sake of killing in the name of Allah”

    Fixed it for you

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