“Local police say they still do not know the motivation for the attack, but are treating it as terrorism.”
December 7, 1941: “Local police in Honolulu say they still do not know the motivation for the attack, but are treating it as a possible provocation from the Japanese Empire.”
“Barcelona van attack: multiple deaths reported in Las Ramblas area – latest updates,” by Nicola Slawson and Alexandra Topping, Guardian, August 17, 2017:
TV3 says it now has “official” confirmation that 13 people are dead. It also says there are dozens of injured.
Eyewitness Lourdes Porcar told TV3 television station that she saw the van running people over. “It was going very fast, without caring about who was in its way,” she said.
Police have set up roadblocks around the city amid reports that a second van was involved in the attack and fled the scene.
There are also reports that at least on attacker is holed up in a Turkish restaurant on Carrer Hospital, which leads off from the spot in which the van appears to have come to a halt.
Television pictures show that a van came to a halt on top of a Joan Miro mosaic, half-way down Las Ramblas – meaning that it would have covered more than 500 metres….
Local police say they still do not know the motivation for the attack, but are treating it as terrorism. The Cadena Ser radio station reports that a Spanish identity card with an Arabic name has been found inside the van.
There are reports of police ushering people away from a Turkish restaurant by the Ramblas. There are also reports that at least one gunman is holed up in a Turkish restaurant….
Michael Copeland says
“O you who have believed, fight those adjacent to you of the disbelievers and let them find in you harshness.”
Koran 9:123
Doing “exactly what this book says” (Lt-Col. Allen West).
Benedict says
Exactly: Just following a script that can’t be altered. The islamic well is poisoned from beginning to end and only wishful thinking and naivety believes in reforming the fundamentals of this odium generis humani.
tom parry says
Watching the wittless network news commentators on how to prevent such attacks- not one mention of deportation or accepting no more muslim refugees. We need news that tells the truth- which are quickly being blocked out by facebook, twitter and google.. They think we need to adapt and accept to such daily events.
gravenimage says
True, Tom–if there were no Muslims in the West, then there would be no Jihad terror attacks. We would still be at some risk from outside attacks, but we would be *much* safer.
tim gallagher says
It’s the only answer isn’t it, tom and gravenimage. Stop letting any more Muslims into non-Muslim countries and kick the ones already in the countries out. They are nothing but trouble. Compare Muslims to any other groups let into non-Muslim nations, such as Buddhists, Jews, etc, and Muslims are a thousand times more trouble. The people here at Jihad Watch, knowing the foul content of the Koran, know why this is the case. Much as I loathe these terrorist attacks I also think that each of these attacks might (finally) wake up a few more slow learners to the danger Islam is. Of course, everyone should have woken up long ago. A while ago someone here at Jihad Watch said all the problems in Europe (or it might have been the UK) could be solved by just one action: Muslims Out! Pretty close to the truth. It would solve the worst problem at any rate. Spain kicked barbaric Islam out once, time to do it again.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Tim.
scherado says
Unbleeping believable when I spend a few moments to read comments. I remind myself all over again.
Michael says
I got a better one for dealing witn the jihadists: “But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” (Luke 19:27)
Muhammad's Ghost says
Michael, please tell me you’re joking. That’s a parable not a command or encouragement for Christians to kill non believers.
Muslims throw that verse up quite often to deflect away criticism of Jihad verses in the Quran and Hadith. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen them do this I would be on vacation on a tropical island right now.
gravenimage says
Exactly. Christians do not slaughter unbelievers; Muslims do, though.
Mo says
@ Michael
“I got a better one for dealing witn the jihadists: “But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” (Luke 19:27) ”
This is either an ill-advised joke, or you are just an ignorant fool.
Anyone who’s actually READ the Bible knows this is a parable Jesus was telling, and that it has nothing to do with commands for Christians to kill anyone.
moeped says
+1
Ashley says
Horrible. Just horrible!
TL says
Barcelona is crowded with leftists. Suppose now that all those injured or killed are leftists—i.e. pests who helped to bring the attack upon the community—or the children of leftists, who are the totalitarian pests of tomorrow. Would you insist still that the attack and its result are horrible?? If so, then you are a clueless pervert.
Since we don’t know yet all the relevant facts, we ought to withold judgement. Maybe, in a few weeks or months, we will learn enough to insist justifiably that the attack was “Horrible. Just horrible!”. Or not so horrible because most of the people hurt or killed were rotters.
gravenimage says
Fascist TL is now applauding the Jihad murder of non-violent Infidels, and is actually castigating the civilized Ashley for opposing Jihad terror.
Really, he has no shame at all. *Ugh*.
And does he actually believe that his Jihadist allies question the political beliefs of the “filthy Kuffar” before they murder them? Ridiculous. Jihadists consider *all* unbelievers fair game.
Kesselman says
The Jihadi have announced long ago what they intend. Why not take them on their words?
mariam rove says
Apparently not. Because they keep let them in. m
Voytek Gagalka says
As much as they hate to be one of those victims, they fear to be classified within one of those multiple “hate groups” of which the SPLC carry a special list, notably as “racist” or “Islamophobic,” if they will ever dare to “take them on their words.”
TL says
May each such pusillanimous person die a thousand deaths.
gravenimage says
Please take note that TL has *nothing* to say that is critical of Jihad itself.
Michael Copeland says
More bumps in the road – the agenda is the Destroying of Europe.
dumbledoresarmy says
NO, the agenda was set out in the Sira Hadiths and Quran 1400 years ago, and the agenda is Total World Domination… by Muslims. The destruction of the dar al harb – north, south, east and west. ALL non-Islamic persons and societies and belief systems are the target.
moeped says
Then let us become the house of war. (some have said)
gravenimage says
Exactly, DDA.
Nuria says
It was a thing waiting to happen. It was not a matter of if, but when.
I live 20 km away from Barcelona, and I have to walk with my 2 youngest children across this area two Thursdays every month, at the exact same hour this has happened this afternoon, local time. As it was a holiday, we were not there, but my children’s first words upon learning about this were “we could have died”. They are 10 and 7 years old.
“Welcome to the 21st century – this is only gonna get worse”, I would have answered. But of course I didn’t. I choked back tears and I reminded them that this is islam. Not the rosy picture the media paint, not the b****hit they are told at school about the religion of peace, not what 99% of people bleat every day.
Do-gooders would of course say that I am instilling hatred in my children. Well, b***dy hell I am, and I intend to continue doing so! Might I add that my kids know they have to keep a low profile and never, ever, tell anybody what they know about islam, for reprisals against us could be severe; we could even be deprived of custody if somebody decided to report us.
Media manipulation is ongoing as I type. Even now, Catalan media only confirm 1 dead, while the Daily Mail is already reporting 13. It’s a matter of a few hours before the, ahem, authorities start bleating the usual “islam=peace” mantras, instructing us poor subjects not to “stigmatise” the muslim “community”. For the last half hour I’ve been hearing the usual “we have been incapable of integrating them and, as a result of alienation, this is what happens, blah, blah, blah”. Teddy bears and candle-lit vigils will be next, of course.
I’m angry. I’m furious. I feel violence rising inside me. It always happens when something of this sort takes place,then it subsides a little for a while, until the next time. This time, in addition, there is the added anxiety of not yet knowing if all my friends and family are OK.
Will we ever grow a pair (excuse expletive)? I’m starting to doubt it.
I’m sorry about all the expletives and this emotionally-charged post.
Keys says
Well said, Nuria, and sincerely heartfelt. Thank you.
Paul says
Nuria, it’s not a case of media manipulation. Radio Catalunya is saying over and over again over the last hour or so that unofficial sources are reporting 13 deaths, but the city officials just said that they can only CONFIRM deaths for which they have received verification through proper channels. They said that many injuries were very serious, so they expected that number to rise. That’s just correct. But nobody is denying that there aren’t more deaths. And as I said, Radio Catalunya already assumes it is jahadi terrorism, as I think everybody else does, too. But the police cannot officially say that until they have more information, but nobody thinks anything else, and I doubt it won’t be but a few hours before the official recognition is that it is jihadi. This isn’t Canada or the bloody UK after all…
Nuria says
Paul, manipulation in Catalan/Spanish media is rife – I read/skim British, American, French, German, Italian and Spanish papers on a daily basis, and the sort of bias concerning islam that you can see in mainstream media is just as bad here as elsewhere in my honest opinion; this is made worse by the fact that muslim percentages in Spain/Catalonia are not as high as in other countries as yet and the public may for that reason not be, in many cases, totally aware of the threat posed by islam.
Even if facts are being reported, I must say I’ve learned about the number of deaths through UK press a good while before the Catalan media confirmed numbers. And, whatever the case, the usual mantras about how islam is not to be blamed for this, etc., will be forthcoming, no doubt about that.
Oliver says
Regardless of the official number
In my opinoon. The real number will be higher
The officials will massage the fatalities downward. Cannot appear Islamphobic
Santa Voorhees says
It is time people demand action from the governments to deport these savages else they will be hanged like italians did to Mussolini back in 1945.
Maybe this time they will listen. And yes, it is not pretty, but what else can we do? Those liberals are ruining Europe and at this rate they will destroy it.
Just 3 years ago, I would have thought of events like this as accidents. That is pretty much telling on how Europe changed… and fast!
Now I am just waiting for leftists come out and say:
“not all muslims”
“he/they are mentally ill”
“We cannot respond with xenophobia”
“this is not islam”
“those right wingers are at it again!”
“Trump’s rethoric is responsible for this!”
” I pray for muslims because they will be victims of islamophobia”
“Nazis!”
…. just wait for it!
Liila says
Beautifully said, Nuria. Never apologize for the words you use, when they are as sincere and troubling as yours. And yes, you’re right. The apologists, white-washers, and libtards will all be finding many reasons to blame the victims instead of the inbred, psychopathic imbeciles that are islam. They’re but a peaceful, gentle, kind and loving yet terribly misunderstood group of beautiful souls—all looking to brighten our lives, after all. I know all of us here are grateful and relieved that you and your children were shielded from the occurrences. I will pray for your family, that you remain safe and well as the horrific events of these modern times continue to be inflicted upon us all…
Santa Voorhees says
Liila, jihadists are not imbeciles! They are actually very smart.
In fact, they know how to exploit Europe’s open borders, diversity (reads: no whites) policies in order to slip into the Continent and commit jihad massacres.
And what our leaders are doing? NOTHING! Even after 2 years of repeated attacks!
And the funny thing is that those same people who invited them in will try to blame the people who did not want them in in the first place (you know, it’s those who leftists like to call “right wing extremists).
To cut it short, our leaders are the real imbeciles, not the jihadist.
gravenimage says
Nuria, thank you for the view on the ground. I’m sorry your children are being exposed to this savagery so young–but bless you for telling them the truth about Islam.
Laurie says
I felt the same after 8 years of having a Muslim Marxist fraud as potus.
moeped says
Good for you for preparing your children. While we teach our children love and peace, others are learning hate and war. The next generation needs to be prepared for this hate because they will likely be the ones who have to fight it.
Richard Paulsen says
Arabic supremacism on rise in Europe. Europe doing nothing. As with nazism and communism.
gravenimage says
This is not about Arabs per se–this is about *Islam*. There are some peaceful Christian Arabs, and–even more to the point–huge numbers of non-Arab Muslims, including those waging violent Jihad.
Jaladhi says
What the hell is Arabic sounding name – why can’t they just tell the name and we will know who he is – any bets that he is a Muslim!!
tedh754@gmail.com says
This is great for tourism.
Paul says
I don’t know, if I were a jihadi, I would have done the sidewalks in front of Sagrada Familia. I drove right by it this morning. Easy access, lots of crowds, and a blow against Christianity as well as killing infidels! Two birds with one stone! How many virgins would THAT get you?
Santa Voorhees says
If I were a jihadi, I certainly wouldn’t expect enemy western countries to let me roam around free in the first place!
TL says
How about an attack at Park Güell? My memory of the place leads to believe that a truck attack would need to use a few armed guys on foot, too, but I think that it could be profitable nonetheless.
gravenimage says
More egging on the Jihadists. Just disgusting.
Paul says
But yeah, it amazes me how little the city of Barcelona seems to really have been concerned about this possibility. They could have easily put pylons on the Rambla for not very much money. Ditto the area around Sagrada Familia.
gravenimage says
I take your point, Paul–but none of this would be necessary if the West–including Catalonia–were not infested with ravening Muslims.
mccode says
The past glory of Andalus rears its head…..
gravenimage says
*Ugh*. Yes–Muslims want to make Spain a part of Dar-al-Islam again, even more than the rest of Europe. They hate seeing *anyone* escape their evil conquest. The Spanish should be *proud* of their retaking their land, but many are ignorant of their history, or at least of its import.
The vilest of creatures says
The leftists media will barely notice ad they continue to milk Charlettesville for all’ its worth
gravenimage says
Charlottesville was horrifying, as well. Most of us here oppose *all* murderers of innocent people, and don’t feel that for some reason we have to support *any* of them.
Ashley says
Mowing down pedestrians at crowded venues appears to be more and more attractive to jihadists. It doesn’t require much sophistication or planning…just a vehicle and a desire to kill. It could be executed on impulse or opportunity. And I honestly don’t know how such attacks can be prevented or thwarted in advance.
The pattern of these attacks alarms me. They are clearly on the rise…
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Ashley. The first case of vehicular Jihad I ever heard of was right in my area–the San Francisco SUV Jihad attack back in 2006:
“SF hit-and-run murderer identifies self as terrorist; police say it wasn’t terrorism”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/08/sf-hit-and-run-murderer-identifies-self-as-terrorist-police-say-it-wasnt-terrorism
Now this has become one of the most common–and easiest–type of violent Jihad.
gravenimage says
Actually, I was incorrect–the vehicular Jihad terror attack at the University of North Carolina was a few months earlier.
Mockingjay says
An honest question:
– How many more will have to die like this before European authorities will give up on this “looking-for-a-motivation” retoric, and instead declare immediately and openly after such an act of “terrorism” that we have been, once more, ATTACKED by the enemy?
Oliver says
The number is unimportant. When the victim or victims are related to a top politician or top mover of a politician. Then. Perhaps. Something will be done. Mere peasants.? Who gives 2 pueces of feces.
moeped says
That already happened in Germany, where a relative of an eu official was raped and killed. Nothing will change their minds, they are intent on destroying the Righteous West.
Walter Sieruk says
The god of Islam likes it when non-Muslims [Kafirs] die . About the god of Islam ,the television Imam Suliman Satari said “Annihilate the Infidels… Allah count them and kill them, to the last one and don’t leave even one.” Furthermore Imam Abu Hamza Al-Masri said “What makes Allah happy? Allah is happy when Kafiers get killed. [1]
. The above words of these Imams reflect the example of Islam’s prophet and the teachings of the Quran. “Muhammad now fell upon them [the Jews] slew all the men, nine hundred of them…”[2]
Moreover, the Quran reads “When ye encounter the unbelievers strike off their heads, until ye have made great slaughter among them. Verily if Allah pleased, He could take vengeance on them without your assistance, but He commandeth you to fight His Battles.” 47:4
In short, these Imams and their murderous prophet with their bloody Quran show the world what Islam really is. After all, Jesus did teach “by their fruits you will know them.” Matthew 7:20. [NKJV]
[1] The disc documentary OBSESSION: RADICAL ISLAM’s AGAINST THE WEST
[2] THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY: THE WHOLE STORY OF MAN by H.G. Wells
Walter Sieruk says
The sad and tragic reality of jihad-minded Muslims engaging in Islamic suicide/homicide bombings attacks is for a large part, the outcome the extreme brainwashing that is performed in Islamic mind programming centers which are mosques and madrasas. In those jihad mind control places students are thoroughly indoctrinated into the jihadist mindset of committing murderous bombing attacks in the jihad for the advancement of Islam. As Islam’s “holy book,” the Quran instructs in 9:111. , for example, “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain they kill and are killed.” Therefore, those who come out of those Quran based mind programming centers .mosque and madrasas, are so terribly harmed and damaged that they are literally, as it has be rightfully called, “dangerous to self and others.” This results in jihad suicide /homicide attack in which those jihadists who commit such murderous actions are so very deluded that they think of that jihad mass murders as “martyrdom operations.” This is Islamic delusion of the most heinous and malicious kind.
This may be, somewhat, explained by the narrative from the fable of Aesop which is entitled THE SCORPION AND THE FROG So “Once upon a time there was a scorpion who really wanted to get to the other side of the river, but he could not swim. Therefore, the scorpion begged a frog to carry him on his back across the river. The kind but foolish frog agreed and then half-way across the river the scorpion stung the frog. In shock and horror the dying frog asks the scorpion “Why did you sting me since this means that we both are going to die” The scorpion replied “The reason that I stung you even though we both will now die is because that just what a scorpion, by nature, does.”
In conclusion, just as that scorpion in the fable had proven himself by the dangerous and deadly, to self and others, because of his nature. The violent and murderous jihadists of Islam are as that scorpion, dangerous so self and other because they is their nature because they have been thought programmed in the ways of the violent and murdering jihad of Islam. As always stated above ,this is the sad and tragic reality of Islamic terrorism in today’s world.
gravenimage says
Barcelona: 13 dead in vehicular jihad, “Spanish identity card with Arabic name” found inside attack van
………………………….
*Horrifying*. More murder from the “religion of peace”.
marina says
The next step is somebody will rush in to protect the poor Muslim community from backlash. These poor dears need to be protected from the infidels.
TL says
If I were a leader of China, I would spread news about the attack in a way calculated to foment contempt for the imbecilc sheep of the EU. Meanwhile, I’d arrange for transcontinental rail road and airline service to move in 100m colonists.
gravenimage says
100m colonists? What colonists, and to where?
Meanwhile, China has its own problems with incursions of often violent Muslims in the west of the country. Chinese authorities often engage in just the kind of appeasement we see in the West–including having exempted Muslims from the One Child Policy and allowing them to carry knives, unlike other citizens.
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Marina.
Michael Copeland says
This has nothing to do with David Cameron.
Walter Sieruk says
That jihadist who had probably died in the vehicular jihad mass murder attack had a vert hard and strong reality check after he died in his Islamic delusion that he was engaging in a “martyrdom operation.”
As for jihad suicide/homicide bombing attacks this should be made known that this the outcome of the Islamic doctrine from the Qu‘’ran [the Koran] of a sexual paradise with many virgins, houris , in it for the male Muslim /jihadist who dies fighting in the jihad for the cause of Islam is found in the “holy book” of Islam, the Koran, in Sura 44:54. 55: 56. 78:31. Also there is the Koranic instruction of Sura 9:111 which teaches “The believers fight in Allah’s Cause, they slay and are slain, they kill and are killed.” Getting back to the origin doctrine of Islam from the Koran of a sex –filled paradise with many houris for the use only by the male jihadist who dies fight for the advancement of Islam. All this started when the founder and prophet of Islam, Muhammad manufactured Islam he put , had stolen, some of sex doctrine of Zoroastrian mythology and a yet smaller bit of Hindu mythological sex teachings along with as well as mixture pagan Arabian folklore and myth plus a heavy dose of Judaism and Christianity . Also some of it apostate “Christianity” For the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, couldn’t discern the difference between genuine Bible based Christianity and bogus “Christianity.” Those words and teaching Muhammad gathered from many sources, including the virgins /sex place mythology. , and taught as “Divine Truth” were written down on many things then later compiled and then went into the composition of the Koran. So the hoax of the Koran is actually a mixture and fusion Judaism Christianity and mythology of other religions and now the Muslim clerics with the Koranic brainwashing of young Muslims who are thoroughly mind programmed into believing this Islamic/Koranic virgins myth. This deception of false doctrine /myth into the thoughts of some people was predicted in the Bible along with the false teachers who engage in the indoctrination of such a myth /doctrine into the minds and hearts other people . For it is written “For the time will come when they will not stand wholesome teaching, but will follow their own fancy and gather a crown of teachers to tickle their ears. They will stop their ears to the truth and turn to mythology.” Second Timothy 4:3,4. [N.E.B.]
Skeptic Sam says
But-But there are questions about the motive?
Fair views TH says
The police do not know the motive but I know EU is in a war zone.
CommoHull says
“It was going very fast, without caring who was in it’s way.”
Reminds me of the time when leftists & the MSM had it in for SUV’s. Any accident involving that hated vehicle was reported on as if the SUV had a mind of it’s own and was intentionally running down innocent drivers/pedestrians. (Like the way they write about firearms today.)
Now they’re using the same tactic to absolve (or at least obfuscate) the (Muslim) driver of responsibility.
gravenimage says
CommoHull wrote:
“It was going very fast, without caring who was in it’s way.”
…………………
Actually, reports say that the Jihadist was *directly aiming at victims*.
Francis Merde says
Hey who else saw Trump’s tweet about John Pershing? Would that even work?
Also, “Pershing” is now trending on Twitter. What a wild ride this timeline is.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898254409511129088
gravenimage says
This is probably an urban legend about Pershing. Still, it does show that the American president is at least thinking about Jihad terror being waged by pious Muslims, which is a good thing.
somehistory says
The little bit of the news report I watched on CBS, it seemed they were saying tourists were the target…American basketball players in town.
David Drake says
Thank you for all the coverage not only on Barcelona, but all the terrorist attacks that occur. No site does a better job.
gravenimage says
Hear, hear, David! Jihad Watch is consistently *the* best resource.
davej says
Allah tells them to kill the kafirs so the the mindless little zombies obey.
The security perimeter needs to be moved to the national borders.
All Muslims are a clear and present danger, they should all be deported immediately.
R Russell says
Does anyone else find it strange that the identity details of these jihadis are so often found in the vehicles they use to murder people?
moeped says
Absolutely. I don’t think we ever get the real story. There are many theories out there as to what’s really going on. However you should consider this global phenomenon in historical terms, noting the conquests of this ideology as well as its global reach and associated instability.
gravenimage says
You are assuming that Jihadists *don’t want* the Infidels to know who murdered them. In most cases they *do* want the world to know.
Besides, what are you both implying? That Infidel authorities are making up this being Jihad–perhaps to make Islam look bad? Is this more witless “Trutherism”?
FYI says
allah says “slay the unbeliever wherever ye find them”
k2:191
But God says..
“I AM THE LORD THY GOD..THOU SHALT NOT KILL”
The Sixth Commandment
So who do you follow?GOD’s Laws or allah’s teachings:who do you follow because they are obviously not the same?
I suggest if you happen to be muslim,and or sincere in your desire to follow God.. that you do the following.
1)Find the Original Listing of God’s Commandments:follow them.
This is God’s Law.
No murdering,no taqqiya( lying!),no stealing,no using women as sexual slaves….
{allah,rather unhelpfully,doesn’t bother to emphasise the importance of obeying them in his koran and he also left out the essential Two Chief Commandments.which is very significant because it makes God out to be an ogre….even an enumerated listing would have helped..}
2)You will have to completely IGNORE the warped teachings in the koran.
3)You cannot follow the example of muhammed:THAT is not a morally good life in obedience to God’s Commandments is it?Be honest.
At least if you strive to lead a good moral life in obedience with GOD’S ORIGINAL COMMANDMENTs(..and not allah’s warped equivocations of God’s Laws…)then you
will be doing what is right.
4)If you can find the Two Chief Commandments(which are found in Judaism and Christianity but missinh in Islam )and know them…then you will TRULY know God:God is not a tyrant or has any desire to send people to hell or want you to live in fear.You do not have to hide your face!!
5)Outward displays of religious devotion in ANY religion:fasting,praying etc are no use to God unless you OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS!
Remember that God’s Original Commandments were given for ALL mankind.
That is the law you need to follow and it applies to muslims as much as it does to Jews and Christians..
Oliver says
The commandment does not say DO NOT KILL. It is Do NOT MURDER.
Killing is permissible as in war. Self defense. Saving your family. Etc.
Murder is not permitted
R Russell says
I think you need to compare the character of YHWH God and Allah. This proves them to be different gods.
Christianity is all about forming a friendship with the Jesus of the Bible. (The Islamic Jesus is a different person from the Christian Jesus) It is about allowing him to take on himself the penalty for the individual’s sins. Islam doesn’t allow for this. Pride makes them believe there good deeds can outweigh their bad deeds. Those who know they will never be able to have their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds only have one other way to attain jannah. That is to die killing Allah’s enemies. That is what we are seeing in these attacks.
To stop these attacks, it will take an encounter with the Jesus of the Bible – as is happening to Muslims in dreams and visions across the Middle East.
gravenimage says
R Russell wrote:
Pride makes them believe there good deeds can outweigh their bad deeds. Those who know they will never be able to have their good deeds outweigh their bad deeds only have one other way to attain jannah. That is to die killing Allah’s enemies. That is what we are seeing in these attacks.
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Yes–the most notable difference between Christianity and Islam is what they consider good deeds. In Christianity this includes such things as charity to the needy; in Islam it is primarily slaughtering unbelievers. Compare and contrast.