“And We ordained for them therein a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds is legal retribution.” (Qur’an 5:45)
Many in the West think we shouldn’t provoke the poor dears by killing their leaders or by denigrating their last moments, as if the jihadis will go easier on us if we show them respect. Reality is just the opposite.
But what is that about “the Willingness of Allah the Almighty”? Don’t they realize that ISIS has nothing to do with Islam?
“IS Promises Big Announcement as US Braces for Revenge,” by Jeff Seldin, VOA, October 30, 2019:
PENTAGON – One of the Islamic State terror group’s media divisions is promising supporters that a major announcement is on the way — the first of its kind since the death of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in a U.S. raid on Sunday.
IS’s Al-Furqan Foundation started promoting the announcement at midday Wednesday.
“Coming Soon … By the Willingness of Allah the Almighty,” the announcement said, without sharing details.
The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist communications, said supporters quickly began distributing the poster on social media platforms, with some expressing hope that Baghdadi was still alive while others were preparing to celebrate his martyrdom.
IS official media operatives have been issuing their usual news updates on operations in Syria, Iraq and around the world, but they have been silent so far about the fate of Baghdadi, who was killed by U.S. special forces in a raid on a compound in Barisha in Syria’s Idlib province….
“ISIS is first and last an ideology, so we’re under no illusions that it’s going to go away because we killed Baghdadi,” said U.S. Central Command’s General Kenneth McKenzie, who oversaw the raid on Baghdadi, using an acronym for the terror group. “It will remain.”
‘Retribution attack’
And while it may take time for IS to get itself organized under a new leader, McKenzie cautioned that the group would be dangerous.
“We suspect they will try some form of retribution attack, and we are postured and prepared for that,” he told reporters at the Pentagon….