The Philippines’ armed forces eliminated nine Islamic terrorists, including two involved in last month’s bombing of a Catholic mass in southern city of Marawi. On December 3, four worshipers were killed and over 50 were injured after a bomb went off at a Catholic service being held inside a university campus. The terrorists killed by […]
Philippines: Islamic State leaders torch the Christian school they graduated from
“We do not understand where that hate is coming from.” I could give you a couple of hints. “These [Marawi gunmen] are young people who have their own interpretation of the Quran and who do not respect their own elders.” Their interpretation of the Qur’an is shared by innumerable Muslims worldwide. How did this misunderstanding […]
Philippines: Islamic State jihadis capture and murder nine Christians
Did these Christians draw Muhammad? Did they poke the Muslims in the eye in some way? They must have provoked them, right? If we just stay quiet, we will be okay, right? Actually, their crime was only to be Christian. Pope Francis is no doubt jetting to Marawi City as we speak, so as to […]
Philippines: Martial law declared as Islamic State jihadis storm city and battle national army
In Mindanao. This is a global war, and of the most curious type imaginable: no one in authority wants to admit that it is actually going on, and Western governments generally treat each enemy attack in this war as a separate and discrete criminal incident. “Philippines soldiers battle Isis-linked gunmen on Marawi city streets,” by […]