This is the way the Islamic State spokesmen always talk, no matter where they are in the world. Yet Western authorities and counterterror “experts” such as the borderline imbecile Max Abrahms continue to insist that the group has nothing to do with Islam. They do this, of course, in order to exonerate Islam from the crimes done in its name and in accord with its teachings — but why they have decided to do everything they can to ensure that as few people as possible have any negative views of Islam remains as yet not fully clear.
The Islamic State targets these rival jihad groups because it still considers itself to be the caliphate, the only legitimate government that any Muslim should acknowledge. Accordingly, by rejecting the Islamic State, Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba have become rebels and apostates.
“In chilling warning to LeT, HM in Kashmir, Islamic State affiliate warns it ‘will feel no weakness in slaying these enemies of Islam,'” by Sameer Yasir, FirstPost, July 1, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
In Kashmir, a new battle has begun that is being fought in the courtyards of the people. But unlike in the early 90s, this time, the war will be televised.
The infighting between militant groups has left the entire Valley in shock. Every day, particularly in the restive southern Kashmir, militants are raiding each other’s locations, according to Telegram channels of the warring groups.
A militant outfit linked to Islamic State has declared a war on pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The group has vowed to eliminate what it called “dogs of Pakistan”.
“Our hands will feel no weakness in slaying these enemies of Islam,” a statement issued by Islamic State’s Hind (Indian) Province (ISHP), said this weekend. “They have unleashed a reign of terror in last 30 years and by the will of God their end is nearing,” the statement added, referring to the militants of Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba.
The trigger for the first of its kind internal fighting between Kashmiri militants was the killing of a local militant, Adil Dass, who was earlier affiliated with the LeT and had switched over to the IS-affiliated group.
He was lured, according to police, by the opposite group and told to lead the prayers somewhere in Sirhama village of Bijbehera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Militants of one group asked him to lead the prayers, said an IS militant in a video, “When he finished the prayer they fired a volley of bullets on him. We will not leave these murtadas (apostates).”…