Jemaah Islamiah almost certainly doesn’t believe it is misappropriating these funds in any way. In Islam, zakat — the alms required of every Muslim — can and should be given to further the jihad. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are so many jihad-linked charities. “Alms for terror: Militants in Indonesia finance extremists with […]
Indonesia: Jihad terror group behind Bali bombing that killed 200 raises money with supermarket charity boxes
Jemaah Islamiah members probably don’t think of this as being as odd as it may appear to non-Muslims in the West. One of the causes that zakat, obligatory Islamic almsgiving, funds is jihad. So there is really no problem here, as far as JI is concerned. “Feared terrorist leader who is believed to have orchestrated […]
Indonesia: Muslim leader arrested, suspected of masterminding 2002 Bali jihad bombings that killed over 200 people
Aris Sumarsono, aka Zulkarnaen, is a senior member of the al-Qaeda group Jemaah Islamiah. Possible fallouts from his arrest could be a weakening of Jemaah Islamiah and/or an impetus for revenge, according to security analyst Stanislaus Riyanta. It is not known why this arrest was made now, considering that Zulkarnaen has long been known to […]
Indonesia: Muslim cleric recruits thousands for jihad group, ‘main target remains the US’
Meanwhile, in the U.S., most Americans believe that Islam is a religion of peace, and that jihadis got lucky on 9/11, but it won’t happen again. Efforts to stop jihad activity and migration of large numbers of Sharia-adherent Muslims are just “racism” and “Islamophobia.” The “experts” will soon be back in the saddle. What could […]
FBI confirms death of jihad terrorist with DNA from severed finger
Why did he have a severed finger? Did he steal a pencil, or a pack of gum, or some other small item? Seriously, does the Philippine government think that its granting of autonomy to Muslim areas will end the jihad against it? Philippine officials will be unpleasantly surprised. “FBI confirms death of ‘most wanted terrorist’ […]