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Ramadan begins in Yemen: Islamic State murders 31 with bombs at Shi’ite mosques

Jun 18, 2015 7:00 am By Robert Spencer

yemen mosque attack“The bombs exploded almost simultaneously just after sundown on the eve of Ramadan” — and so the month in which Muslims rededicate themselves to the service of Allah gets a bloody kickoff, in what the perpetrators no doubt believe to be a great act of service to Allah.

“Dozens killed and injured in Sanaa mosque blasts,” Middle East Eye, June 17, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The Yemeni capital was rocked on Wednesday night by five bombs that targeted mosques and a house of a senior Houthi militaman.

Thirty-one people were killed, according to AFP, with dozens feared injured, as the bombs exploded almost simultaneously just after sundown on the eve of Ramadan.

Two car bombs targeted mosques, while a third hit the house of the head of the Houthi militia politburo, Saleh al-Sammad. Explosive devices also went off at two other mosques.

It was not immediately possible to obtain a more detailed breakdown of the numbers of people killed and wounded.

Video footage that purports to be from the scene of one of the explosions, outside the Green Dome Mosque in Hayel Street, shows fire spreading to nearby buildings after the huge blast.

A separate clip shows bystanders rushing to the site of the blasts to try and rescue the wounded.

The mosques that were targeted were frequented by Houthi supporters, according to Yemeni journalist Nasser Arabyee.

The mosques are in residential areas of the city populated by civilians.

Ahmed Sayaghi, a Yemeni whose house is 200m from the site of the Green Dome mosque bombing, told Middle East Eye that he heard a “huge” explosion from where he was standing at a hospital nearly a kilometre from the blast site.

“The blast happened exactly at the time of sundown prayers. As is the case after every explosion, huge crowds of people gathered at the site of the bombing.”…

Islamic State (IS) in Yemen, which recently announced that it has active branches in Yemen, put out an official statement just over an hour after the attacks claiming responsibility for them.

In the statement, IS said the attacks had been carried out “as revenge for Muslims against the Rafidi Houthis,” using a derogatory term for Shiite Muslims.

Two previous similar attacks involving bombs placed outside mosques have later been claimed by IS….

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  1. Angemon says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 7:16 am

    Ah, I was wondering whether or not ramadan would start with a bang…

  2. duh_swami says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 7:19 am

    It’s a great start for Ramadan…They had to do it when they did because they will be too weak from fasting, (missing lunch), to launch any attacks for a while..

  3. No Fear says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 7:21 am

    The Religion of Peace website usually has a Bombathon scorecard for Ramadan. It should be visible soon.

  4. nacazo says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 7:40 am

    Is this the JV team by any chance? Or should we call them the JV caliphate?

    Already in Yemen? Well they were in Garland, TX so why not Yemen.

  5. vlparker says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 7:49 am

    Gotta love the religion of pieces.

  6. TheBuffster says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Sunnis and Shiites. Just like the Hatfields and McCoys.

  7. Lesley says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 8:58 am

    I can’t prove it, but I have a sneaky suspicion that the white man who killed 9 people in a black church in South Carolina last evening is Islamist and this was an act of undercover terrorism.

    If this suspicion turns out to be supported by data, then this is a brilliant example of asymmetrical warfare. This would be a brilliant tactic to set us against each other by inciting social unrest. CAIR and other individual Islamists have already been stirring the pot since Ferguson, Missouri last year. What better way to weaken your enemy than by turning them against each other by giving one of your whitest, faithful adherents to Islam a bad bowl haircut and sending them to shoot up a black church?

    Bukhari (52:269) – “The Prophet said, ‘War is deceit.'”

    Happy Ramadan, everyone :0((

  8. Lesley says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 8:59 am

    *an Islamist

  9. Peter Buckley says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 10:21 am

    The destruction of rival mosques is perfectly Islamic, since Muhammad himself ordered a rival mosque to be destroyed.

    The event is described in the Qur’an, in verses 9:108-110.These verses refer to the gutting of a rival mosque on the instruction of none but Muhammad when he was returning after his expedition to Tabuk in the Syrian-Byzantine territory.

    Proceeding from Tabuk on his way back to Medina, Muhammad halted at Dhu Awan at Quba, an hour’s journey from Medina. There, an opposition Muslim group had built a mosque. Previously, while Muhammad was making preparations for the march to Tabuk, this group of Muslims approached him and said, “O Messenger of God, we have built a mosque for the sick and needy and for rainy and cold nights, and we would like you to visit us and pray for us.” (Tabari, vol.ix, p.61). As Muhammad was too busy with his preparations for the Tabuk expedition, he excused himself from visiting this newly-built mosque but assured the dissident group that he would call on their mosque while returning to Medina.

    When Muhammad halted at Dhu Awan, he accused its builders of being unjust and sent a band of followers to burn and destroy the freshly constructed mosque. He said to his followers, “Go to this mosque whose owners are unjust people and destroy and burn it.” (Tabari, vol.ix, p.61). They entered the bustling mosque and set fire to it when it was filled with people assembled for the evening prayer. The worshippers dispersed in utter terror. Allah promptly sent down verse 9:107, 110, justifying the destruction of opposition mosques. To further validate his gutting of this mosque, Muhammad concocted the story that he suspected that the builders of the ‘Mosque of Dissent’ were planning to assassinate him.

    Then he extolled the virtue of the first mosque (known as Masjid Takwa) that was built by him at Quba when he migrated to Medina and where he had asked his followers to pray. This instruction is written in the Qur’an in verses 9:108-110

    And there are those who put up a mosque by way of mischief and infidelity – to disunite the Believers – and in preparation for one who warred against Allah and His Messenger aforetime. They will indeed swear that their intention is nothing but good; But Allah doth declare that they are certainly liars.

    Never stand thou forth therein. There is a mosque whose foundation was laid from the first day on piety; it is more worthy of the standing forth (for prayer) therein. In it are men who love to be purified; and Allah loveth those who make themselves pure.

    Which then is best? – he that layeth his foundation on piety to Allah and His good pleasure? – or he that layeth his foundation on an undermined sand-cliff ready to crumble to pieces? and it doth crumble to pieces with him, into the fire of Hell. And Allah guideth not people that do wrong.
    The foundation of those who so build is never free from suspicion and shakiness in their hearts, until their hearts are cut to pieces. And Allah is All-Knowing, Wise.
    (Quran 9:107-110)

    These verses, when taken in true Islamic spirit, call for the devastation of rival mosques. The most important question is: which mosques are genuinely Islamic and which mosques are not so Islamic? Since there is no central authority in Islam to decide on this, it naturally becomes a moot-point, to say the least. It is therefore, a free-market in Islam when it comes to destruction and bloodshed. Thus, Sunnis are free to destroy Shia mosques; the Shias are permitted to destroy Sunni mosques; both these groups are free to destroy Ahmedi or Kurdish mosques and so on. Within each group there are sub-groups and they are also entitled to commit such depravities on other groups. This is exactly what is going on in almost all Islamic Paradises. In Iraq, Sunnis are destroying Shia mosques and murdering them. In Pakistan, Sunnis are killing the Shias and burning their mosques. Then the Shias are avenging this by destroying Sunni mosques. In Bangladesh, both the Sunnis and the Shias are occupying Ahmedi mosques and setting them on fire. This musical chair of mosque-burning and killing is proceeding unabated, each groups claiming they are the true Muslims! Each group is adamant they are absolutely following the Qur’an and Sunna (Muhammad’s deeds and examples), the two principal sources of Islam.

    JW readers are welcome to copy and paste this story to challenge the claim that ” Attacking mosques is Unislamic”

    • Richie says

      Jun 18, 2015 at 2:57 pm

      How do those who claim Islam is a religion of peace explain away Muslims who kill other Muslims?

      • Peter Buckley says

        Jun 18, 2015 at 4:40 pm

        If you read the Quran a word starts to appear in the later verses that isn’t there before. The word is “hypocrites”. This is what Muhammad (or “Allah” if you’re muslim) called those muslims who refused to obey his fighting orders.

        I once had a conversation with a muslim about this. He was convinced the word referred to people of ALL religions, until I showed him this verse:

        “O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and be firm against them. Their abode is Hell,- an evil refuge indeed.” (Quran 9:73)

        Clearly the Hypocrites cannot be unbelievers. This means that the vast majority of the world’s “muslims” aren’t “muslims” at all-they’re “hypocrites” (unless they’re performing jihad)according to their own texts. It also means that they’re going to hell, though they probably don’t know it.

        Here are a couple of hadith that JW readers may also not know:

        Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “No prayer is harder for the hypocrites than the Fajr and the ‘Isha’ prayers and if they knew the reward for these prayers at their respective times, they would certainly present themselves (in the mosques) even if they had to crawl.” The Prophet added, “Certainly I decided to order the Mu’adh-dhin (call-maker) to pronounce Iqama and order a man to lead the prayer and then take a fire flame to burn all those who had not left their houses so far for the prayer along with their houses.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari/ Vol 1:617 & 626)

        So Muhammad threatened to burn the “hypocrites”.

        Also:

        Only ONE sect will get to heaven:

        http://www.real-islam.org/73_2.htm

        See now how muslims are doomed to fight ad infinitum. See also how little they understand their own religion….I’m sure it could proved scientifically that Muhaamad is responsible “indirectly” for more killings thasn anyone in history. “Muslim on muslim” violence is also down to him.

  10. sahani says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 10:35 am

    All islamic nations now were once not islamic. After converting to islam they never thought of leaving islam .Its time all islamic nations 56 who are on verge of destruction should wake up discard islam and look back .Its time for libration.

    • Richie says

      Jun 18, 2015 at 3:00 pm

      that’s why Its laughable when Muslims talk about ‘their lands’. All the land they have now they stole, and have turned into stone age barbarian states.

  11. Richie says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 11:59 am

    well, what a better way for members of the Islamic death cult to celebrate their evil tbeliefs than to kill people?.

    Murder and pedophile will no doubt be their favorite activities this month

  12. duh_swami says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Mosque destruction is a great idea…when do we start?

  13. abad says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    It is NO secret that Muslim violence increases during Ramadan. They cannot help it – the Quran dictates that they massacre non-Muslims while in a state of “piousness.”

    Islam is the most violent religion on earth.

  14. Rolf Wittwer says

    Jun 18, 2015 at 8:36 pm

    The sun circles the earth, which remains a disc.

  15. xxxChurch100 says

    Jun 19, 2015 at 2:39 pm

    “Ramadan’ … with worldwide low blood sugar levels amongst all Muslims , this could easy be the catalyst for the destruction of mankind …. 1. 5 billion hungry/angry [ yet peaceful ] Muslims .

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