Batarfi is departing here from the standard view, which is summed up by the old adage, “My brother against my brother, but both of us against our cousin.” Sunnis and Shi’a generally have no problem allying against Infidels, but Batarfi here is saying that the Sunni-Shi’ite jihad should take precedence. “AQAP Leader Khaled Batarfi Slams […]
Al-Qaida: Islamic State divides Muslims instead of targeting Jews and Christians
“Instead of directing their fight towards the enemies of the Ummah, and instead of directing their arrows towards the Jews and Christians, they choose to direct their arrows towards the chests of Muslims.” The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), although death is mandated for heretics and apostates, and that’s the Islamic State’s […]