The Islamic State (and Al Qaeda) have long called for vehicular attacks on Western infidels. On November 19, three French Islamic State fighters repeated the call for attacks in France on video. One of them stated: “Terrorize them and do not allow them to sleep due to fear and horror. There are weapons and cars […]
Islamic State reportedly preparing for loss of caliphate, group focusing on jihad abroad
The Islamic State is reportedly desperate and is now preparing its followers for the collapse of the caliphate, due to the dwindling numbers of its jihad fighters in Iraq and Syria, which has been attributed to the U.S.-led coalition and Russian-backed forces. Yet the Islamic State has not lost its so-called vision for other areas […]
Stop minimizing the reality of lone wolf jihadists
The New York Post article below derides Obama’s diminishing of the seriousness of the lone wolf phenomenon. Obama dismissed Orlando jihad murderer Omar Mateen as “just another ‘lone actor’ operating in isolation, unconnected to any larger group of supporters.” Those who minimize the gravity of jihadist ideology have been the ones busy chanting about gun […]
Islamic State calls on Muslims to make Ramadan “a month of calamity everywhere for the non-believers”
Ramadan is the month in which Muslims are supposed to deepen their piety and renew their commitment to Allah. As such, it is often a time of increased jihad activity, since jihad against unbelievers is undertaken as a pious act in obedience to Qur’anic commands top make war on unbelievers. “ISIS urges attacks on West […]
Islamic State calls for jihad against US, Russia
“Oh Muslim youth everywhere come on for jihad against the Russians and Americans, because it’s a crusader war against the Muslims; the war of the atheists and idolaters against the believers.” The only problem with this formation is that the “atheists and idolaters” strenuously deny that they’re making war against the “believers” as such, and […]
France, Kuwait, Tunisia attacks followed IS call to make Ramadan “calamity” for “infidels, Shi’ites & apostate Muslims”
“If the attacks were indeed an answer to ISIS spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani’s recent call for savagery,” the unnamed Fox News writer assures us, “it would represent a hideous perversion of Islam’s most holy period, which began June 17 and ends July 17.” Why is Fox editorializing in this manner in the middle of what […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Jihad in an Australian Chocolate Shop
I wrote this last night. The major revelation since then has been the hostage-taker’s announcement that the incident means that “Australia is under attack by the Islamic State.” In FrontPage today: The details are still sketchy, but this is what is apparently confirmed as of this writing (8PM EST Sunday night): as many as 50 […]