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Video: Robert Spencer on Ramadan, the month of jihad

Jun 2, 2017 7:40 pm By Robert Spencer

Yesterday, I appeared on CBN to discuss why jihad attacks become more frequent during Ramadan.

I start at the eight-minute mark.

“Ramadan Martyrs Get Extra Reward: Experts Warn to Brace for ‘Holy Month of Jihad,'” by George Thomas, CBN News, June 1, 2017:

Watch CBN News’ George Thomas’  interview with Middle East expert Robert Spencer & former Muslim Isik Abla on why Islamic terrorists are commanded to kill during Ramadan

ISIS is calling on its followers to massacre civilians during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, saying violence is a ‘beloved” act to Allah.

And it appears the bloodletting is underway.

Muslims in Afghanistan are mourning the loss of family members, friends and colleagues, the day after a massive truck bomb in the capital city killed at least 90 people and injured more than 450 people….

“The depth of, and the magnitude of the destruction, was so high that even properties within a 3 mile radius of the incident were affected, said Abdullah Habibzai, Kabul’s acting mayor.

A suicide bomber drove his truck into Kabul’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour, leaving behind chaos and destruction….

“The total damage based on our recent data is at least 1.5 million U.S. dollars but the estimation is going on and we expect up to 6 million U.S. dollars damage to the properties,” Habibzai told reporters at a news conference.

The attack in Afghanistan came just days after ISIS massacred 29 Christians near Cairo, Egypt and carried out two massive car bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people….

The bloodshed comes as Muslims around the world started their annual 30-day Ramadan fast on May 26.

“Ramadan is a holy and glorious month so we welcome this Ramadan with joy,” said Muhammad Fikri, a Muslim religious teacher. “In this month we come to the mosque to worship, give charity and also try to clean our hearts.”

In Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim nation, hundreds of thousands are flocking to mosques to also pray for peace.

“In welcoming this Ramadan, let us show that Islam is cool, peaceful and safe and let us compete in making good things in our life,” said Sun Keng Hok, an Indonesian Chinese Muslim….

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  1. mortimer says

    Jun 2, 2017 at 8:17 pm

    Double the rewards! YOWW!!! Limited time offer! Get 144 VIRGINS…not just 72 ONLY during the HOLY MONTH of RAMADAN.. the month of JIHAD, CONQUEST & VICTORIES… also the month of CALAMITY FOR INFIDELS.

    Hurry! Go FULL JIHAD NOW! You have only until June 25, 2017 to qualify for your 72 EXTRA VIRGINS with ‘appetizing vaginas’ (source: Al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur’an, p. 351)…DOUBLE the rewards! 160,000 heavenly slaves, rather than a mere 80,000 will be ALL YOURS as a killing jihadist. QUALIFY NOW! This is a limited time offer.

    (sarc/off)

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 2, 2017 at 8:26 pm

      OK–now that was funny. Damned dark, but funny.

      • mortimer says

        Jun 2, 2017 at 8:37 pm

        Reductio ad absurdum of the totally absurd. How can Muslims even CONSIDER such rubbish!

        • PRCS says

          Jun 2, 2017 at 10:42 pm

          Mort,

          You know the answers.

          Indoctrination from childhood till death.

          For those who wish to leave, ostracism from their “community” and–depending upon the nation, generally–death for apostasy.

          How many Muslim women would leave it, if they could.

  2. mortimer says

    Jun 2, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    Islam is SADOMASOCHISM. That is the emotional subtext of Islam and of Western Leftards as well.

  3. mortimer says

    Jun 2, 2017 at 8:58 pm

    Pastor Isik Abla is an example of what happens when Muslims study the PRIMARY, FOUNDATIONAL SOURCE TEXTS of Islam… Muslims become convinced of their INDIVIDUAL DUTY to conduct jihad and become murderous ‘martyrs’ through suicidal attacks in which they have little or no chance of surviving.

    Teaching children to HATE and COMMIT MURDER is the BIGGEST form of child abuse. Islam is a sick betrayal of children when it teaches children to HATE KAFIRS according to the normative Islamic doctrine of Al Walaa wal Baraa (adherence and disavowal).

    • Debi Brand says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 3:11 am

      Indeed, m.t.

  4. abad says

    Jun 2, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    This is not even something remotely new.

    For as long as I can remember, reading world news stories (since I was about 11 years old) Muslim-committed violence has always escalated during Ramadan.

    And it is pretty safe to say, this violence has always been like that ever since the inception of Islam.

    Therefore:

    Muslim-committed violence during Ramadan cannot be blamed on neither American policy nor western policy in the Middle East.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 2, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      Kudos to you for noticing so early on. I don’t think I have begun to realize this until about ten years ago.

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 3, 2017 at 1:56 pm

        I should rephrase that–I was well aware of Jihad terror, of course, but I had not noticed the terrible spike during Ramadan previously.

  5. RodSerling says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 5:00 am

    Off topic, but relevant to the recent poisoning attempt against Robert, this story, which indicates that MDMA can be lethal:

    “New West teen killed by MDMA, toxicology report finds”
    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-west-teen-killed-by-mdma-toxicology-report-finds-1.4144377

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 2:00 pm

      Frightening, Rod.

  6. Musalmaanmasala says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 5:54 am

    What type of a fast is this could someone tell me?

    I used to fat st as a muslim during Ramadan but then got to thinking (apart from other things which led me away from Islam) that all that muslims did was to stop eating from dawn to dusk and then eat to glory from dusk to dawn.

    If one visits Bombay (India) during this month and goes to Mohammed Ali Road in the nights you will see food being cooked and devoured like there was no tomorrow till dawn. Then as dawn comes the call to prayer rings out, everyone stops eating and starts “fasting”.

  7. Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 6:56 am

    Quran 9:5 says, “When the sacred months are over, slay the idolators wherever you find them.” Ramadan is one of the four sacred months of the Islamic calendar. Quran 9:5 seems to say that kafir-killing is not allowed during Ramadan, which is a sacred month. How do Islamic scholars explain this?Does Allah prohibit kafir-killing during Ramadan, or not?

    • Jessica Greenman says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 8:45 am

      There’s another verse later on that says ‘oh no it’s fine to kill during Ramadan as it’s more holy to oppose perfidy than not eat and just hang out’. This was down to M getting scared of some Jews he’d signed a truce with. They’d done nothing but he ‘felt fear’. That was enough to rush in and slay the unsuspecting bunch. So not only can you kill during Ramadan you are also allowed to break peace treaties with anyone and any time and also not because of provocation or even suspicion. Feel fear and your previous good friend is as good as dead, and you get to call the reason for it perfidy. This is one of the difficulties with ‘defensive jihad’ or payback – the wrong is so often invented or merely a projection that one can’t in fact discriminate- and it would be impious so to do – between an attack and a revenge. And who cares? All infidels and apostates are guilty anyway. Also, the devoted Muslim gets to decide what slips in the faith constitute apostasy and can pretty much slay on whim or with the slightest evidence. A dangerous, devouring and damned faith that seems to reward the worst aspects of human nature: a form of paranoid psychosis, greed and megolomania plus rape and child abuse and FGM of course.

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 3, 2017 at 2:14 pm

        Muslims can also beat their wives if they “fear disobedience” from them. Proactive savagery.

    • Paul Carr says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 1:26 pm

      It’s not one of the 4 sacred months of Islam. Those months are Qa`dah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram and Rajab . Full jihad is permitted during Ramadan. Indeed, as others have pointed out, bonus points are up for grabs during Ramadan.

      • Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says

        Jun 4, 2017 at 9:19 pm

        Paul Carr, Thank you very much for this clarification. The Wikipedia article
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar
        says, “Four of the twelve Hijri months are considered sacred: Rajab (7), and the three consecutive months of Dhū al-Qa‘dah (11), Dhu al-Ḥijjah (12) and Muḥarram (1).” But in the table of the months it calls Ramadan “the most venerated month of the Hijri calendar.” I took “most venerated” as “holiest”, but apparently “venerated” and “holy” do not have the same meaning. Maybe “most venerated” should be edited to “most venerated (but not holy)”.

        In the dice game craps, the holy-month numbers 7 and 11 are natural winners. So to help little muslimitos y muslimitas remember the other two holy months, we should have a dice game in which 1 and 12 are also natural winners. I’m sure Muhammad (pbuh) would approved of this educational game of Islamic craps.

    • Paul Carr says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 1:27 pm

      http://qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2559

    • Jack Diamond says

      Jun 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm

      As I explained before, this was a one time grace period given before all treaties with the unbelievers were abrogated. As stated in the Tafsir Ibn Kathir:

      “Upon the end of the four months during which We prohibited you from fighting the idolators, and which is the grace period We gave them, then fight and kill the idolators wherever you many find them…
      then fight the Mushrikin wherever you find them, means, on the earth in general

      “This honorable ayat was called the Ayah of the Sword…it abrogated every agreement of peace between the Prophet and any idolator, every treaty and every term. These ayat allowed fighting people unless they embrace Islam and implement its rulings and obligations…fighting the non-Muslims was prohibited in the four holy months…at the end ‘kill them wherever you find them’ means in any part of the earth.”

      There were no more peace treaties to honor. Kaffir killing is not prohibited in any sacred month. Kaffir lives are only protected with under dhimmitude contract, provisionally, and (temporary) truces, also provisional and broken by the Muslims whenever it is to their advantage.

  8. John A. Marre says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 7:52 am

    During those 30 days Muslims strive to practice their religion to the fullest. They study their holy book, pray, fast, and go to mosque. Must be working, because they double the murders and terrorist attacks during Ramadan.
    If only more people could see the true nature of this religion and condemn it as hateful and violent.

  9. Yohanan says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 11:43 am

    CBN or Youtube self-censorship? at 4:03 the audio cuts off not to identify the ISIS rebels as Islamic.
    https://youtu.be/ZLMtbz_uTEg?t=241

  10. John A. Marre says

    Jun 3, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    Beware, near the end of Ramadan! They will be rushing to use their “Double Rewards” coupon before it expires.

    They get double the virgins! (Question: after the virgin in Paradise has been used, she is no longer a virgin. Where do the new virgins come from for the new “martyrs”?)

  11. A HumanBeing says

    Jun 4, 2017 at 5:03 am

    It is clear that by any definition they are renegade enemices of Our Civilization. Curb them .

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