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Hoax: 80% of refugees from war-torn Syria aren’t from Syria at all

Sep 19, 2015 10:42 am By Robert Spencer

“Many of those who have opted to risk their lives to come to Europe have done so for economic reasons,” said Davies. Oh, and then there’s this: last February the Islamic State said it would soon flood Europe with as many as 500,000 refugees. But they couldn’t actually be doing it now, could they? Inconceivable! And the Lebanese Education Minister recently said that there were 20,000 jihadis among the refugees in camps in his country. But they couldn’t be heading to Europe, could they? Inconceivable! The 80% of migrants who claim to be fleeing the war in Syria but aren’t from Syria at all couldn’t have hijrah or jihad on their minds, could they? Inconceivable!

Hijrah, or jihad by emigration, is, according to Islamic tradition, the migration or journey of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina, in the year 622 CE. It was after the hijrah that Muhammad for the first time became not just a preacher of religious ideas, but a political and military leader. That was what occasioned his new “revelations” exhorting his followers to commit violence against unbelievers. Significantly, the Islamic calendar counts the hijrah, not Muhammad’s birth or the occasion of his first “revelation,” as the beginning of Islam, implying that Islam is not fully itself without a political and military component.

To emigrate in the cause of Allah – that is, to move to a new land in order to bring Islam there, is considered in Islam to be a highly meritorious act. “And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah will find on the earth many locations and abundance,” says the Qur’an. “And whoever leaves his home as an emigrant to Allah and His Messenger and then death overtakes him, his reward has already become incumbent upon Allah. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.” (4:100) The exalted status of such emigrants led a British jihad group that won notoriety (and a shutdown by the government) a few years ago for celebrating 9/11 to call itself Al-Muhajiroun: The Emigrants.

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“Four out of five migrants are NOT from Syria: EU figures expose the ‘lie’ that the majority of refugees are fleeing war zone,” by Ian Drury, Daily Mail, September 18, 2015 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Only one in every five migrants claiming asylum in Europe is from Syria.

The EU logged 213,000 arrivals in April, May and June but only 44,000 of them were fleeing the Syrian civil war.

Campaigners and left-wing MPs have suggested the vast majority of migrants are from the war-torn state, accusing the Government of doing too little to help them.

‘This exposes the lie peddled in some quarters that vast numbers of those reaching Europe are from Syria,’ said David Davies, Tory MP for Monmouth. ‘Most people who are escaping the war will go to camps in Lebanon or Jordan.

‘Many of those who have opted to risk their lives to come to Europe have done so for economic reasons.’…

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  1. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 10:54 am

    Fake handmade clocks, fake Syrian refugees, fake burned Holy Ko-Rans found by the mosque door, fake pissed on Holy Ko-Rans at Gitmo, fake dead victim of Islamophobic hatred when he was a Moslem hero saving Infidels after the WTC collapse that made Rep Keith openly weep in a congressional hearing room, fake fake fake.

    Once you accept the fake as real, you have fictive reality, a fecund breeding ground for a predatory belief system that from its beginning has prided itself on victimism.

    • Bamaguje says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 12:56 pm

      And the devilish pseudo-religion was founded by a fake prophet.

    • jayell says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 1:00 pm

      Surprised? Well, Islam is the religion of deception, isn’t it? Except that it’s not even really a ‘religion’, so there’s another lie. Hopefully it will continue to lie and lie in ever-decreasing circles until it disappears……..

      • Celtic Sword says

        Sep 19, 2015 at 2:03 pm

        Indeed, if Islam’s “Allah” is the “Great Deceiver”, equivalent to the Judeo-Christian Satan, “The Father of Lies”, one must be forever vigilant, and take nothing at face value when Islam and Muslims are involved…

      • vlparker says

        Sep 19, 2015 at 5:38 pm

        You can only be deceived by islam if you are stupid beyond belief. Any person with half a brain can see what islam truly is.

  2. jihad3tracker says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 10:59 am

    * * * * OFF-TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT * * * *

    Now that an “Islam hits the fan” moment is upon much of our country (thanks to that guy at the Trump town hall) how about moving to the next logical element in our Wake Up Bozo work for the millions of still-clueless here ?

    GETTING OUT THE TRUTH ON THE LIFE AND ACTS OF MUHAMMAD ????

    If we can help Americans grasp that Islam is really a mirror of Muhammad’s mind and heart, they will more fully abandon illusions about that supremacist totalitarian ideology impersonating a “faith”.

    Strategy suggestions hereby requested — even if they seem obvious, post them please.

    • VRWC member77 says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 12:07 pm

      Hello JHT,

      Well, here’s one that my be obvious. Take every opportunity to inform as many family members and friends about the teachings of Islam as you can. Try and do it in a way that isn’t perceived to be irritating or annoying to the person. However, keep in mind that sometimes you have to be aggressive to drive the point home whether they want to hear about it or not.

      One other thing you could do is ask them whether they could be genuine friends with a PRACTICING Muslim. The explain why this would be a bad idea (maruna, etc.). I’ve used my own example. I work with a Muslim who seems to be a nice person and I get along with this individual in a professional way. I could however never be friends with this individual as long as he was a Muslim who practiced Islam by attending a mosque. Most everyone here understands why.

      Hope that helps a bit.

      • jihad3tracker says

        Sep 19, 2015 at 12:19 pm

        Thank you for the ideas . . . Noted.

        I forgot to mention a couple of excellent internet resources that are very “gentle” with newbies to the pathology of Islam : www dot inquiryintoislam dot com / www dot citizenwarrior dot com.

        Maybe readers here have already found them and the extensive contents — NOT irritating or annoying, to use your prudent and appropriate strategy. Highly recommended.

    • kay says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 5:37 pm

      Re: “Strategy suggestions hereby requested – even if…obvious, post them please.”
      ————————–
      Ah, the important question. The answer is obvious. Have given it here and elsewhere repeatedly. Push these resources on social media and fight on the social media frontlines, e.g .youtube. I give here the essentials of a known good strategy.
      ————————–
      “Where are the voices of resisting these Islamic fascists?” Here:
      http://www.politicalislam.com/
      http://www.jihadwatch.org
      http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
      http://pamelageller.com/
      http://counterjihadreport.com/
      http://gatesofvienna.net/
      ——————————
      Hit them with Andrew Bostom’s books, and Bill Warner and Eric Alan Bell and news reports. And all the Sharia and jihad stuff you can, e.g .at Islamic State.
      Emphasize that Islamic State and civilizational warfare are classical Islam, and that there is no Islam without fascist Islamic Law or without bloodthirsty jihad and enslavement. Then prove it.
      The starting point is Bill Warner’s video “Why We Are Afraid”. That was at 1,985,000 views. I pushed it a lot. It is now at 2,065,000 views.
      The apologists and Islamists are many and arrogant online. But they can be crushed and destroyed. I myself have won many battles and some small wars. Since 2009.
      Key principles include social media fights, breaking the bad guy narrative, and defending free speech and secularism. Everywhere. It’s a lotta work.
      Bring in lots more people to do this work. We need international networks.
      Ask yourself: How would Bill Warner approach this? He says: Work together!
      Remember: helping save civilization is very special and also makes you kinda special.
      Ten years from now is too late. “You’ve got to be what tomorrow needs.”
      We have to prove that we are the good guys and that collaborationists are the bad guys. Anyone who attacks free speech ( e.g. Pope Francis ) or supports generic Islam or Political Islam ( e.g .Dr. Noam Chomsky ) is the enemy.
      This is all war. This is for all the marbles. There is nothing to negotiate. “We have nothing to lose but everything”, as Camus said, “So let us begin.”

      Glee – Sing (Full Performance) (Official Music Video)
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1C5bE4Z7Eo

      GoT 2×09: Tyrion’s Rally Speech

    • Michael Copeland says

      Sep 20, 2015 at 3:50 am

      Print out these eight lines, and give them out or leave them where they can be found:

      WHAT ISLAM INSTRUCTS FOR NON-MUSLIMS

      KILL the non-muslims wherever you find them. 9:5
      Allah is the ENEMY of non-muslims. 2:98
      Allah does NOT LOVE the non-muslims. 30:45
      Between us and you animosity and hatred forever 60:4

      The Koran is part of Islamic law.
      Its teachings are “universal and trans-time”.
      One who denies any verse has to be killed.
      The killing can be done penalty-free by anyone.

  3. Angemon says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 11:00 am

    Good news for Fuherin Merkel – this means that she gets to send back 640,000 “refugees”.

    • Don McKellar says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 11:11 am

      As if that’s going to happen.

      • Holy Prophet APF says

        Sep 19, 2015 at 11:17 am

        Yes. Once you make a mistake, you take ownership and deny it was a mistake and repeat it as long a possible. Once you go to sheet in your pants, you walk around with it in there until those around you insist that you clean up or go away. Frau Merkel will hang onto those “Syrian refugees” forever and will bring in even more. She doesn’t know that the Hijrah is on, but she will be a key player in helping it along.

  4. Thomas says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 11:01 am

    We better start getting prepared for the battle that is coming. Either we stand and fight or we will be defeated. These terrorist (refugees) are coming to change the culture of the nations to Islam and sharia law. How come the people say nothing as they are being conquered? Because the media tells them a bunch of lies and the infidel doesn’t understand the goal of Islam and Allah.

    • خَليفة says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm

      There are many in the west who are anti-religious, specifically, anti-Christian – you know who THEY are.. THEY don’t like the idea of being told right and wrong by “religion” they like to believe they can make their own religion, and decide what is right for themselves and that spiritual truth is a relative thing; and believe that all “religions” are essentially the same. Then you apply the “enemy of my enemy” rule. So when Christians, Jews and other minority people are persecuted ( mostly by Muslims ) THEY do nothing – THEY would like Christianity to be destroyed. Their fatal error is that they are tempered by Judeo-Christian values and reasoning ( although they probably would not recognize that in themselves ) and project that onto Islam – not knowing how Islamic reasoning works, not understanding Islamic principles and not believing that Islam views them as useful idiots to be destroyed when given the chance.

      • Kepha says

        Sep 19, 2015 at 6:22 pm

        And they think they’re going to use Muslims as sticks to beat the Christian dogs.

      • kay says

        Sep 20, 2015 at 10:49 pm

        Actually, you make a very important point I’d not seen. The best way to destroy Christianity, esp. European Christianity, is clearly Islam.
        The European leftists want to bring down the European order. And that their main weapon is support for Islam. But it also makes sense that the European left wants to bring down Christianity. They’ve always been anti-Christian. And yes. Islam can utterly crush Christianity over time. Usually it takes several centuries.

        The reason I never thought of this leftist strategy: The left gets to help tear down Europe. But they are bringing in something far far worse and their Islamic approach is self-destructive.
        The left brings in the worst fascism, Islamofascism. They are really the most stupid people on the face of the Earth. They support fascism.
        Were I either Marx or Lenin I would be turning over in my grave.
        Marxism-Leninism means worker’s rule. Not religious fascism!
        But yeah, the leftists are also bringing down Christianity.
        If I were a Christian I would hate the leftists as much or more than I hate the Islamists.
        Looks like the European Christians are basically toast. Unless they start growing some spine and start fighting back. Problem is, the Christians have to oppose the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis. Doable in the US, but tougher in Europe. So, the European Christians have to go up against Islam, against the Left, and against the established Church.

        Were I Christian or European Christian I would be so pissed by what is going on in Europe. Am neither Christian nor European yet I am totally pissed anyway. Politics and religion are just too stupid and insane for words these days.
        At times like this I go all Howard Shore and LOTR, the old time Celtic stuff.
        gandalf falls one hour
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1iecuzMLmo

        Gandalf: “And for my part, I shall not wholly fail of my task, though Gondor should perish, if anything passes through this night that can still grow fair or bear fruit and flower again in days to come. For I also am a steward. Did you not know?”
        What would Gandalf do?

  5. Don McKellar says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 11:16 am

    The absurdity and idiocy of believing and playing into ANYTHING involving moslems must be clear to anybody with a brain by now? Isn’t it?

    So … WHAT IS IS FRAU MERKEL GOING TO DO WITH ALL THESE LYING NON-REFUGEES WHO ARE ONLY THERE TO COLONIZE FOR ISLAM AND SUCK OUT YOUR WELFARE MONEY WHILE THEY BREED LIKE RATS AND GO OFF AT RANDOM IN JIHAD ATTACKS???

    • Holy Prophet APF says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 11:25 am

      The absurdity and idiocy of believing and playing into ANYTHING involving moslems must be clear to anybody with a brain by now? Isn’t it?

      No, Don, no it is not. We are in deep trouble, and we are sinking deeper into it. Fake realities are as important to modern Western man as they are to Moslems, forming a perpetual motion machine that goes only in one direction, the way of the Moslem Man. The one-way highway is right there in opening surah of the Holy Ko-Ran:

      In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
      Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
      Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
      Master of the Day of Judgment.
      Thee alone we worship; Thee alone we ask for help.
      Show us the straight path

    • Charli Main says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 11:41 am

      Dear oh dear oh dear Don . ” The Muslims are just people like us” brigade are not going to be happy with you. Visiting ” neutrals” are going to think that JW is full of nasty, bigoted, racist, xenophobic islamophobes, turn their backs on us and ride off into the sunset ( sarc off)

  6. Ginger says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 11:54 am

    It doesn’t really matter whether the migrants are Syrian or not. They are all Muslim invaders.

    • PRCS says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 12:23 pm

      While I don’t know the actual ratio of Christians to Muslims (1 in 6 I’ve read), they’re not all Muslims.

      Not that that will make any difference to those deciding who Western nations will take, of course.

  7. Yellowdog says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    Can you please tell us what countries the 80% of non Sirian refugies are from?

    • Richard Wiig says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 5:34 pm

      I believe there are people from Pakistan, Nigeria, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq. I would imagine there’s some Libyans among them too, but you never hear Libya mentioned.

  8. خَليفة says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 2:54 pm

    خَليفة ( caliph)

    Muhammed’s hijrah to yathrib (medina) was in 622, and he was killed in 632, being poisoned by a Jewish women who’s family he had killed.

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6st_tFj6ouM

    Most things muhammed did, (as a “perfect” example ) his followers today can never live up to – muslims will always fail short – who gets to rename a town, or kill hundreds, or have numerous slaves, or bone a dead aunt, or marry your 1st cousin, or rape women and children, who gets 13 wives at he same time – sorry Muslims, you will NEVER be able to emulate muhammed. Although dying from poison 10 years after your hijrah would be a good start.

  9. Richard Wiig says

    Sep 19, 2015 at 5:38 pm

    If the Islamic State engineered this movement somehow, and were quite open in saying they were going to, why have released a statement condemning the migrants and calling for them to flock to the Islamic State rather than the Kufr countries? Any theories on that?

    • خَليفة says

      Sep 19, 2015 at 8:30 pm

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

      Bukhari (49:857) – “He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar.” i.e. Lying is permitted when the end justifies the means

  10. Marian says

    Sep 20, 2015 at 4:09 am

    We dont know NOTHING about Imigranst, even hes names, so how we can trust, the they are from Syria?

  11. Alamo47 says

    Sep 20, 2015 at 4:21 am

    Well, bugger me. Who would have thought that a genuine peace loving muslim refugee would allow a terrorist to travel with him. I am flabbergasted. It seems those radical muslim bastards really do stoop that low.

  12. Stephen Wood says

    Sep 20, 2015 at 6:16 am

    Bobby Jindal has it simple and right. ‘Immigration without assimilation is invasion.’

  13. Baucent says

    Sep 20, 2015 at 9:15 am

    I saw some bloke from a Refugee agency based in Geneva talking on the TV last week. He said since the beginning of this year 400,000 migrants have arrived in Europe, of which 30% were from Syria. Now proportionally the ones coming recently through Turkey could be more Syrians but the general point is the same, the majority of these boat and overland migrants are from places other than Syria. Yet the media still prefers to refer to the migrants as “Syrians” as it may generate more sympathy from European citizens.

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