Thanks, Joe! We did it! “Islamic State claims bomb attack on Iraqi police near Kirkuk,” Reuters, December 18, 2022: Islamic State claimed responsibility for the killing at least nine Iraqi federal policemen on Sunday in a bomb attack on their convoy near the oil city of Kirkuk, the militant group said on its Telegram channel. […]
Ramadan in Iraq: Islamic State kidnaps and murders elderly village chieftain
The Islamic State has suffered significant losses, but it is not dead, and of course during Ramadan it is anxious to demonstrate its commitment to Allah by fulfilling his commands. “IS executes Iraqi village chieftain: Security,” by Kosar Nawzad, Kurdistan 24, May 23, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Islamic […]
Islamic State burns mother and four children for leaving the caliphate
This proves that the Islamic State is un-Islamic, no? After all, there is this hadith, depicting Muhammad forbidding burning people to death (in the process of mandating death for those who leave Islam): “Narrated ‘Ikrima: Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to ‘Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn ‘Abbas who […]
Islamic State cites Qur’an as it machine-guns hostages
“It is believed that the video was released yesterday, and that it’s [sic] title takes its inspiration from Quranic verse 33:23 which reads: ‘Of the believers are men who are true to that which they covenanted to Allah. Some of them have paid their vow by death (in battle), and some of them still are […]