The caliph without a caliphate, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is apparently still alive, at least as of April 9, but may be in ill health, as he has apparently named a successor, Abdullah Qardash. Qardash “had served as a religious commissar for Al Qaeda before joining ISIS.” “Religious commissar”? Don’t these people realize that al-Qaeda and […]
Canada: Imam says “If Allah willing there is a Caliph who arises then we would be obligated to go to that area”
The idea that Muslims are obligated to live in a genuine caliphate is why 30,000 Muslims from 100 different countries joined the Islamic State. But the Qur’an also promises a reward from Allah to those who emigrate to a new land in order to Islamize it: “And whoever emigrates for the cause of Allah will […]
ISIS Muslimas tell female reporter: “If you became Muslim and cover like us, you would not be killed”
The hijab is a free choice, insist Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, and Western non-Muslim feminists. These women of the Islamic State know otherwise, as do the innumerable women who have been brutalized or even killed for not wearing it. “‘We Pray For The Caliphate To Return’: ISIS Families Crowd Into Syrian Camps,” by Jane Arraf, […]
Congo President warns that the Islamic State could now “come into Africa to set up their caliphate”
Félix Tshisekedi is correct that the Islamic State (ISIS) doesn’t consider itself to have been defeated. It has lost in Iraq and Syria, but it considers itself to be only the latest exponent of a 1,400-year-old war; it will never give up, it will just move somewhere else and try again. “Congolese President Cites Threat […]
Turkey: Columnist says that Erdogan has earned the title of caliph
Erdogan’s desire to restore the Ottoman caliphate has long been clear, and now it is becoming increasingly open. This is why he never strongly opposed the Islamic State: he had hoped to incorporate its caliphate into his own. The Islamic State caliphate is gone, but Erdogan’s caliphate dreams are undimmed. “Caliphate is Erdoğan’s, Islamist columnist […]
Illinois: Muslim cleric says “we all have a higher goal, and that is the establishment of the caliphate”
The caliphate is, in Sunni Islamic theology, the sole legitimate government to which Muslims owe loyalty. It is ruled by a caliph, the military, political, and spiritual successor of Muhammad, and implements Islamic law, which is considered the non-negotiable law of Allah. How loyal do you think Sheikh Omar Baloch is to the American system […]
Islamic State down to its last square mile in eastern Syria
The Islamic State declared its caliphate on June 29, 2014, and it looks as if it will last less than five years. Time to bring our troops home and work on containing jihad activity and preventing jihadis from coming here, rather than keeping American troops on endless missions in foreign countries. “IS militants cling to […]
Muslima from Canada: “Having slaves is part of Sharia. I believe in Sharia, wherever Sharia is”
Dura Ahmed is being treated as a victim in the Canadian media, and will likely be able to resume living freely in Canada despite having gone to live in the Islamic State. What kind of a life will she make in Canada? Do you think she will raise her children to be loyal, productive members […]
Pompeo: “We’ve taken down 99 percent” of the Islamic State caliphate
This is a momentous statement. When Barack Obama left office, the Islamic State caliphate looked as if it was here to stay, and was following the precedent of the Palestine Liberation Organization in moving from being considered a jihad terror group to being respectable. But now it is almost all gone, although the Islamic State […]
Syria: US-backed Kurdish forces take Hajin, the last town held by the Islamic State
The dream is very nearly over. The Islamic State’s dream of reestablishing the caliphate died relatively quickly. It declared its caliphate on June 29, 2014, and four and a half years later, its aspirations of establishing a vast Islamic empire have come to naught, although that is not to say that the Islamic State is […]
Robert Spencer: Muslim Leader Calls for Conquest of “America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy”
My latest at the Geller Report: Recently a Muslim spokesman in Tunisia named Said Khecharem, who is affiliated with the international pro-Sharia, pro-caliphate organization Hizb ut-Tahrir, declared (to delighted screams of “Allahu akbar” from his audience), that the “establishment of an Islamic state…requires the conquest of America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy – Rome and […]
Muslim leader: Establishing an Islamic state “requires the conquest of America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy”
If Said Khecharem were a non-Muslim saying that Hizb ut-Tahrir wanted to do this, he would be accused of “Islamophobia” and “bigotry.” But no one will take any particular notice of this. “Tunisian Hizb ut-Tahrir Member Said Khecharem Calls to Conquer America, Britain, Russia, France, and Italy, after Elimination of Israel,” MEMRI, May 19, 2018: […]
Islamic State leader reportedly still alive, training children to murder for Allah
The caliph was killed at least four times, every year between 2014 and 2017. URGENT: ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi allegedly killed by US airstrikes September 6, 2014 Radio Iran: Islamic State’s caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead of injuries from airstrike Pentagon denies hit him April 27, 2015 Is the Islamic State’s caliph al-Baghdadi […]
Australia: Muslima who stabbed sleeping man says she was “acting on behalf of the Caliphate”
Her lawyer isn’t sure whether or not her act was terrorism. Guillaume Ballin said: “It’s more than political or religious ideology to make out the terrorist act charge. The issue here is whether the act done, or alleged to be done by Shoma, is done with the intention of coercing or intimidating the government or […]
Australia: Muslima claims Muslims suffer great misery there, calls on Muslims to reestablish caliphate
This woman appears to be a convert to Islam, but in any case, nothing is stopping her from going to live in a Sharia state. That option is out of the question because she believes it part of her responsibility before Allah to bring the light of Sharia to the Infidels.
Hugh Fitzgerald: For Erdogan, The Silences Are Deafening
On December 12, 2017, just before a summit meeting of the O.I.C. (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) in Istanbul, an article was published in the Turkish daily Yeni Safak, a paper which has close ties to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, under the title “A Call For Action.” Online, the article appeared under a more sinister title: “What […]
Erdogan vows to recapture all lands once held by the Ottoman Empire — and more
“We say at every opportunity we have that Syria, Iraq and other places in the geography [map] in our hearts are no different from our own homeland. We are struggling so that a foreign flag will not be waved anywhere where adhan [Islamic call to prayer in mosques] is recited.” Apparently Erdogan means at the […]
Erdogan: Turkish Republic is continuation of Ottomans
This is a significant statement since, unless you count the Islamic State, the Ottoman Empire was the last caliphate — the last state to claim the allegiance of all Muslims worldwide, and to present itself as the government to which all Muslims owed allegiance. But Kemal Ataturk, the founder of secular Turkey, would have disagreed […]
Muslim leader in Israel: “Jerusalem will be the capital of the Islamic Caliphate”
According to Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib, Deputy Head of the Islamic Movement in Israel: “The city of Al-Quds is the capital city of the Islamic Caliphate, which is run properly,” al-Khatib wrote. “With the help of Allah, this will soon become reality.” A Jewish state is an affront to Islamic supremacists who seek a global Islamic […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: ISIS: The Caliphate Dream Is Over
But the killing isn’t. My latest in FrontPage: The caliphate is dead. Last Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced that the Islamic State (ISIS) had been driven out of Iraq: Today, our troops were able to purge islands of Nineveh and Anbar in full, and they (the forces) are now fully controlling the Iraqi-Syrian […]