Why attack harmless mushroom hunters? The answer is always the same: to strike terror in those who are perceived to be the enemies of Allah, and ultimately to destabilize their state so that an Islamic state can be established.
“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Islamic State kills 11 in central Syria gun attack, says monitor,” AFP, February 12, 2023 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
BEIRUT, Lebanon — At least 11 people, mostly civilians, were killed in a central Syria attack blamed on the Islamic State group, a war monitor said Sunday.
The IS group “attacked about 75 people on Saturday while they were collecting truffles in the Palmyra area, in the eastern countryside of Homs,” said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group of unclear funding.
The attack killed “10 civilians, including a woman, and a member of the (Syrian) regime forces,” it said, adding that others remain missing.
Syria’s state news agency SANA reported the attack but gave a lower death toll, saying IS “terrorists” fired machine guns and killed four civilians, including a woman.
Ten others were wounded in the attack, some “critically,” the news agency added….
Lisa Letto says
Set the scene of an early morning forest, quiet and damp. Refined people with a penchant for either nature or cuisine, their eyes to the ground searching for treasure. Then suddenly overtaken by a barrage of gunfire, staining the treasured find a gorey red. Sickening
Lisa Letto says
Set the scene of an early morning forest, quiet and damp. Refined people with a penchant for either nature or cuisine, their eyes to the ground searching for treasure. Then suddenly overtaken by a barrage of gunfire, staining the treasured find a gorey red. Sickening
Linde B. says
It is barbarically sickening that anyone who is hunting for food and not bothering any other human should be gunned down. May
the murdered innocents rest in peace with
Jesus, and may their killers be brought to Justice.
I recently read a list of the most fragile economies in the world. There are 179 countries listed and the 10 most fragile countries are:
1.Yemen (Muslim majority),
2. Somalia (Muslim majority),
3. Syria (Muslim majority),
4. South Sudan (Christian majority),
5. Central African Republic (Christian maj)
6. Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Christian majority),
7. Sudan (Muslim majority),
8. Afghanistan (Muslim majority),
9. Chad (Muslim majority),
10. Myanmar (Buddhist majority).
Why do many Islamic majority countries have such poor economies and such unstable governments? I would appreciate
any information JihadWatch or its smart readers might be able to give.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If a muslim country is not oil rich, nor doesn’t have a constant pipeline of money flowing from those who are (eg Egypt and Jordan), it has bad economies (since muslims don’t believe much in working) and thereby unstable governments (since the jihad Olympics are always on)
I do think that there is a cultural factor as well, which is why you see the Christian but African countries in the list. As for Myanmar, most of its history, it’s been a military dictatorship, but it should look at taking lessons from its neighbor Thailand, which is Buddhist like them, but has a pretty stable economy
Linde B. says
To infidel- Thank you for this explanation.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I just watched ‘This Week in Jihad’ just now, and David Wood made an insightful point about pigs being used to detect truffles. I actually occasionally play a game ‘Civilization VI’, where truffles are a luxury resource in the game. In it, the graphic used to represent truffles are that of pigs, which always left me curious, until David filled up the gaps
As for this story, looks like the Alawites seem to have again lost control over Tadmur, now that the Russian support they had is needed in Ukraine
OLD GUY says
Islam murdering for the sake of killing anyone these animals deem unworthy to live. When did Allah give these men the authority to destroy his creations. No TRUE religion would kill those who don’t follow their belief. When these clerics and muslim leaders call for the death of non-believers that are inciting violence and should be arrested and locked up.