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Oregon folk singer set to travel to the Islamic State to sing for peace

Jan 10, 2016 6:12 am By Robert Spencer

In the video, you can see this clown singing a verse from the Qur’an: “And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and rely upon Allah” (8:61). Doubtless the Islamic State jihadis will hear this (and understand it in English), and their eyes will fill with tears as they lay down their arms and embrace James Twyman, the lovable lug, in a big bear hug.

Never mind that no Islamic jurists understand that Qur’an verse as superseding the book’s many commands to wage war against and subjugate unbelievers; the very idea that some Leftist guitar picker from Portland can go over to the Islamic State and sing a Qur’an verse in English, and that this will bring peace, epitomizes the Leftist detachment from reality. James Twyman is a bird of a feather with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (who insists that a man who says he shot a policeman in the name of Islam didn’t do it in the name of Islam) and Barack Obama, David Cameron, John Kerry, Pope Francis and the Catholic bishops, et al (who insist that Islamic jihad terror has nothing to do with Islam): they believe that their fantasies will become reality as long as they keep on repeating them and never, ever break character. They assume that because to believe other than what they believe is to enter the realm of the “racist, bigoted Islamophobe,” and those people can’t possibly be right, and therefore they must be right, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.

“With all the violence, with all the fear that has been generated, I think the only answer is for us to focus on love and compassion and peace. And so do something as crazy as going over there, it hopefully inspires people.” Yes, it may well inspire some Islamic State jihadis to sharpen up their beheading knives and try them out on James Twyman, probably right while he is in the midst of singing “if they incline to peace…”

This just goes to show you: some people’s balloon never lands.

“Oregon musician traveling to Syria to sing for peace,” KPTV, January 7, 2016 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – In two weeks, a Portland musician will travel to ISIS-controlled Syria to perform a concert for peace.

It may sound crazy to some, but it’s not the first time James Twyman has gone to a war torn area to sing and pray for peace. While it might be dangerous, James feels he has to do it.

Twyman sings the Muslim prayer. It’s just one of many prayers he puts to music from various religions when he sings for peace around the world.

In the late 90’s, Twyman performed in Baghdad amid fallout from Dessert [sic!] Storm and he played in Syria a couple years ago.

On Jan. 20, Twyman will travel to the Israeli-Syrian border to hold a concert in a Syrian village. It is in ISIS-dominated territory, but Twyman says he has people there setting it up and making sure it’s as safe as possible.

Twyman’s goal is for people at the concert and around the world to sing and pray for peace at the exact same time. He’s well aware of the danger involved, but says that’s not enough of a reason to stay away.

“With all the violence, with all the feat [sic] that has been generated, I think the only answer is for us to focus on love and compassion and peace. And so do something as crazy as going over there, it hopefully inspires people.”…

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Comments

  1. Mark says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:30 am

    I can see the papers preparing two headlines. If he isn’t killed it will be proof that Islam is peaceful. If he is then it will berate him for causing the violence by bringing forbidden music to the otherwise peaceful Muslims.

    • Sam says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 6:44 am

      So true!!!

    • Hindu American says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:55 am

      “Twyman will travel to the Israeli-Syrian border to hold a concert in a Syrian village. It is in ISIS-dominated territory”.

      Hmmm…what can go wrong?

      • Rob says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 12:09 pm

        Rapturous applause from IS thugs.
        Cries of: ‘Can we have Kumbaya again?’

        • Karen says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 1:13 pm

          And the crowd, holding hands, begins to sway………

        • Hope says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 2:43 pm

          Wait, let me get my guitar! OK, all together now, “Someone’s stabbing, Lord, Kumbaya…”

      • Jerry says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 6:03 pm

        Maybe he should try performing on the Israeli side of the border first, singing “Shma Israel” and “Hevenu Shalom Aleichem” before he travels to the Syrian side, and then we could work out with a reasonable degree of certainty which side of the border he is going to get beheaded.

    • David Scoltock says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 2:38 pm

      well we have this year’s Darwin award already.

      • Malcolm Phillips says

        Jan 11, 2016 at 5:21 am

        So true

    • Champ says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 7:17 pm

      He’s running a fool’s errand …

    • Dacritic says

      Jan 11, 2016 at 10:27 am

      Did someone remind him that caliph al-Baghdadi has a PhD in Islamic studies?

    • Olde Rose says

      Jan 13, 2016 at 9:39 am

      And the lion may lie down with the lamb, but my money says only one gets up and walks away.

  2. Peter Buckley says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:33 am

    And here are the verses that precede 8:61:

    8:59
    Let not the unbelievers think that they can get the better (of the godly): they will never frustrate (them).

    8.60
    Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into (the hearts of) the enemies, of Allah and your enemies, and others besides, whom ye may not know, but whom Allah doth know. Whatever ye shall spend in the cause of Allah, shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly.

    Can someone inform this deluded individual that he has ripped the verse right out of its context of offensive jihad?

    Hilarious………….

    • Linde Barrera says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 8:02 am

      To Peter Buckley- It is not hilarious, it is depressingly sad. So if you believe in the Lord, say a prayer that this musician gets out of that hellhole alive and unharmed. If you are an agnostuv/atheist, think a positive thought toward that goal.

      • Ernie says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 8:37 am

        Dear Linde , this musician must be protected from himself ( or his EGO ) . His passport must be taken from him . By making himself a hostage he is complicating the eradication of I.S. and possibly endangering other peoples lifes . Imagine special troops ordered to free him in the case of his capture . Former behaviour of Islamic State is a good predictor for how they wiil deal with Mr. Twyman . I don’t want to see him loose his life Linde . And I don’t want Mr. Twyman being used as a hostage or human shield .

        • abad says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 10:36 am

          I agree. And most of these bleeding-heart liberals who demand peace from those who do not want peace (Muslims) really do need to be rescued from themselves.

        • Mockingjay says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 12:20 pm

          I can only hope that he doesn’t have any family, children or even friends, so no one will have to go through the anguish of seeing him being beheaded dressed in orange.

      • Ernie says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 8:59 am

        And you are right stating this isn’t hilarious Linde . It is dangerous and would strengthen the position of Islamic State . Not a good thing !

      • Reuben Scratton says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 5:12 pm

        No it’s definitely very funny. This tool is exactly the sort of moron that frustrates and otherwise renders impossible a serious response to the jihad menace. I look forward to seeing his idiot head on a spike… maybe the sight will knock some sense into his fellow idiots.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:08 pm

      Yes, Peter–in Qur’an 8:61 “inclining to peace” means to utterly surrender to Islam, to live as a dhimmi or a slave under the heel of Islam.

  3. John Johness says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:38 am

    Fabulous. I can just see the boys in black crying, giving up their Toyotas, throwing away their AK47s. Dr Baghdadi, now understanding that music is the language of loooove, will join in the chorus. Ignoring all the Hadiths and fatwas against music and song.
    James must take an orchestra – what is a song with out real harmony – like harmony of the world under a Caliphate. One melody, one God, well Wahid everything.
    Four on the floor can be “wahid ila al ard”
    I demand daily updates on this artistic genius’s progress.
    So where can I send my material e.g.
    Chorus: “Caliphate, Caliphate is everyone’s fate, get on board now before its too late”
    I am having problem rhyming with Baghdadi ( may be we need a new Caliph – “Jones” is easier to rhyme)

    • Aardvark says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:42 am

      I can’t think of any English rhyme for Baghdadi either, but surely assonance will do?

      “Come to the beheading party,
      With the Caliph, al Baghdadi”

    • Edwin1683 says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 2:10 pm

      A peace-loving musical laddie
      Sang a song to the Caliph Baghdadi.
      He realized too late
      As they chopped off his pate:
      “Gee, I guess that guy was a baddie”.

      • Aardvark says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 5:53 pm

        Excellent, Edwin!
        ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€

        • Edwin1683 says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 7:59 pm

          Thanks, Aardvark. ?

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 10:11 pm

        Grimly hilarious, Edwin. Thanks.

      • Simone Fields says

        Jan 11, 2016 at 8:30 am

        Thanks for that – what a gem!

  4. Azacque says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:41 am

    He should take along an over-sized hat box with return address and enough postage to make it to his favorite cemetary.

    • Lynn says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 12:22 pm

      and make sure he says a final good bye to whom ever he considers friend or family. What a NUTjob. Stupid is as stupid does in action.

  5. Sam says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:41 am

    All ISIS needs is love.love. love. He should have John Kerry and James Taylor with him for back up vocals also.

    To me this liberal ignorance is not funny anymore. “Message of love from Koran to ISIS” ? He is not living on this planet. I can not feel sorrow for this guy. Sorry!

  6. John Johness says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 6:49 am

    This is so absurd ( unless he is planning to make some $ from the book and film)
    Rather than complaining, lets get together a few songs for him. All ideas are accepted. I am working on mine now

    • abad says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:41 am

      I like “Mustapha” by Queen.

      Maybe “Tumbling” by Jigsaw, too.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:52 am

      Here are a couple that I suggest for opening the show:

      1. Another One Bites the Dust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsnXeQDqOOg

      2. Stayin’ Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vj092UgKwQ

      The audience will love it. Guaranteed.

    • ECAW says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 11:55 am

      Nothing to lose but your head

  7. Eagle says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:05 am

    See your head on CNN jerk…

  8. westerninfidel says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:09 am

    I’ll wait for the video release.

  9. Matthieu Baudin says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:22 am

    I wonder if he’ll get to witness some executions or amputations while he’s there; if so, he’ll just have to keep on singin’.

    • Rev g says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 8:09 am

      Maybe he can rhyme “rasool’s caresses” with “right hand possesses”. Close out a set with ” Everybody must get stoned”, just before a stoning?

  10. Renee says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:28 am

    Music is forbidden by ISIS. Good luck and hope it does mot hurt too much…

  11. Renee says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:29 am

    Music is forbidden by ISIS. Good luck and hope it does not hurt too much…

  12. Bezelel says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:31 am

    ” And so do something as crazy as going over there, it hopefully inspires people.โ€โ€ฆ
    He’s going to inspire some people alright. I don’t know if I should laugh or vomit. Making a mockery of the victims suffering isn’t funny to me but the incredible expense and effort to display stupidity in the face of of pure evil is note worthy.Cavalier? Tee shirts oughtta help too!! Grandiose Stupidity? How about WTF? I’m speechless but I have to say something. WTF?

    • Bezelel says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 2:05 pm

      Epic Fail? Full Retard? I dunno.

  13. SuperSwede says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:35 am

    How long before a film with an Oregon folk singer in an orange overall will be released? It’s sad when pepole are so ignorant or naive that they die because of it.

  14. Anthony says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:39 am

    Is he trying to teach those isis guys about their own koran by singing it ? well, there is this guy saying that there are 2 things which are infinite in this world, one is the universe and the other is man’s stupidity. good luck with that !

    • Bezelel says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 7:42 am

      Anthony, Somebody forgot to tell that turd that isis doesn’t have anything to do with islam.

      • Anthony says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 8:44 am

        @Bezelel, gee I don’t see this one coming ha ha, but I guess you are right, maybe Obama or Kerry or this Philadelphia’s mayor Kenney can tell him that before it’s too late. No need to there as it has nothing to do with islam.

  15. WCM says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:40 am

    Perhaps we can use this “Useful Idiot” by wiring some binary materials to his gee-tar.
    Back in 2001/2 when the US was still a bit ticked off at Islam, a really funny animation popped up. For your viewing pleasure and in case you missed it, “Diplomacy.”

  16. afrostreetwise says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:04 am

    Isis must be salivating at the ranso. Dollars flying it’s all in their own. Surely allah ‘must be great”

  17. SpiritOf1683 says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:08 am

    A guitar won’t be much use at a gun fight when IS come calling. Oh, music is haram in IS-land over there.

  18. afrostreetwise says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:16 am

    RETYPE.
    ISIS must be salivating at the ransom dollars flying in all on their own.
    Another fanatic must my blunting his knife in preparation for a slow cut.

  19. Jaladhi says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:19 am

    You think he will be back alive( a propaganda value for ISIS) or he will be victim of the new jihadi john( a recruitment tool for ISIS)??

    • Jack Diamond says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:08 am

      I think he would convert in a nanosecond, not that a whiny folksinger would be an asset to anybody.
      Why again is he being allowed to travel to “ISIS-dominated territory”? I thought liberal folksingers didn’t believe in torture. Or is this a new episode of “Portlandia”?

      This reminded me of another peace activist hugging the rattlesnakes:
      Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo (known as Pippa Bacca) was an Italian artist who, together with a fellow artist, was hitchhikingfrom Milan to the Middle East to promote world peace and trust in other people, symbolically wearing a wedding dress during her trek

      Bacca was part of a world peace effort known as “Brides on Tour”, which had departed from Milan on 8 March 2008. The artists, wearing white wedding dresses, then travelled through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Bulgaria, and arrived in Turkey on 20 March 2008. They had planned to hitchhike to Syria and then Lebanon by 31 March, arriving in Palestinian territories and Israel by mid-April, their final destination being Jerusalem. Concerning their attire, they reported on their website that “That’s the only dress we’ll carry along โ€” with all stains accumulated during the journey.”

      postscript: “A 33-year old Italian artist, Giuseppina Pasqualino, also known as Pippa Bacca, was found dead in Turkey on Saturday, after having been raped and murdered. Paqualino was hitchhiking towards Israel dressed in a wedding dress in an appeal for peace.”

      • Jaladhi says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 11:28 am

        Unfortunately, these people have not learned Islamic history or have learned revisionist Islamic history where Muslim have done nothing like jihad murders and rapes and have advanced very peacefully to different countries of the world.

        I bet they don’t know Muslims have killed more than 370 million Hindus, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs,Jains,..in last 1400 years of their existence!! And our government with the help of academia, media, etc makes sure that the truth about Islam and Muslims and true Islamic history does never come out – it will be Islamophobic and this makes Muslims ecstatically happy – while the world suffers!!

      • Arthur says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 11:30 am

        Thanks for the interesting link. Sometimes things happen just like you’d expect them to.

      • Jaladhi says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 11:32 am

        >”postscript: โ€œA 33-year old Italian artist, Giuseppina Pasqualino, also known as Pippa Bacca, was found dead in Turkey on Saturday, after having been raped and murdered. Paqualino was hitchhiking towards Israel dressed in a wedding dress in an appeal for peace.โ€

        Sad indeed and the fault lies i in not teaching the true Islaimic history to no-Muslims!!

      • Mirren10 says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 1:08 pm

        As the old saying has it; ”fools and knaves get paid out, but fools first.”

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 10:24 pm

        Here’s this sad and stupid story:

        “Performance Artist Killed on Peace Trip Is Mourned”

        http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/theater/19peac.html

        Not surprisingly, she was safe until she reached Dar-al-Islam…

        And the “artist’s” sister is still in denial, saying โ€œThis was not a question of Turkey or of religion.โ€

        This remind’s me of nothing so much as the “Children’s Crusade”, where the children thought they would move Muslims to goodness thought their own innocence and faith.

        Not surprisingly, they were all murdered or sold into slavery.

        • Mazo says

          Jan 11, 2016 at 12:29 am

          They were sold into slavery by other Europeans to Muslims. Herp derp.

        • gravenimage says

          Jan 13, 2016 at 9:46 pm

          Once again, the appalling Mazo is sniggering over brutality towards innocents.

          What else would one expect of a pious Muslim? *Ugh*.

  20. baucent says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:21 am

    I could see John Denver joining him on this Concert for Peace,if he was still alive. But sadly I don’t like his chances of returning home. Remember ISIS beheaded two western hostages that had converted to Islam. This guy will find no sympathy or humanity there, only a cell and some used orange overalls. Foolish would be an understatement.

  21. Mirren10 says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:33 am

    I googled this fool’s name, and came up with this.

    http://www.jamestwyman.com/index.html

    I can’t make up my mind whether he’s just an idiotic, New Agey tit head, ( he met some woman in Bosnia whom he thinks is a reincarnation of the Virgin Mary, burbles about something called the ”Moses Code” which will apparently change the world, and has apparently met a colony of telepathic children who send psychic messages to world leaders) or a cynical creepazoid – he offers ‘courses’, none of the suggested ‘donations’ seems to be less than $50.00.

    Ah well, the world is full of fools.

    • Don McKellar says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 8:52 am

      He’s a New Agey tit head. The Islamic State is the last place a cynical creepazoid is going to head for. As for the donations — even a New Agey tit head has to eat.

      • John C. Barile says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 11:22 am

        I’m not impressed. He’s only going as far as the Syrian Golan, to a village that’s not yet completely subsumed into the Islamic State. Cripes, for all the dramatics, he might as well go to Raqqa–but I know he can’t get any advance party there.

  22. Mirren10 says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:34 am

    ”This just goes to show you: some peopleโ€™s balloon never lands.”

    ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿ™‚

  23. Michael F Poulin says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:34 am

    A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through…all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
    For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.โ€ – Marcus Tullius Cicero

  24. Don McKellar says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 8:59 am

    And what if he goes there and sings some songs and plants a flower and comes back without incident? He’ll be a hero in the Mainstream Media — for singing a few bad songs and planting a flower. Basically as effective against the Islamic State as Obama’s “air strikes”. Won’t you all feel like a bunch of stupid-heads!

    • Edwin1683 says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:24 am

      Don, you are so right.

      If ISIS was smart, they’d get their P. R. department working on this immediately. Welcome him, fete him, treat him with peace and love. Then watch him return and be universally embraced as an example of right-thinking for “reaching out” to those poor oppressed Islamic state freedom fighters. Why, they’re just good people underneath, just like us!

  25. Glorious says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:04 am

    You forgot to mention that ISIS has banned music.

  26. nacazo says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:08 am

    See you headless.

  27. Timothius says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:24 am

    So, where’s Cat Stevens when you need him?

    • Lesley says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 9:54 am

      @Timothius:

      Cat Stevens is one of them ๐Ÿ™

      He converted to Islam in 1977 and changed his name to Yusuf Islam…

      • Don McKellar says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 10:06 am

        Cat Stevens is then the perfect guy to go on this tour with him, no?

        • Peggy says

          Jan 10, 2016 at 10:59 pm

          He’s not silly. He knows the risks going into that nest of vipers with a guitar.
          He’s also very shifty. When he tours in the west he uses his old name, Cat Stevens. There are many people out there who still don’t know he converted to Islam and for the ones who do, Cat Stevens sound moderate.

    • Jack Diamond says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:29 am

      Cat Stevens died long ago. Yusuf Islam is the name of the pod that took over his body and it lives with some other prominent Body Snatchers, Uncle Qaradawi and Cousin Ramadan, at an address on Ikhwan Avenue.

  28. Jerry in Minneapolis says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:31 am

    He doesn’t have to travel to Syria to sing to Jihadists, he can do that here in America. We got enough of our own to worry about.

    • SpiritOf1683 says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 1:31 pm

      In America he can get rescued. In ISIS-land, he’s out there on his own.

  29. Lesley says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:47 am

    I’m sure that this man is a very kind man with good intentions. If Islam didn’t pose a very real threat to our whole civilization (and it does) then this is like some kind of hilarious Monty Python skit on par with, ‘it’s just a flesh wound’. This is uproariously funny if I can keep some psychological distance from it, like some ridiculous reality show… A sensitive musician from Portlandia camping out with followers of a 7th century pedophile warlord– what will happen? Watch and find out…

    He’s going to leave that safe apartment in Portland, with his clean wooden chairs and his decent, energy efficient stove to travel back 14 centuries and try to bring monsters around to reason-?- I will wish and pray for his safety (and sanity).

    I am for women’s rights, and gay rights, and things that the Left traditionally stood for. These days, it’s like the Left is so far over it’s Suicide Left (like suicide blonde)– they’re as far left as they can get, or they’ll die trying. The problem is that they’ll take the rest of us with them without batting an eyelash.

    EVERYONE, PLEASE register to vote and find out if your state requires that you register as an affiliate of a political party. This is a link to Ann Corcoran’s new blog (she had refugee resettlement watch). American Resistance 2016:

    http://usatransnationalreport.org/2016/01/01/new-blog-american-resistance-2016/

    American Resistance 2016 has links to info for all 50 states so you know when your state’s primary is and how you can qualify to vote for it. We have to do everything we can to protect our country and fight for our way of life. Tell everyone you know who doesn’t have their head up their arse like this nice musician in Portland to get ready to vote ๐Ÿ™‚

    VOTER INFORMATION FOR ALL 50 STATES:
    http://www.uspresidentialelectionnews.com/2016-presidential-primary-schedule-calendar/

  30. Lesley says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:50 am

    *some states require that you register as an affiliate of either the democratic or republican party in order to vote in the primary…

    American Resistance 2016:
    http://anncorcoran2016.org/

  31. Ashley says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:54 am

    He really needs to be stopped before boarding that flight…

    I don’t question that his intentions are genuinely altruistic, but he’s clearly a few cards short of a full deck.

    Here’s hoping the dude’s passport AND guitar mysteriously vanish.

  32. Aron says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:59 am

    “I’ve got a bad feeling about this!”

    https://youtu.be/9bR8uRWXKQM

  33. Achmed_dead_terrorist says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:59 am

    I swear, this is getting so ridiculous, it must be some kind of insane parody…. If not, I hope this moron doesn’t get killed but I hope he at least gets captured and diversified for a while so he can get educated….

  34. abad says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 10:00 am

    ISL will cut off his head.

    We’ll see how peaceful that is.

  35. Rick Spencer says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 10:18 am

    Sing a verse from the Koran – with a GUITAR… that’s BLASPHEMY, mate!

    That qualifies for the holy beheading! Chop-chop. His asshole’s guitar strings will still be vibrating when the knife is put into it sheath!

  36. j_not_a says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:03 am

    romanticizing and idealizing isis “epitomizes the Left’s detachment from reality’; yes, this naive fool will learn about the literal version of detachment – his shoulders from his head…

  37. Mike says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:21 am

    If they take him hostage, he is on his own and should expect no rescue from US Military Forces.

  38. ECAW says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:24 am

    There was a young singer from Raqqa
    Whose future looks blacker and blacker
    He sang them a song
    so we’ll all get along
    He’ll be dead soon, the dozy great facker

    • Mockingjay says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 12:23 pm

      Good one
      !

  39. Rob says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:33 am

    I wonder what would happen if I went over there (or most anywhere) and sang my song live?!? What do you think?

    • Rob says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 11:37 am

      Or how about this one? Perhaps he can open for me. I’ll be the headliner!

    • Nimrod says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 4:20 pm

      Good job.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:28 pm

      Great song, Rob. Thanks for posting it again.

  40. Nonblvr says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:46 am

    The isis video of his head being separated from his body will probably be shown with his own music quietly playing in the background. It could quickly become the new funeral anthem for those who are common sense challanged.

  41. Ross Busby says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 1:53 pm

    Kiss your head goodbye while you still can, idiot.

  42. Georg says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    I’ll be doing some interpretive dance in Ar-Raqqa to James Taylor.

  43. Nigel Dixon says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    The ISIS thugs will sure get excited when he arrives with an oversized violen case. Capish? I can hear the disappointed groans from the crowd when he pulls out a guitar with woven shoulder strap and tries to get them to clap along.

  44. Brian Meadows says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    I will thank you NOT to make light of Julian of Norwich or anything she said! And as you do, I remember a few things. Such as you, Spencer, are Greek and are NOT Western but Byzantine! AND I recall to the lot of you, we of the West are ‘fellow Christians’ when you need us or think you do, and ‘heretical barbarians’ when you don’t! Remember the Byzantine admiral who said, a few years before Constantinople fell to the Ottomans, “Better be under the Sultan’s turban than the Cardinal’s hat”?!
    Well, some of we simple-shit Westerners remember shit like that!

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:35 pm

      What are you on about?

      Robert Spencer’s *grandparents* fled Dar-al-Islam for the free West. His father worked for the Voice of America. Robert Spencer is an American–and a great patriot.

      People have free will–they are not bound–for good or ill–by the traditions of their ancestors.

      Real Americans have no trouble understanding this.

      In fact, I can think of few others who have done anywhere near as much as Robert Spencer to defend American freedoms.

  45. Edwin1683 says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 3:09 pm

    To the tune of Camptown Ladies:

    I
    Good James Twyman sings this song:
    “Peace-love!” “Peace-love!”
    “We’ll all be hugging before too long,
    Sitting in the Happy Tree.”

    “Holding hands all day,
    Dreaming dreams all night.
    I bet my money on diversity
    And we’ll make the whole world right.”

    II
    Al-Baghdadi sings this song:
    “Allah!” “Allah”!
    “Killing infidels all day long,
    Knife, slice away!”

    “Going to kill all day,
    Going to rape all night.
    I bet my money that the weak-kneed West
    Goes down without even a fight”.

  46. mortimer says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    James Twyman is a one-man Children’s Crusade (look up ‘Children’s Crusade).

    If he goes, he’ll end up executed for inadvertent blasphemy or he will be enslaved.

  47. MsgtDubb says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    The ignorance of islam, by this dude is beyond belief, but being liberal is beyond stupidity.

  48. Kepha says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Actually, Uncle Kepha wishes James Twyman well (even if this is the first time I’ve ever heard of him).

    However–
    Back in my foreign service days, I knew some female aid workers who expressed great concern about how the women and children in Cambodia were in great danger since there were no men around to protect them (higher male mortality in that long, bloody civil war); and I’m sure when they were in college, they bought the feminist view hook, line, and sinker. There were also Foreign Service legends of starry-eyed idealists all enthusiastic about seeing the “new man” the Communist revolutions had produced who changed their tunes pretty quickly after a tour in China.

    Maybe, if Twyman survives this jaunt, he’ll end up either a Muslim fanatic himself or a fanatical anti-Jihadi.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 10:39 pm

      I wish him well, too, Kepha–but only because I don’t want to see *anyone* suffer from Muslim barbarism.

      I disagree, though–if he does survive–remember he has made similar though marginally less suicidal trips before–it will just convince him to plan more “peace concerts” until some pious Mohammadan finally takes his head off.

      • eduardo odraude says

        Jan 12, 2016 at 3:13 am

        Agreed, I wish him well too. But I don’t expect he will come to his senses through this trip. He has too much invested in his worldview, to judge by his resume. It may be the kind of worldview that is relatively impervious to contradictory evidence.

  49. Champ says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 5:52 pm

    There’s brave and then there’s brainless. Methinks he’s the latter. Although he probably considers himself oh-sooo brave. No, he isn’t. In fact he’s only making things more dangerous for humanity by taking the position that evil can be reformed through a verse in — of all places — the unholy quran. It can’t. Hey your stupid song does not have the power to change an evil heart with quran quotes. Only Jesus Christ has the power to accomplish something like that — AND — only through a willing heart. This song won’t make a dent in their evil hearts because you’re relying on the unholy quran to bring about a heartfelt change. Hello the unholy quran is nothing more than a manual-4-murder and what’s made a mess of things in the first place. Wow what a useful idiot because the last thing a person should be praying is a muslim prayer if you’re hoping for a good result, since islam offers ZERO hope for any good change to come about. ZILCH.

    • Kepha says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 7:19 pm

      @Champ:

      I think a lot of people like James Twyman are trying to be their own Messiahs.

      • Champ says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 7:26 pm

        Probably! Good point, Kepha ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Champ says

      Jan 10, 2016 at 8:12 pm

      Wow what a useful idiot because the last thing a person should be praying is a muslim prayer if youโ€™re hoping for a good result, since islam offers ZERO hope for any good change to come about.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      And where’s our resident mohammedan troll “rezali mehil” to further make my point.

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 10, 2016 at 10:41 pm

        Yes, Champ–another foolish Infidel trying to convince ravening Mohammedans that Islam really is a “religion of peace”. What a fool…

  50. Peggy says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    Hope he gets his affairs in order before he goes.
    Is there noone who could talk this fool out of this?

  51. Hope says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    What a stupid-ass tool this Twyman is. He brings the term “useful idiot” to a whole new level.

  52. John Johness says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    Come on Guys and Gals. He is smart. If I wanted to sell my songs I’d make an outlandish plan. Build it up, plenty of clicks, people downloading my music just to see if I am a loony, money coming in…..Kerching!
    Then at the last minute come down with a cold, or miss the flight accidentally. Then more clicks and interviews as he explains his misfortune, pleas for crowd funding for the whole project, Google and Facebook put in loads of money to get him over there. Fabulous publicity.
    Again another excuse, just can’t make it, warfare, mother doesn’t want me to go, cant leave the cat and dog for that long, he cries tears, poor guy……………
    “So I will Skype the song”. Skype gives him loads of money.
    He does it
    Yeah!!!!! – what a guy….a true hero. Brave artist, against all odds…..brings peace to the Middle East…. Everyone in the press and the sponsors are too committed to say it was a failure so it is hailed around the world BBC, Al Jazera….. It was a huge success.
    You can’t beat the Yanks!
    Dr Baghdadi says “que?”.

  53. gravenimage says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    Oregon folk singer set to travel to the Islamic State to sing for peace
    ………………………………

    I hope this willful naรฏf doesn’t get himself–or worse, himself and *other people* killed.

    More:

    In the video, you can see this clown singing a verse from the Qurโ€™an: โ€œAnd if they incline to peace, then incline to it and rely upon Allahโ€ (8:61). Doubtless the Islamic State jihadis will hear this (and understand it in English), and their eyes will fill with tears as they lay down their arms and embrace James Twyman, the lovable lug, in a big bear hug.
    ………………………………

    I’m sure this fool has no idea what this passage *really* means–“inclining to peace” means to utterly surrender to Islam–to convert or live as a humiliated dhimmi.

    More:

    โ€œWith all the violence, with all the fear that has been generated, I think the only answer is for us to focus on love and compassion and peace. And so do something as crazy as going over there, it hopefully inspires people.โ€ Yes, it may well inspire some Islamic State jihadis to sharpen up their beheading knives and try them out on James Twyman, probably right while he is in the midst of singing โ€œif they incline to peaceโ€ฆโ€
    ………………………………

    This tool–no joke–also bills himself as the “Peace Troubadour”.

    Just check out his supporters on Facebook. What a bunch of Eloi…

    https://m.facebook.com/Jamestwyman?v=timeline&filter=2

    And here’s a letter from James Twyman from a few years ago, which shows you how fantasy-based his approach to Muslim savagery is:

    http://vandemataram.com/www/vindex.jsp

  54. TheBuffster says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    Some people remain little children all their lives.

    No, I don’t want this simple-minded fellow to lose his childish head.

    But if a filthy kafir sets a Koran verse to a Western-style folk melody and sings it out of his dirty Kafir mouth, that’s not going to make die-hard fanatical Muslims happy.

    If those of us who have bothered to study the religion and the motives and beliefs of the jihadis weren’t portrayed by the mainstream media as bigots and whackos, maybe guys like this would have a better grasp of the enemy and wouldn’t make this kind of suicidal mistake.

  55. Unapologetic American says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    Wonder how soon after his arrival in ISIS territory the snuff film featuring this idiot being anally and orally raped and beheaded by moslems will appear online. Hopefully it’ll be eligible for an Ocsar.

  56. Jon Hammond says

    Jan 10, 2016 at 11:08 pm

    What is that Oregon folk singer going to sing; “Come gather round, ISIS, it’s high time you learned that you cannot be happy despite the people you’ve burned…”? What a delusional moron. I hope he plans to pack his own bright orange jumpsuit because he’s going to need it.

  57. Tom Paine says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 1:59 am

    The guy is a self-styled mystic who does cheap magic tricks too.
    See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxFIxE2hsA

    Maybe they’ll just cut him in half for real.

  58. GeorgeRomero says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 2:06 am

    When he sings his lullaby for peace , i bet the Israel border will be only a few hundred meters from the stage he will stand on , with 10 bodyguards armed to the teeth :-0
    Dihmmi Dude at its finest.

  59. Champ says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 2:54 am

    Enablers of evil islam come in all shapes and sizes …including song writers.

  60. No Fear says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 3:17 am

    Where did he get the thought that ISIS would listen to the Quran?

    ISIS has nothing to do with the Quran. Everyone knows that.

  61. Sergio says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 3:31 am

    Suicide by Muslim.

  62. Tom Evans says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 3:39 am

    It is frightening that some people of so naive.
    Alice in Wonderland pales into insignificance compared to this.

  63. Sh. N. says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 6:02 am

    If wise serious people are afraid of taking proper action against resurgent Muslims, morons feel responsibility to show the depth of human insanity.
    Unintentionally, this clown is depicting the free world leaders’ stupidity.

  64. sidney penny says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 8:08 am

    Is Cat Stevens not enough?

  65. George says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 8:16 am

    Do we send flowers or will there be a memorial fund set up for him? I suspect that Muslims will not be too impressed by an American putting the sacred words of the Prophet to Western music. The best thing that can happen to him is the State Dept stops him from going there.

  66. karen wade says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    he will be coming back as a corpse…

  67. Gene says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 12:18 pm

    When did Jim get out the mental hospital?

  68. John Fitzgerald says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    Will he sing Halalice’s Restaurant?

  69. Avenger says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 1:10 pm

    I’m waiting for a pic of his head on a fence post in Raqqa.
    Better yet, send James Taylor singing “You’ve Got A Friend” followed by a comedy sketch with Whoopi Goldberg

  70. Reno Earl says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    If the ISIS bad boys make this dude a victim, they’ll have to use a meat hook to carry the prize around.

  71. UNCLE VLADDI says

    Jan 11, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    This seems to be the useful idiot’s new youtube channel:

    https://www.youtube.com/user/SpiritualPeacemaking

    ๐Ÿ˜‰

  72. jim Varsos says

    Jan 13, 2016 at 9:27 am

    Isn’t attempting to entertain the enemy….aiding and abetting.? Wonder what the world will look like to him when the mushrooms wear off

  73. Ivan P Willowstomper says

    Jan 14, 2016 at 11:56 am

    What can we say about those folks that are driven to evict themselves form the gene pool?

  74. ICH says

    Jan 18, 2016 at 10:21 am

    WOW
    I have goosebumps.
    he is so lame

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