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Egypt: Special forces officer dismissed over his views of Islam, leads al-Qaeda-linked jihad terror group

Feb 7, 2020 8:00 am By Robert Spencer

The government of Egypt does not hesitate to dismiss officers with jihadist sentiments from its military. In the United States, a similar move against a Muslim officer such as Nidal Malik Hasan, who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood while screaming “Allahu akbar,” would be denounced as “Islamophobia” and the people involved would be dismissed from their posts.

“Ex-special forces officer is sentenced to death along with 36 others after he became Egyptian ISIS terror leader who masterminded deadly terror attacks,” by Isabella Nikolic, Mailonline, February 1, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

An ex-special forces officer turned ISIS terror leader has been sentenced to death for the third time alongside 36 others in Egypt.

Hisham al-Ashmawy was captured in Derna, Libya, in late 2018 and was transferred back to Egypt in May last year by commander Khalifa Haftar.

He is accused of killing 54 people in total and has been convicted on several charges, including plotting a 2014 attack that killed 22 military guards near the frontier with Libya….

Ashmawy led the Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant group, before it pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014, it said….

He was dismissed from the special forces in 2012 over concerns about his religious views.

He then joined the Sinai-based Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis but broke with the group after it pledged allegiance to the Daesh group in November 2014.

Known by his nom de guerre ‘Abu Omar Al-MuHajjir,’ Ashmawy announced the formation of an Al-Qaeda-aligned militant group Al-Mourabitoun in Libya in July 2015….

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  1. Beverly says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 9:24 am

    Firing squad. Quick, efficient and stops the problem.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 7, 2020 at 10:54 am

      No Beverly, Egypt has execution by hanging … and Islamic terrorists ‘love death’. On 8 September, 2018 a court in Egypt sentenced 75 people to death and 47 others to life imprisonment. They were charged with murder, and membership in a terrorist group. The current government of Egypt was given the mandate to stop terrorism in Egypt. It’s a daunting task to arrest all the terrorists in Egypt. There are so many. The Muslim Brotherhood was created by Egyptians and is an Egyptian version of the Nazi Party.

  2. jca reid says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 9:49 am

    The Egyptian authorities are cr*pping it because they only survive on American Aid. They have not moved on the Muslim Brotherhood. Their Broadcasting Services & Personnel endorse the Jihadists & the batcrap dogma of Islam. All that is happening is the Authorities are simply running around like that artiste with the spinning plates, running around trying to keep them up spinning away. Useless does not begin to describe the efforts of governments in this matter.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 7, 2020 at 10:56 am

      Egypt is the home of the MB. Tens of thousands of Egyptians are sympathizers.

  3. mortimer says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 10:48 am

    No doubt, Prime Minister (self-appointed ‘maulana’ and spontaneous Islamic authority) Imran Khan is at this moment going to Egypt to convince Hisham al-Ashmawy that ISLAM has NOTHING to do with TERRORISM …

    … he will also need to explain to Hisham al-Ashmawy that ISLAM has NOTHING TO DO with ISLAM.

  4. Wilfred Quadros says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 1:50 pm

    Imran Khan is the Prime Minister of an Islamic country that openly breeds, supports & pushes terrorism & jihad against India & the rest. Him telling Egypt about Islam & Terrorism sounds like a joke of the year.

  5. keith says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 3:55 pm

    As bad and convoluted as things are in Egypt, at least they are dealing with terrorists in the only logical way.
    In Egypt these scum are not executed as Jihadist but as common criminals and murderers. This is very smart on the part of the government, as it destroys any credibility that they may have had during their tenure as terrorists. Dis-empowers them in the eyes of the uneducated masses they are trying to influence.
    This sort of tactic should be employed more in civilized nations who are trying to stop the spread of this disease.

  6. Mary C says

    Feb 7, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    I wonder if Egypt’s government would also be willing to help track down and arrest Yaser Said…

    • Michael Copeland says

      Feb 8, 2020 at 9:30 am

      Everyone should know the names and fate of Sarah and Amina Said.
      Everyone should know the name Kriss Donald.
      Everyone should know the name Charlene Downes.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 10, 2020 at 10:15 pm

      Good posts, Mary and Michael.

  7. gravenimage says

    Feb 10, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    Egypt: Special forces officer dismissed over his views of Islam, leads al-Qaeda-linked jihad terror group
    ………………..

    And yet we tend to keep these Muslim thugs around until they go on shooting sprees…

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