What makes the killers fake Muslims? How did they transgress against Islamic teaching? They attacked the mosque not because they were non-Muslims, but because they considered the people in the mosque to be not Muslim enough, or heretical or apostate.
“They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore do not take friends from among them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah; then, if they turn their backs, seize them and kill them wherever you find them; do not take for yourselves any one of them as friend or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
“Suspected Islamic militants kill 19 people in Niger village,” Associated Press, April 18, 2021:
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Officials in Niger say 19 people are dead in the country’s troubled region near the border with Mali after gunmen aboard motorcycles attacked a village. The government said Sunday that the suspected Islamic extremists shot at worshippers as they prayed at the mosque Saturday evening during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the government called the violence in Gaigorou a “cowardly attack by people who claim to be Muslims.”…
gregbeetham says
If the nutters had killed 19 Christians in a Church it wouldn’t have been a cowardly attack, the government probably wouldn’t have said anything in that case.
mortimer says
What? KILLINGS during RAMADAN, you say?
Read how Islam’s TOP AUTHORITIES explain the DEADLY MEANING of Ramadan … jihadic killing is the CULMINATION of Ramadan spirituality.
-The month of Ramadan is a month of HOLY WAR and DEATH for Allah. It is a month for FIGHTING the enemies of Allah and God’s messenger, the Jews and their American facilitators.” – Qaedat Al-Jihad terror organization
-former Mufti of Egypt ‘Ali Gum’a wrote that Ramadan “is and has been throughout Muslim history, the month in which Allah helps the Muslims to prevail over their enemies and grants them mighty victories.”
-The commandment of jihad, which is of SUPREME importance at all times, assumes even GREATER importance during this holy month and gains precedence over all other commandments.
-There is a close CONNECTION between fasting and JIHAD, for the former is jihad of the soul, aimed at restraining it from sinning, while the second is JIHAD AGAINST THE ENEMIES, aimed at preventing them from spreading “corruption” in the world. Moreover, fasting is a powerful means to PREPARE the soul FOR JIHAD, i.e., to school oneself in obedience, devotion, resilience and endurance, which are the virtues of the jihad fighter that allow him to vanquish his enemies. On Ramadan Allah grants fighters special strength, despite – or rather by virtue of – their fasting.
-Those who gain MARTYRDOM during the month of Ramadan are DOUBLY REWARDED in Paradise.
-During Ramadan, the Muslims are especially beholden to protect the sanctity of the Muslim holy places and keep the infidels from “desecrating” or threatening them.
-Ramadan is … “A month of holy war and death for Allah. It is a month for fighting the enemies of Allah and God’s messenger, the Jews and their American facilitators.” — Qaedat al-Jihad (the formal name of al-Qaeda)
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Mortimer.
gravenimage says
Ramadan in Niger: ‘People who claim to be Muslims’ murder 19 in jihad raid on village
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The usual–pretending that pious Muslims are–somehow–not actually Muslim at all. Now it is the government of Niger claiming this. Just absurd.
dave says
Western leaders have done us no favors. There are two kinds of muslims. Those who are called good muslims are apostates. Those who are called bad muslims are the true believers.
Once we accept who is really who, then we can more effectively deal with this murderous death cult.
gravenimage says
This is true, Dave–but this is more widespread than just the West. Niger is not the West. This kind of whitewash of Islam is sadly found in many parts of the world.
Lion heart says
Dave : I call all peaceful & nice Muslims out there in the world “ peaceful & nice UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… meaning until take Islam seriously and put its teachings into practice and Christians in Iraq saw that on display & and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq.
Lion heart says
Gravenimage; I call all peaceful & nice Muslims out there in the world “ peaceful & nice UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… meaning until take Islam seriously and put its teachings into practice and Christians in Iraq saw that on display & and I am a Canadian Christian guy originally from Iraq.