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Islamic State: Use Craigslist ads to lure non-Muslims, kill hostages to “plant terror into hearts of disbelievers”

May 6, 2017 9:59 am By Robert Spencer

We all know, of course, that the Islamic State has nothing to do with Islam, but one can’t help but notice: the Islamic State gives Muslims strategies to “more effectively plant terror into the hearts of the disbelievers.”

Where could they have gotten the idea to do that? Could it be from these verses?

“And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah…” (Qur’an 8:60)

“We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down authority….” (Qur’an 3:151)

“When your Lord inspired to the angels, ‘I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.'” (Qur’an 8:12)

The Islamic State also says: “The objective of taking hostages, would-be jihadists are told, is ‘not to hold large numbers of the kuffar hostage in order to negotiate one’s demands,’ but to sow terror with ‘the language of force, the language of killing, stabbing and slitting throats, chopping off heads, flattening them under trucks, and burning them alive, until they give the jizyah [tax] while they are in a state of humiliation.'”

Again, where did they get this idea?

“Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth, even if they are of the People of the Book, until they pay the jizyah willingly while they are humiliated.” (Qur’an 9:29)

“ISIS to Jihadists: Use Fake Apartment, Job, Craigslist Ads to Lure Hostage, Murder Victims,” by Bridget Johnson, PJ Media, May 4, 2017:

The Islamic State magazine that has published tutorials on vehicle, knife and arson attacks as a tool of lone jihad is now encouraging terrorists to acquire guns at shows and shops and take hostages not for ransom but “to create as much carnage and terror as one possibly can.”

The latest issue of Rumiyah magazine, distributed online in 10 languages including English, offers another installment of the “Just Terror Tactics” series, praising lone jihadists including U.S. terrorists who have “set heroic examples with their operations.”

The objective of taking hostages, would-be jihadists are told, is “not to hold large numbers of the kuffar hostage in order to negotiate one’s demands,” but to sow terror with “the language of force, the language of killing, stabbing and slitting throats, chopping off heads, flattening them under trucks, and burning them alive, until they give the jizyah [tax] while they are in a state of humiliation.”

“The scenario for such an attack is that one assaults a busy, public, and enclosed location and rounds up the kuffar [disbelievers] who are present. Having gained control over the victims, one should then proceed to slaughter as many of them as he possibly can before the initial police response, as was outstandingly demonstrated by the mujahidin who carried out the Bataclan theatre massacre during the course of the blessed Paris raid,” the article instructs.

Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen “superbly demonstrated this scenario” of taking hostages simply to delay police while killing them “when, having armed himself with an assault rifle and a handgun, he single-handedly slaughtered 49 sodomites.”…

Jihadists are also encouraged to place some stuff for sale on “buy and sell websites such as Craigslist, Gumtree, eBay, the Loot, and others” and “specify that collection and payment is only available in person and that only cash is accepted. Also, the item being advertised should be something that requires the victim to enter one’s property.”

“It is likewise important to be realistic when advertising and not advertise something far below its valued price, as this can attract the attention of authorities searching for stolen goods or possibly attract other suspicions,” the article states.

ISIS tells terrorists using these lure scenarios to space out arrivals and have “a room specifically reserved for the disposal of the bodies… for the obvious reason of not alerting those intended victims entering the property after them.”

“One should not initiate his attack until the target has fully entered the property and is comfortable, so as to avoid any struggle and prevent the chance of him fleeing.” The terror group also says a loud TV and staging the attack in busier daylight hours can help conceal screams.

“However, in order for the operation to gain wide publicity and more effectively plant terror into the hearts of the disbelievers, one can keep some of his victims alive and restrained, making for a more lengthy and drawn-out hostage scenario. One may then notify the authorities, explaining to them that he is a soldier of the Islamic State and informing them of what he has just done,” the article concludes. “…The intention of this delay is therefore only to prolong the terror, as the ideal scenario is that they storm the location and he is killed as a shahid – inshaallah – after having inflicted upon the kuffar a just massacre.”

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  1. Jihadi John says

    May 6, 2017 at 10:47 am

    [sarcasm]
    Allah’s commands are going to be fulfilled at last! Inshallah!
    [\sarcasm]

    • Cretius says

      May 6, 2017 at 11:11 am

      Those that do violence will meet a violent end.

    • Jacqueline Balodis says

      May 9, 2017 at 2:22 am

      No the TRUE GOD will have His plan accomplished. The Lord Jesus will soon take His bride away. Are you ready to go to heaven not paradise but heaven

  2. Alarmed Pig Farmer says

    May 6, 2017 at 11:17 am

    I am surprised and disappointed that this is not happening on Angie’s List. That site is for services, like for example a good old fashioned plumbing job. Plus, Angie’s List is always out in the media pushing its association with globo-socialist causes, first with then candidate Barack Hussein. ISIS, I call on you to move your mass murder marketing over to Angie’s List to better keep faith with allies.

    • Jeanette says

      May 7, 2017 at 6:50 pm

      Or to keep faith with the Leftist-Islamist Axis.

  3. John A. Marre says

    May 6, 2017 at 11:25 am

    Our local TV often tells us to look out for scams. I don’t think it will alert us to this one, because this shows that Islam and terrorism are one and the same.

    Islam is the embodiment of hate and death. The right thing to do is criminalize membership in it.

    • Jeanette says

      May 7, 2017 at 6:51 pm

      First remove its designation and protection as a religion.

  4. Tom says

    May 6, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    In the USA this is just more incentive to carry a firearm for defense.

    Elsewhere people need to prepare themselves for a physical confrontation, utilizing whatever implements and methods available to them, and hope they never need to use them.

    The saying train hard, fight easy is one to consider. Even snowflakes can actually defend themselves if they have to.

    Many times a peoples who are oppressed and without weapons have been successful in fighting and defeating their oppressors. It is all about developing a mind set and spirit that won’t submit.

    Take a lesson from the Israeli’s.

    • Tom says

      May 6, 2017 at 2:14 pm

      That and carry dog spray and a steel rat tailed comb.

      I taught womens self defense for many years and some of my students were very proficient.

    • Tom says

      May 6, 2017 at 3:11 pm

      I found there to be two types of people that took self defense courses, Warriors and Survivors.

      A warrior has the natural spirit and determination that just needs to be honed. A survivor is one who can be developed but takes more effort from both teacher and student.

    • Jeanette says

      May 7, 2017 at 6:52 pm

      The snowflakes I know not only couldn’t defend themselves – they wouldn’t realize that they need to do so until the knife was already biting into their necks!

      Or the razor into another part of their anatomy.

  5. Ashley says

    May 6, 2017 at 3:06 pm

    Only a fool would respond to a Craigslist posting. The site teems of scammers, rapists, robbers and murderers.

    I know from personal experience…

    I was lucky. Responded to an ad for a woodstove some fifteen years ago. Brought my husband along and it was immediately clear that my husband’s presence was unwanted by this dude…a sense that apparently I only picked up on. Nice stove. Nice house. My husband asked to use the restroom and was directed down the hall. Then the Craigslist fucker unzipped his pants, pulled out his junk, and proceeded to jerk off.

    I screamed. Jim raced down the hall. Dude was already zipped up and said my accusation was outrageous. “Try to prove it to the cops” were his parting words as we took our exit.

    It was my first and last experience with Craigslist…

    I shudder to think what could have happened if I arrived alone. I DID report the incident to the authorities, but without proof, I had no standing.

    DO NOT RESPOND TO CRAIGSLIST POSTINGS!

    We didn’t purchase the stove… I actually doubt it was really for sale. Just

    • Jeanette says

      May 7, 2017 at 6:54 pm

      That probably doesn’t happen in this day of cell phone cameras.

      I’ve actually had some good luck with Craigslist items in the past, but wouldn’t buy or sell there now.

  6. somehistory says

    May 6, 2017 at 10:47 pm

    A Public Service Announcement plays often…against scams…and one of the things it says is, “A demand that payment is made in cash” is a red flag for it being a scam.

    A bum is *offering* a nice motorcycle for sale…but must have cash because he really doesn’t have a bike.
    A woman is asking for “cash” donations only for “victims” of a disaster…she will be the only one getting any money.
    A man claims to be from the “tax office” and the woman he is speaking with is going to “jail” if she doesn’t pay …by loading a card with cash and calling him with the card number…that afternoon.

    Red flags in this ad by the moslim terrorists should alert any who are naturally aware of things…but those with blinders on may be caught unaware.

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