It’s all right. She promises “I won’t kill anyone.” What could possibly go wrong? The Qur’an warns believers not to take unbelievers as “friends or helpers,” “unless that you but guard yourselves against them” (3:28). This is a foundation of the idea that believers may legitimately deceive unbelievers when under pressure. The word used for […]
Ireland Sending Military to Syria to Bring Back Islamic State Bride
But it’s okay. She promises “I won’t kill anyone.” My latest in FrontPage: Irish authorities really, really want Lisa Smith back in the country, so much so that they’re sending military personnel to the foreign country where she is stranded in order to rescue her. And who is this Lisa Smith? Did she discover a […]
Ireland sending military personnel to Syria to bring back Islamic State bride who promises “I won’t kill anyone”
Irish authorities really, really want Lisa Smith back in the country: “Officials from the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs have reportedly been deployed to Turkey’s border region to retrieve the 38-year-old, who travelled to Syria three years ago to join the Islamic State. Members of the Irish military and its special operations force, the Army […]
Irish soldier converts to Islam, joins ISIS, now pleads to return despite calling for caliphate and praising jihadis
“I never killed anyone,” Lisa Smith insists. Well, great: an unverifiable claim. But it doesn’t matter anyway. Hitler never killed anyone either, if we’re talking about actually holding the gun and pulling the trigger. But he was responsible for the murders of millions of people. Lisa Smith didn’t call for anyone specifically to be killed, […]