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Philippines: Muslims demand $60 million for 3 non-Muslim hostages

Nov 4, 2015 7:17 am By Robert Spencer

Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or enslaving them, as well as killing them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods or prisoners; and fourth, to show favor to them and pardon them. Allah, may he be exalted, says, ‘When you encounter those [infidels] who deny [the Truth=Islam] then strike [their] necks’ (Qur’an sura 47, verse 4)” — Abu’l-Hasan al-Mawardi, al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah (The Laws of Islamic Governance), trans. by Dr. Asadullah Yate, (London), Ta-Ha Publishers Ltd., 1996, p. 192.

Abu Sayyaf has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, which may account for the one-finger signal in the photo — although other Muslims have used it to signify their adherence to Islamic monotheism, in the last few years this signal has become almost exclusively identified with the Islamic State.

Abu Sayyaf

“Muslim militants demand $60 million for 2 Canadians, Norwegian in southern Philippines,” by Jim Gomez, Associated Press, November 3, 2015:

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen have demanded more than $60 million for two Canadians and a Norwegian they are holding in the jungles of the southern Philippines in the largest ransom the Muslim militants have sought for their hostages in years.

Army Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado said Wednesday the Philippine government maintains a no-ransom policy, adding there would be no let-up in efforts by his troops to secure the hostages’ freedom in the safest way possible.

In the video circulated online by the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi websites, the kidnappers and their captives said for the first time that the Abu Sayyaf was behind the Sept. 21 kidnappings in an upscale marina on the southern resort island of Samal. In the first video of the hostages last month, the kidnappers demanded a stop to military offensives but did not identify themselves.

In the latest video, the hostages and one of the mostly masked kidnappers said a ransom of 1 billion pesos ($21 million) must be paid for each of the captives to secure their freedom. The militant said the captives would be killed if the ransom was not paid but did not give any deadline.

One of the hostages, Canadian John Ridsdel, pleaded for Canada’s prime minister and people to heed the ransom demand “as soon as possible or our lives are in great danger.”

A militant, who did not wear a mask, pointed a knife at him and the two other captives as each of them spoke. A fourth female captive seized from Samal who has been identified by authorities as a Filipino citizen was not allowed to speak in the video.

The hostages were seen sitting on a clearing with the more than a dozen heavily-armed militants standing behind them. Two black flags were displayed in the background.

Aside from Ridsdel, Philippine authorities have identified the other hostages as Canadian Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and Filipino national Maritess Flor. They were abducted at gunpoint from a yacht-berthing resort on Samal in Davao del Norte province in the south, scene of a decades-long Muslim rebellion in the largely Roman Catholic nation.

The United States and the Philippines have separately blacklisted the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization for kidnappings, beheadings, extortion and bomb attacks. The al-Qaida-linked militants have been weakened but have survived more than a decade of U.S.-backed offensives.

Following the Sept. 21 kidnappings, Philippine authorities vowed to strengthen security in the south. But three weeks later, gunmen abducted a former Italian Catholic missionary from his pizza restaurant in southern Zamboanga Sibugay province….

What? A former Italian Catholic missionary? But…but…but…”dialogue”!

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  1. Don McKellar says

    Nov 4, 2015 at 10:06 am

    Eighties Hair Band Islam? Now I’ve seen everything. What sect of the cult is that one? Is it an off-shoot of Sunni or Shia? Something else?

    • Christopher H says

      Nov 4, 2015 at 10:23 am

      Gotta love the fact that they are incapable of Growing a beard. I can just imagine the abuse in Muslim paradise! Related to that “beardless boy” thing.. Karma? 😉

      • ballotcode says

        Nov 4, 2015 at 4:40 pm

        Maybe they are the servants?

        • Muslim Lady Boy says

          Nov 4, 2015 at 7:04 pm

          Or the virgins.

      • john spielman says

        Nov 5, 2015 at 9:51 am

        they are the Bachi boys of real muslim warriors

    • Angemon says

      Nov 4, 2015 at 12:44 pm

      Don McKellar posted:

      “Eighties Hair Band Islam? Now I’ve seen everything.”

      I know, right?

  2. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    Nov 4, 2015 at 2:29 pm

    It’s starting to look like ceding Mindanao to the Moslems in 2009 isn’t working out as predicted. They should hold public hearings on this in Manila; it is important for any organization to review outcomes so as to help ensure continuous quality improvement.

    No wait a minute, they can’t do that. There would be gunfire and explosions and maybe even poison gas to kill any Infidels stupid enough to show up for such a meeting, so I withdraw my idea.

  3. Ralph Statum says

    Nov 4, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    A True story about General “Black Jack” Pershing.
    Born September 13th, 1860 near Laclede, Mississippi
    Died July 15th, 1948 in Washington, D.C.
    1891 Professor of Military Science and Tactics University of Nebraska
    1898 Serves in the Spanish-American War
    1901 Awarded rank of Captain
    1906 Promoted to rank of Brigadier General
    1909 Military Governor of Moro Province, Philippines
    1916 Made Major General
    1919 Promoted to General of the Armies
    1921 Appointed Chief of Staff
    1924 Retires from active duty
    Education: 4 Years-West Point
    One important thing to remember is that Muslims detest pork because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others won’t even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc., is to be instantly barred from paradise and doomed to hell.
    Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks against the United States and it’s interests by, you guessed it, Muslim extremists.
    So General Pershing captured 50 of the terrorists and had them tied to posts execution style. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the, now horrified, terrorists.
    The soldiers then soaked their bullets in pigs blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad.
    The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped in the terrorist’s bodies and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc.
    They let the 50th man go. And for about the next 42 years, there was not a single attack by a muslim fanatic anywhere in the world.

    • Mazo says

      Nov 4, 2015 at 6:51 pm

      That is a fake urban legend propagated by retards. There is no such belief in Islam that being buried with pigs will send people to hell.

      Pershing did no such thing. However he did slaughter hundreds of Moro women and children at Bud Dajo and Bug Badsak.

      The Moros continued their juramentado attacks against the Americans up to the beginning of World War II and they fought another war against the Americans in the late 1930s.

      • satch1 says

        Nov 4, 2015 at 7:13 pm

        Then if blood is too vile for your ears wrap gunny sacks over their [terrorists] heads and fill their pockets with rocks to count while waiting on who ever will come to their rescue when they are taken to the deepest sea and thrown overboard with hands tied behind them, and a Koran verse in their mouth to chew on.

      • gravenimage says

        Nov 6, 2015 at 12:10 am

        Notice that the repulsive Mazo has not a word of criticism for his savage coreligionists kidnapping innocent people and threatening them with death.

        But then, why would he? This Muslim savagery is perfectly Islamic.

    • Godwin says

      Nov 5, 2015 at 2:22 am

      I believe this is a true a true story because Muzzies are horrified that once their bodies become defiled they cannot go to their paradise to claim their 72 virgins.

    • gravenimage says

      Nov 6, 2015 at 12:03 am

      Sorry, Ralph–this is a legend.

      Pershing himself never wrote about this alleged incident, and it has been debunked by Snopes and other sites.

      Also this incident has at times been attributed to others, such as a Colonel Alexander Rodgers. So does this story have a basis in fact? Possibly–but it was not John Pershing.

  4. Omi-san says

    Nov 4, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    How can men who can’t grow facial hair be good muslims?

  5. MikeT says

    Nov 5, 2015 at 4:20 am

    When a team poses with the Stanley Cup after winning it, they also use the one-finger pose. I think the NHL has that copyrighted. Should sue IS for infringement.

  6. Baucent says

    Nov 5, 2015 at 5:42 am

    Why would anyone in their right mind go to a holiday resort in the Southern Philippines?

    The Canadians may be lucky though, their pot smoking PM is sure to dip into the treasury to buy their freedom.

  7. sidney penny says

    Nov 5, 2015 at 6:50 am

    What? A former Italian Catholic missionary? But…but…but…”dialogue”!

    Robert you got the three buts right this ttime.

    You could have added this there,to explain the dialouge

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/02/worcester-bishop-spencers-talk-about-extreme-militant-islamists-and-the-atrocities-that-they-have-pe

    “Spencer’s talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims and possibly generate suspicion and even fear of people who practice piously the religion of Islam.”

    Yes,the Abu Sayyaf gunmen who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State,practice piously their religion,Islam

  8. sidney penny says

    Nov 5, 2015 at 6:59 am

    the peace deal!

    http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/philippines-abu-sayyaf-rebels-sign-peace-deal/article5839280.ece

    The Philippine government signed a peace accord with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group on Thursday, the culmination of years of negotiations and a significant political achievement for President Benigno Aquino III.

    The deal grants largely Muslim areas of the southern Mindanao region greater political autonomy in exchange for an end to armed rebellion, but it will not end all violence in a part of the country long-plagued by lawlessness, poverty and Islamist insurgency.

    http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/religion-geopolitics/commentaries/opinion/stalling-peace-philippines

    The process suffered a setback in January 2015 when an anti-terrorism raid by the Philippine security forces aimed at capturing a number of known Islamist militants resulted in the deaths of 44 police commandos, and a number of suspected militants escaping. The disturbances that followed between separatist groups and the government led to over 120,000 people being displaced in the region and stalled the peace process for the first few months of the year. The operation was intended to capture a number of militants who had rejected the deal, wishing instead to establish an independent Islamic state in the region.

  9. gravenimage says

    Nov 6, 2015 at 12:07 am

    Philippines: Muslims demand $60 million for 3 non-Muslim hostages
    …………………………….

    Even for first-world hostages, this ransom demand is enormous.

    Chances are these fine Mohammedan thugs don’t expect to get it–they just want the loved ones of their victims to feel unearned guilt if they are unable to raise it.

    This happens all the time–Muslim kidnappers in Egypt demanded more for their Coptic captives than their entire village made in a whole year–of course the victims’ family could not pay the ransom.

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