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Ivory Coast: Al-Qaeda murderers drank beer before starting jihad attack

Mar 18, 2016 10:16 am By Robert Spencer

Yesterday Islamic supremacists on Twitter were trumpeting this as an indication that the killers were not devout Muslims who were motivated by Islam. In reality, it is nothing of the kind. The Qur’an teaches that if one’s good deeds outweigh one’s bad deeds on the “scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection,” one will enter Paradise:

“And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.” (Qur’an 21:47)

The best of all deeds is jihad, and it outweighs all others:

“The Prophet said, ‘A single endeavor of fighting in Allah’s Cause is better than the world and whatever is in it.'” (Bukhari 4:52:50)

“A man came to Allah’s Apostle and said, ‘Instruct me as to such a deed as equals Jihad in reward.’ He replied, ‘I do not find such a deed.'” (Bukhari 4:52:44)

So if these jihadis knew they were soon going to be killing for Allah in jihad, they could enjoy a beer, knowing that the sinfulness of it would be far outweighed by their jihad.

Ivory Coast Grand Bassam bar

“Al Qaeda gunmen drank in bar before unleashing Ivory Coast attack,” Reuters, March 15, 2016:

Gunmen from al Qaeda’s North African branch drank beer at a beachside bar before launching a shooting rampage at an Ivory Coast resort town that left at least 18 people dead, the group’s third major attack in West Africa in four months.

Sunday’s raid, details of which are beginning to emerge in witness and official accounts, was the furthest yet from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) traditional desert base, a worrying indication of the militants’ growing reach.

The attack raised questions about Ivory Coast’s preparedness for such an attack, with some asking why such a sensitive target was left so vulnerable.

Fifteen civilians and three members of the special forces were killed and 33 people were wounded in the attack in Grand Bassam, a weekend retreat popular with Ivorians and westerners about 40 km (25 miles) east of the commercial capital Abidjan.

Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko said another 26 wounded were still receiving medical attention on Monday, as President Alassane Ouattara declared three days of mourning for the country, which has never before been hit by al Qaeda.

Three militants also died in the attack on the resort town, a UNESCO heritage site of crumbling colonial-era buildings.

Witness Christian Eddy said four men arrived in a Ford saloon car at the beachside bar where he works around noon on Sunday. While two remained outside, the two others entered and drank beers for around a half hour.

They then launched the attack.

“They didn’t speak French. They spoke Arabic. We communicated with them in English …. The guys who were still outside started shooting and the two seated at the table yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ and flipped over the table,” he told Reuters.

He said the first victim was a boy who was made to kneel before he was shot. Bar staff tried to warn a deaf boy who was playing nearby.

“People were yelling ‘Come over here!’ But he didn’t know what was happening and just went down to the water. They shot him in the water,” Eddy said.

The gunmen then moved up the beach, continuing their killing spree and entering several seaside hotels….

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  1. Myxlplik says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 10:25 am

    If I only had a nickel for every time Robert has had to slay this particular White Whale, I’d be rich.

    It’s good that Robert is here to educate people, but this must be getting old.

    • Paul M says

      Mar 18, 2016 at 5:28 pm

      We have ears that hear, but we do not hear;
      We have eyes seeing, but we do not see,
      We have a little knowledge, but we lack all understanding. :-/

  2. jihad3tracker says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 10:31 am

    Muhammad was a master of understanding the psychology of humans, and his mind (NOT the mind of God) manifested such depth of competence in the Qur’an.

    This verse — 21:47 — shows his understanding that even the most devout Muslims will fall off the wagon from time to time.

    For those of you who have not yet read a comprehensive explanation of my point in the first sentence, Google “The Terrifying Brilliance of Islam”. It is on one of the best truth-telling websites (perhaps Citizenwarrior).

  3. Sam says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 10:37 am

    Shame on them alcohol is forbidden in Islam.

    • Marcus says

      Mar 18, 2016 at 10:40 am

      Ha they will not get 72 virgins because they drank beer before jihad.

      • Jay Boo says

        Mar 18, 2016 at 11:12 am

        Islam is full of embarrassing loopholes that reveal its many hypocrisies.

        Islam requires Muslims limit themselves to worshipping only ONE god figure.
        Remember how mad Muslims got when Salman Rushdie reminded them about Muhammad’s satanic verse worship of other gods which is strictly forbidden in Islam except for the lying hypocrite Muhammad how also chose to have more than the Islamic four wives.

        Muhammad humping one god after another while fornicating child sex slaves.
        Yet, Muslims dare to call such a man their prophet.
        Have they no shame?

      • mortimer says

        Mar 18, 2016 at 12:04 pm

        Marcus wrote: “Ha they will not get 72 virgins…”

        You misread the article. They will get the 72 virgins and much more BECAUSE they killed and were killed in the cause of Allah.

        One act of jihad outweighs many lifetimes of sin!

        The MOST important conclusion of this article to point out that WE ARE ALL ON THE FRONT LINE OF JIHAD everywhere we go.

        Even in a bar, Muslims may be drinking beer and whisky one minute and then firing into the crowd the next.

        We are ALL OF US on the front line…even little children…the jihadists will even come to get us in our beds. That too is the Sunna of Mohammed. Every Muslim knows it.

  4. Jay Boo says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 10:51 am

    I noticed, the (Qur’an quote said “… the weight of a mustard seed, …”
    Yes the thief Muhammad was very astute to take notice of the smallness of a mustard seed and use it in a metaphor.
    ———-
    http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Mustard-Seed

  5. Jay Boo says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 11:01 am

    Muhammad drank in buckets of blood “revelations” that totally contradicted his earlier public relations promotional revelations. The compilers of the Qur’an decided to bog the reader down in longer out of chronologic order chapters to hide the fact that Islam is clearly not a religion at all; it is a JOKE.

    The Qur’an is supposedly the IMMUTABLE words of Allah, which therefore proves beyond all doubt that Allah (Mo) was a shameless liar.

  6. WorkingClassPost says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 11:33 am

    Please don’t credit the pervert with anything approaching intelligence.

    His quest for power began in 610, and he died in 632, so that’s 22 years of twisting and turning and changing testimony to suit events and the gullibilities of people following him.

    Nothing clever at all.

    Bits of Christianity but much more of the Old Testament, Jewish texts of blood and guts, that he must have particularly enjoyed, before he murdered those same Jews who gave him refuge in Medina.

    That’s why there’s no definitive, un-abrogated, version. They just left everything in there, and some bits of it will make some sense (if you can call it that) to some people, some time.

    The muzzies who followed used this tactic to allow them to give only partial quotes when it suited them – particularly when dealing with Christians, who were (and some still are) far more morally challenging of the witch’s brew, that they try to call religion.

    We don’t need to make sense of any of it, once we know who it came from – a murdering peadophile and coward to boot, who ran from Mecca because he knew there was no alala to save him.

    • ICH says

      Mar 18, 2016 at 12:02 pm

      Made me think about how much of a coward Muhammed was indeed.

      You really see it today too.
      The muslim world is full of cowards.

      • WorkingClassPost says

        Mar 18, 2016 at 12:33 pm

        That’s also why cruelty to women is such a vital part of muzzie life.

        They’re so full of bullying and hatred, that the only way to put up with it, is to go home and beat up on someone else, then the cowardly shits who won’t fight each other can ‘save face’ by beating up on their wives and daughters, and even their own mothers.

        That’s why they stoop to commit ‘honor’ crimes, because they are dishonored by their cowardice, they’re just following their putrid example of 1437 years ago.

    • Mirren10 says

      Mar 18, 2016 at 4:49 pm

      “We don’t need to make sense of any of it …”

      Excellent point, WCP.

      There *is* no sense in islam, or logic either. Instead of trying to find some, people need to focus on what the koran says. Kill all infidels, except those who provide jizya, and when the time comes, kill them, as well.

      mohammedans are just as hypocritical as anyone else when it comes to doing what they really want to do. And as Robert has noted, ‘sin’ is wiped out by a good bloodbath of kufr.

  7. ICH says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 12:04 pm

    “Fifteen civilians and three members of the special forces were killed and 33 people were wounded ”

    NICE SPECIAL FORCES !!!!

    Idiots

    I will never visit any of these crap holes.

    Time will tell on Europe but so far I have no desire to go.

    • WorkingClassPost says

      Mar 18, 2016 at 12:44 pm

      Interesting story here.

      My wife was planning to take my daughter to Germany to visit some friends soon.

      I think she was fully expecting me to rant and rave about not going (we don’t discuss this stuff much, but she knows my position). Anyway, I said nothing until the subject came up naturally, whereupon I simply stated, with deadly earnest it must be noted, that she should be Very Careful..

      I guess the truth sunk home then, because she’s now saying they’re unlikely to go.

      Praise the Lord.

      • Myxlplik says

        Mar 18, 2016 at 2:49 pm

        I know someone what wanted to be an Au Pair in France, and told them to do some research into the troubles there.

        They changed their mind, Liberals voting with their feet I guess, it’s all quite ironic because those corporate biggies who favor Muzzies in their work visa programs would never live near them either.

        The problem is, in good conscious we can’t let people we know make foolish choices, but I feel like, as the flood waters are rising, the high ground spots are going to become few and far in between demographically.

      • Mirren10 says

        Mar 18, 2016 at 5:10 pm

        Well, WCP, I have to disagree with you.

        If all non-muslims refuse to visit countries where there is a significant mohammedan presence, and therefore, *danger*, aren’t we just ceding power to the mohammedans ?

        *My* husband recently tried to persuade a friend not to visit Israel, on the grounds he woul be endangered if he went.

        I pointed out to him, that mohammedans have committed atrocities in *every* country, including Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, USA, the list goes on. If we refuse to move freely, because there is a danger that mohammedans might go jihad, aren’t we giving them exactly, ( in part) what they want ?

        Where will this end ? As mohammed said; ” I have been made victorious through terror”.

        Let’s not give them that victory.

  8. Angemon says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 1:21 pm

    Witness Christian Eddy said four men arrived in a Ford saloon car at the beachside bar where he works around noon on Sunday. While two remained outside, the two others entered and drank beers for around a half hour.

    They then launched the attack.

    Behold, the lions of islam – where would they be without “Dutch Courage”?…

  9. Mirren10 says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 6:03 pm

    The ‘lions of islam’ don’t need ‘Dutch courage’, Angemon.

    Many of them have committed vile acts of murder, rape and torture, without any ‘Dutch courage” at all.

    These scumbags, fuelled by the koran, do what their foul book and their equally foul ‘prophet’ tell them to do.

    Their *hypocrisy* shouldn’t surprise. Didn’t the murderers of 9/11 visit bars etc, before their mass murders ?

    On a completely banal note; my husband once worked for a taxi firm, the majority of whose employees were *mohammedans*. They, as a matter of course, scarfed bacon butties, and drank cans of lager. When my husband asked them how they squared this with koranic injunctions, their reply was ” allah knows all, and will forgive all”

    What can you do with creatures like that ? In my opinion, **nothing**.

  10. salim says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    Even the most devout muslim has to taste hell and must stand a trial before entering paradise.
    Martyrs go straight to paradise without any trial (just like prophets). so it makes sense to commit any desired sin before the jihad attack as it will be considered free.

  11. abad says

    Mar 18, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    Beer?

    I thought Islam strictly forbids the consumption of alcohol???

    Maybe these murderers need to get theirs.

  12. citycat says

    Mar 19, 2016 at 12:55 am

    The End justifies the Mean.
    If it furthers the war then it can be classified as a bad deed sanctified by Islam as a good deed.
    Normal gang warfare.
    But the end does not justify the means.
    The rein of Evil reigns supreme.
    What’s the world doing about it?
    It’s attention is focused on outer space while Earth is ravaged by savages.

  13. Elton says

    Mar 20, 2016 at 1:20 am

    Apparently raping, pillaging and killing innocents is so highly revered by allah that it even cancels out the horrendous act of having a few beers. What a forgiving god.

  14. Elton says

    Mar 20, 2016 at 1:27 am

    Apparently raping, pillaging and killing innocents is so highly revered by allah that it even cancels out the horrendous evil of having a couple of beers. What a forgiving god.

  15. خَليفة says

    Mar 20, 2016 at 4:04 am

    The best way to fight against the immoral kafir alcohol drinkers is to hypocritically drink some alcohol and kill kill kill.

    Did you know Muslims are KKK members? Koran Killing Klub

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