“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4)
Abu Sayyaf has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.
“Canadian hostage John Ridsdel confirmed dead as police find severed head in Southern Philippines,” by Matthew Fisher and Tristin Hopper, National Post, April 25, 2016:
MANILA and KANANASKIS, Alta. — Hope flickered briefly early Monday without a word from Abu Sayyaf as the deadline for the execution of the militants’ four hostages came and went.
The Islamist terrorists, based on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines, had threatened to kill Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Hall’s Filipino girlfriend Marites Flor, and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad.
Then police in Jolo City, the provincial capital, made a grisly find.
A plastic bag dumped on the street was found to contain the head of a Caucasian man, later identified as Ridsdel, 68. The fate of his three companions was not known.
“We have received information that a headless body was found at 8:30 p.m. of a Caucasian man in Jolo City, Jolo Island,” said Dick Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, describing the gruesome discovery.
“It appears to have been decapitated.”
“A motorcycle driver threw a plastic bag in the road in front of where there were five children playing at 7:30 p.m. But there was a brown-out (power failure). When the lights went back on it was seen that there was blood on the plastic bag and police were called.”
In Kananaskis, Alta., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described it as a “cold-blooded murder” by the militants.
Trudeau said Canada would work with the Philippine government and international partners to bring those responsible to justice….
That’s unlikely, since Trudeau has not shown any inclination at all to fight the Islamic State.

Beagle says
Most US media ignored this. We’ve reached a bizarre new mormal in which people being brutally slaughtered by Muslims is no longer viewed as newsworthy.
JawsV says
People being slaughtered by Muslims IS the new normal.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Worse than that, no mention is made of economic failure. The now deceased Canadian guy was kidnapped by Moslems to exchange for cash, a rich Islamic religious tradition that harks all the way back to the Holy Prophet Mohammed himself. But they didn’t get a dime, and so were forced to cut their losses by lopping off his head. Now we all are for commerce, but here no business was done and no jobs were created, leaving the southern Philippines in the grip of poverty.
This is as regrettable as when Boko Haram was forced to liquidate its cache of a hundred adolescent kidnapped school girls for lack of market, a commercial failure repeated later when hundreds of too old or too ugly women were found in that mass grave along the Syria-Iraq border.
Has it come to the point where unjustified resistance Islamic religious fervor is getting in the way of free trade? We need Angel Merkel and President Barack Hussein Obama to weigh in on this troubling development. I can guarantee you that Ayatollah Khameini ain’t happy about it.
celticwarriorcanada says
Prime Minister Zoolander to The Rescue and He’s OUTRAGED ! Ya better run Abu Sayyaf militants, MORE BLANKETS AND WINTER CLOTHING ARE ON THE WAY !
mortimer says
PM Selfie responded by saying: ‘These people obviously did this because they feel excluded. Canada will therefore bring another 300,000 Muslims to Canada this year.’
Vyx says
LOL. “PM Selfie.” Welcome to the world Americans have had to put up with for the past eight years. And he’s reacting exactly like King Barack I.
Did PM Selfie remember to say “Islam is a religion of peace” and add that “all muslims are peaceful, except for a small minority of extremists?” Those are the taking points. He also needs to urge caution regarding “backlash by Canadians targeting peaceful muslims.”
Charli Main says
along with an invitation to come and settle in Canada and add to the ” enormous ” contribution already being made to Canadian society by the Muslims already there.
Angemon says
This means that Canada is winning. As the shiny pony said, “if you kill your enemies, they win”. ISIS declared Canada as one of their enemies. ISIS is killing Canadians. Therefore, according to Trudeau’s “logic” (and I use that word in a very, very, very loose way here), Canada is winning.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Canada cannot declare victory until they put Mark Steyn in prison. Conrad Black too. They do that, then they can party like it’s 1999.
ballotcode says
Like the Prince ref.
Fred Boenig says
Wow- WRONG AGAIN- Canadian’s beheading not an Islamic State terror act, says former Australian hostage
Maybe one of you folks would realize in cases like this it’s about THE MONEY- not a religion- Then maybe you’ll start to get- IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE MONEY- whether the US is Killing them or a bunch of Middle Eastern Gangsters pretending to be Religious. But it ALWAYS comes down to the MONEY!!
http://www.smh.com.au/world/canadians-beheading-not-an-islamic-state-terror-act-says-former-australian-hostage-20160426-gof5sa.html
Beagle says
Holding hostages for ransom to fund jihad is canonical Islam advocated by Muhammad himself. Sure, it’s about money. But your reductionist simplicity evinces a deep lack of knowledge of Islam.
Islam is about conquest and establishing Islamic law. Western notions of spirituality merely confound understanding.
Fred Boenig says
Really? So what is your understanding? You mean “God” needs money? What part of this isn’t pure “Mafia” in style? I get there are Real Jihadists – but there are too many examples of EX Iraqi or ex secular military leaders that were not in anyway “Religious Extremists- guys that worked for folks like Saddam- involved- You think it’s about doing all this for “God”? I guess you can have all the knowledge in ISLAM which I seriously would question- but if you know anything about the “Kleptocracy” of the people that are currently in power in those countries- you’d realize- getting the overwhelming uneducated- (due to War-Corruption- power struggles) to go out and die to keep or put them in power (AGAIN) you need to do exactly as the Kings of the Middle Ages did to get the Poor surfs to open up the Silk Road. Tell them it’s “God’s Will” – no deep down this Islamic Extremism- is about Money and Power- not about God- I know a lot of Islamic Businessmen at very high levels- and that’s exactly what they talk about- How it all can be bought if you want to pay the price- That’s not Religion- it’s “Extortion” plain and simple
Marcel Berube says
On official comment , Trudeau speak of terrorists but we could not here more.Since it is so far in the eastern world , I guess it must be bouddhists.
Kepha says
I guess American liberal travelers can no longer pretend to be Canadians in order to keep out of trouble.
mortimer says
ISIS mentioned Canadians as there targets along with the dirty French and Americans.
mortimer says
We are all on the front line of jihad now…anywhere in the world.
Kepha says
I was being a bit sarcastic–a dig at my liberal countrymen.
As for my true feelings, my sincerest condolences to the Ridsdel family; and I hope the killers are brought to justice quickly.
xxxChurch100 says
Jihad Watchers :
There has been no word on the where abouts of Australian missionary Dr Ken Elliot who was abducted at gunpoint on 18th Jan 2016 in Bakina Faso , Western Africa from the mission hospital he built there .
Islamic group Ansar Dine has claimed responsibility for the action .
Fortunately Dr Elliots’ wife Joeclyn was release on the 30th Jan 2016 ..but still no word about the doctor.
He is believed to be in Mali .
Please pray for his release and safe return … he is 83 years old .
Charli Main says
the holy warriors of Jihad, the LIONS OF ISLAM are always at their bravest, when attacking women, children and pensioners, just like their sick, mentally deranged ” prophet” mad mohammed of mecca.
Bryn Fox says
This is war yet pacifist Trudeau will do nothing for fear of losing his Muslim voter base.
#Muslim-votes-are-true-dough-to-me
firefoxhits says
My deepest condolences to his family.
Rest in Peace.