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Muslim from UK blows himself up outside Mosul for the Islamic State

Feb 21, 2017 4:54 am By Robert Spencer

The key question here is this: where did Abu Zakariya al-Britani learn his understanding of Islam? From anyone in Britain? If so, who? Are British authorities looking into this? Or are they waving away the question with the all-purpose dodge that Abu Zakariya al-Britani was “radicalized on the Internet”?

“British ISIS fighter carries out suicide bomb attack at military HQ outside Mosul as Iraqi forces move to reclaim the city,” by Dave Burke, Mailonline, February 20, 2017:

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing which it said was carried out by a British terrorist close to the Iraqi city of Mosul.

The attack targeted a military facility to the southwest of the war-torn city, and the group claims it resulted in multiple casualties.

ISIS named the bomber, who was driving an explosives laden vehicle, as Abu Zakariya al-Britani.

A statement released by the terror group today said: ‘The martyrdom-seeking brother Abu Zakariya al-Britani – may Allah accept him – detonated his explosives-laden vehicle on a headquarters of the Rafidhi army and its militias in Tal Kisum village, southwest of Mosul.’

It did not reveal when the bombing took place.

‘Rafidha’ is a derogatory term used to refer to Shiite Muslims, who Islamic State fanatics consider to be heretics.

Forces from the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation), a paramilitary umbrella dominated by Shiite militias backed by Tehran, are active in the area mentioned in the statement….

“Rafidha” means rejectors, i.e., the Shia are rejectors of the first three caliphs, Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman. This is not something only “Islamic State fanatics” think; many Sunnis believe this.

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  1. Pal says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 5:02 am

    Islamic State, June 2014 – Feb 2017: 143 attacks in 29 countries have killed 2,043, increasing globally:
    http://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/17/world/mapping-isis-attacks-around-the-world/index.html
    Islam, or only “radicalism”?…

  2. efoc says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 5:09 am

    Look, I think he did it because of global warming. You know how it is: he got a little hot under the collar and then thought, what better way to let off steam than go fight for ISIS, inshallah?

  3. dumbledoresarmy says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 7:02 am

    Let’s look on the bright side: that”s *one* British-passport-holding Muslim that MI5 won’t have to worry about any more; one more jihadi that will NOT be returning to endanger the lives of British infidels.

    Good riddance.

    Scratch his name off the long, long list of “people to worry about”.

    • Angemon says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 7:06 am

      Indeed.

    • Charli Main says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 8:55 am

      Sharia May will shortly be making a statement, reminding us Kaffirs, that this man was not a REAL Muslim, had completely misunderstood peaceful Islam and was suffering from mental illness.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 10:42 pm

      Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    • A Harris USA says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 4:43 pm

      Amen!!! Bye Felicia, and BTW, where is the million dollars the Brits gave him for his “suffering” in Gitmo? Yes, the same one who did the BOOM thing, got a cool million from British tax payers, for suffering, playing football, eating fine meals, and reading the devils handbook, called the Koran.. Gee, maybe the fools in the UK should question where their hard earned money is going..

  4. Angemon says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 7:06 am

    ‘Rafidha’ is a derogatory term used to refer to Shiite Muslims, who Islamic State fanatics consider to be heretics.

    I ghave a couple of questions for Mr. Burke. 1 – Is is just “islamic state fanatics” who consider shiites to be heretics? 2 – Do shiites consider sunnis to be heretics?

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 11:56 pm

      Yes–“Rafidah” means “rejecting true Islam”.

  5. RichardL says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 8:14 am

    we should try to get that evil “Internet” where they get all these ideas from! Can we not drone it? Or is it protected by Yuman Rights. Or is it an alias of Nacy Pelosi? Man, this is difficult!

    • Dawn says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 11:49 am

      No go to the mosque thats where they are learning it

    • Arthur says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 7:55 pm

      I am paranoid, for sure, but as the attacks on free speech mount, the internet (where JihadWatch, Wikileaks, and so many others exist) is certainly in the cross-hairs. Just like they will soon outlaw cash to “stop crime”, they will censor the internet to “stop extremism.” You’ll know when it happens because JihadWatch will be closed down for “security” purposes and your browser will be re-directed to CAIR.

  6. mortimer says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 10:05 am

    ISIS hates the Shi’ites as much as they hate KAFIRS… in fact, they think the Shi’ites are 90% kafir already… so what’s the big deal!

    Genocide is normative Islam, rather than an aberration.

    from a lecture given by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal (H.A.):

    “The implication of al-Baraa is that one HATES for the sake of Allah (SWT)…Al-Baraa means to recognize who your enemies are and to HATE them and EXTERMINATE them in their Endeavour to get rid of your Deen, al-Islam…Al-Baraa is to HATE the people who propagate Baatil (falsehood)—the Muslim should HATE them and (at least desire to) KILL them when the time comes.”

    (i.e. the hatred of Muslims toward the kufaar is for the purpose of ethnic cleansing according to Sheikh al-Faisal.)

  7. Walter Sieruk says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 11:06 am

    That jihadist in this deluded, mad and murderous Islamic quest was smiling in that above picture. This shows the delusional and destructive influence and power of Islam. That jihadist after he died found out the hard way that he and been deceived by the false doctrine of Islam and that all those Koranic promises of a paradise with houris , for his won uses only [44:54. 55:56. 78:31.]were actually only religious stories . After all, the Bible warns against giving “heed to fables…” First Timothy 1:4. [K.J.V.]
    So that jihadist after he died in his murderous jihad bombing had a very harsh realty check and now he is no longer smiling . As the Bible teaches that a murderer “shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:21. So now he in trapped and suffering in the fires of hell, Luke 16:19-31. Furthermore, in the very last book of the Bible, Revelations in 21:8. it gives a list of those who will in in the awful terrible condition and place called the Lake of Fire which burns with fire and brimstone. one group on the list are murderers. So that jihadist who thought he would obtain a paradise for himself by that murdering jihad suicide/homicide bombing was ,in reality ,extremely deluded , Thus the more fool him

  8. no_one says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 12:33 pm

    He knows the truth now.

  9. davej says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    They say “radicalized by the Internet” because they are afraid to say “radicalized by the Quran”.

    • Carlos Danger says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 2:33 pm

      ….or radicalized by his home mosque.

  10. Glenn Wilson says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 9:24 pm

    Abu Zakariya al-Britani was paid £1m in compensation by UK government
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/22/isis-suicide-bomber-was-briton-freed-from-guantanamo

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 9:31 pm

      Suicidal madness.

  11. Thunderstorm says

    Feb 21, 2017 at 11:30 pm

    I hope that he is enjoying this 72 virgins now.

  12. don vito says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 2:16 am

    It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad “religion”. Look for the big double U.

  13. RICHTHOFEN says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 5:08 am

    Can you believe that the British government not only lobbied to get him released from Guantanamo, but also paid him around $1,250,000 of tax payers’ money as ‘compensation’ and declared him ‘no longer a threat’? – Now look! Can any government really be that incompetent and naiive? Apparently so. I wonder if there was also some corruption involved in this gross act of ostrich-like lunacy?

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 22, 2017 at 11:14 am

      Many Western politicians are in the pay of Saudi Arabia. Hillary Clinton received $30 million from them and I know Blair now has some sort of “Consultant” company which deals with the Arab states. The British government accepted money from Saudi Arabia to build some sort of government building in London with the proviso that alcohol would not be sold or consumed in the building. They have taken over the UK while the People were sleeping. JFK wrote a book “While England Slept,” about England prior to the Second World War and why they were caught by surprise about Germany. They are doing the same thing with Islam. The only hope is that once England woke up they were brave fighters. Could it happen again? I don’t know.

  14. Mahendra Singh says

    Feb 22, 2017 at 11:37 am

    No loss to human race. Sorry for those innocents he blew up with him.

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