A world war that only one side acknowledges is being waged. “Suspected Islamist militant kills five in Kazakhstan,” by Mariya Gordeyeva and Olzhas Auyezov, Reuters, July 18, 2016 (thanks to Cecilia): A lone gunman with Islamist links killed at least three policemen and two civilians in Kazakhstan’s financial capital Almaty on Monday, senior security officials […]
Kazakhstan: Convert from Islam to Christianity gets 2 years prison for inciting religious hatred
“Inciting religious hatred” is what the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has for years been pressuring the West to criminalize. It is clear from this case that the term is a catchall for anything Muslims don’t like and don’t want spoken. “Christian convert from Islam gets two years in prison for stirring religious hatred,” Asia […]
Kazakh Islamic State jihadi posts photos of Central Asian “Caliphate Cubs”
Raising up the next generation of bloodthirsty killers dedicated to destroying the free world. But relax! They’re a tiny minority of extremists who have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam! Note the raised index finger gesture that has become the hallmark of adherents of the Islamic State. We saw it from other adherents of the […]
Boston Marathon bomber’s college friend gets 6 years in prison
“Kadyrbayev’s father, Murat, traveled from Kazakhstan to attend his son’s sentencing hearing. He said his son didn’t fully understand in the moment how serious his actions were. ‘Had he known what he was doing and had he understood what he was doing, we wouldn’t be standing here’, Murat Kadyrbayev said through a translator outside court.” Had […]
Former captain of Kazakh pro soccer team waging jihad for Islamic State
“Text in the video said the man ‘played for Arsenal in London, and left football, money and European way of life to make the path of Allah.’” But…but…poverty and lack of economic opportunity cause terrorism! “ISIS Foreign Fighters: Kazahk [sic] Premier League Player Joined Islamic State Group Extremists, Russian News Report Says,” by Dennis Lynch, […]
Obama releases five more Gitmo detainees
It’s OK. One of them is not a “veteran terrorist”; he’s just “a chef who was trying to find a better life.” “What’s good in this place?” “Try the IED’s, sir. They’re to die for.” “Five Guantanamo prisoners held for a dozen years are released and resettled in Kazakhstan,” by Dan Bloom, Daily Mail, December […]
Interfaith outreach in Kazakhstan: Court orders destruction of Bibles and Christian literature
And a convert from Islam to Christianity has been subjected to a police raid. But they didn’t kill him, which is what Muhammad commanded — so they must be moderates. “Kazakhstan Destroys Bibles, Uzbekistan Attacks Convert,” from BosNewsLife, March 21 (thanks to all who sent this in): ASTANA/TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)– A court in Kazakhstan has ordered […]
Kazakhstan: “Follower of jihadism” kills seven in gun battle, suicide bombing
The Interior Spiritual Struggle is once again curiously “misunderstood.” “Islamist militant kills seven in attack in Kazakh city,” by Robin Paxton for Reuters, November 12: ALMATY (Reuters) – An Islamist militant killed seven people in running battles with security forces in a southern Kazakh city on Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks on […]
Kazakhstan President: Muslim world must tell West that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism
Actually, we’ve already been told this again and again and again, but actions speak louder than words. “Muslim world must tell West Islam has nothing to do with terrorism: Kazakh President,” from the Ahlul Bayt News Agency, June 28: (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – The Muslim world must establish direct dialogue with the West and […]
Kazakhstan Prez: Muslim world must launch a media campaign to create a more positive image of Islam
Yeah, that’s all we need: yet another disingenuous media campaign about how Islam is peaceful. If it really were, Muslims wouldn’t have to go around insisting on it all the time. If Muslims wouldn’t keep committing acts of violence in the name of Islam, Islam wouldn’t have an image problem in the first place. “Nazarbayev: […]
Kazakhstan: Misunderstander of Islam blows himself up outside state security building
Islamic supremacism was long dormant in the Central Asian former Soviet republics. But that is changing now. “Kazakhstan: Suicide bomber targets Kazakh state security building,” from AKI, May 17 (thanks to C. Cantoni): May 17, Aktyubinsk (AKI) – A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday outside a regional security building in the western Kazakh […]
Pakistan: All 17 militants killed in gunbattle from Kazakhstan
From China Daily: The Pakistani military said that 17 militants gunned down near the Afghan border were all from Kazakhstan and included women and teenage youths. “We now believe the entire group was from Kazakhstan,” military spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan told AFP on Monday. He said the authorities recovered four passports and some documents […]
The growth of radical Islam in Central Asia
Background on the jihad in Uzbekistan, from Asia Times. Note that the jihadis were from middle-class families: Recent reports Prior to the recent terror attacks in Uzbekistan which claimed at least 19 lives, a spate of reports from the region shows ongoing Islamist activity and law-enforcement efforts to contain it. One report details the state […]