Islamic jihadists took control of a large portion of Mali several years ago and established a Sharia state, but the French drove them out. They have, however, not given up.
Ansar Dine means Helpers of the Religion. Not that this has anything to do with Islam.
“10 soldiers killed in attack on Mali camp: military,” i24 News, August 3, 2015:
At least 10 soldiers were killed Monday in a “terrorist” attack on their camp in the Timbuktu region of northern Mali, the military.
“The provisional death toll is 10 dead on the army side,” said Souleymane Maiga, head of the army’s information office, without giving further details.
“This morning at Gourma-Rharous we pushed back a terrorist attack which caused 10 deaths in our ranks,” a military source added.
Another military source confirmed the ambush, saying it had targeted a unit of the National Guard based in Gourma-Rharous.
The second source said the attackers were believed to be “jihadi elements” linked to Islamist group Ansar Dine.
The attack comes two days after two Malian soldiers were killed and four others injured in an ambush in the center of the west African country….
Angemon says
The Helpers of the Religion of Peace are waging armed warfare? Just wait until Cameron hears about this!!!
mortimer says
‘Deen’ or ‘din’ means a system of law and governance based on divine authority. It means much more than the English word ‘religion’.
‘Deen’ to a Muslim is close to what an American means when he says ‘The Constitution’. The difference is that the US constitution does not establish a national religion and Americans based the Constitution on reason and logic, rather than on a divine revelation given to one mentally ill man.
mortimer says
The Muslim UMMAH is at war with all national governments, because those governments do PERFECTLY impose divine Sharia law.
Muslims have a magical view of Sharia based on circular reasoning and the exclusion of evidence. Whatever disagreeable effect results of Sharia law is considered evidence that Sharia is not imposed PERFECTLY…just as American Communists believed that China and USSR were not ‘communist enough’…and that supposedly explained why they used terror, genocide, repression of human rights and arbitrary justice. Sure.
Islam makes every Muslim a liar. They must first lie to themselves and lie to their own conscience.
mortimer says
…those governments do not PERFECTLY impose divine Sharia law.